The Original Vasari Corridor Tour with Exclusive Entry

See spectacular views while passing through, over and above an ancient church, the famous Ponte Vecchio bridge, and medieval towers in a private viewing of the Vasari Corridor on our exclusive-entry small-group Vasari Corridor guided tour.

Highlights of the Original Vasari Corridor Tour with Exclusive Entry include:

• Skip-the-line entry to the Uffizi Gallery, from where you can access the Vasari Corridor
• Exclusive entry to the Vasari Corridor
• Enjoy hearing about the amazing history of the Vasarian Corridor
• Hear the fascinating history behind the amazing Vasari Corridor collection of artworks
• Spectacular views over Florence’s River Arno
• Cross the Ponte Vecchio in an exquisitely unique way
• Upgrade to our Ultimate Skip the Line Uffizi Gallery and Exclusive-entry Vasari Corridor Tour to add in the Uffizi Gallery skip-the-line tour for just 5 euro more per person!

The run-down of the Original Vasari Corridor Tour with Exclusive Entry:

Almost one kilometre long, the Vasari Corridor runs atop the iconic Ponte Vecchio (‘The Old Bridge’). The Vasari Corridor allowed the Medici and other royal and important figures to cross the city in obscurity to the Medici family home at the Pitti Palace from the town hall offices in the Palazzo Vecchio.

Running from inside the Uffizi Gallery, and finishing in the Pitti Palace, the corridor also hosts a collection of impressive portraits, as well as offering spectacular views over the Arno river.

Closed to the public for many years, you can now explore one of Florence’s most significant pathways, as we reveal its important, sometimes humorous and always fascinating history on this small-group guided tour of one Florence’s most famous monuments.

Winding across the city, the Vasari Corridor passes over, through, and even around some of Florence’s most monumental sites as you entre from the Uffizi museum. Housing an important collection of valuable portraits of the Medici family and other well-known historical figures, and even permitted passers through to make a pit-stop inside the Santa Felicità church.

Built in the mid-1500s, its positioning above the Ponte Vecchio eventually motivated the meat stores that once lined the famous Ponte Vecchio bridge to be moved to an alternative location to cease the air being filled with the less-than-pleasant perfumes of butcher shops, and making way for the much more fascinating Ponte Vecchio gold jewellery stores that pass underfoot to this day.

The finer details of the Original Vasari Corridor Tour with Exclusive Entry:

Price: 79 euro per person

Included in the tour price: Skip-the-line access to the Vasari Corridor via the Uffizi Gallery (including ticket and Florence Museum reservation costs), expert tour guide.

The Original Vasari Corridor meeting time and dates: 
        3.15 pm*
        May 5 to July 31: Tuesdays & Saturdays
        & September 4 to October 30: Tuesdays & Saturdays

The Original Vasari Corridor Tour meeting point: Florence Artviva Walking Tours office in Via de' Sassetti, 1 (2nd floor) in Florence's city centre.

Tour length: 1-1.5 hours* 

Weather: This tour runs rain or shine.

Please note: Entry to the Vasari Corridor requires the purchase of Uffizi Gallery tickets (included in the tour price). This Vasari Corridor tour is thus best done in conjunction with the Ultimate Skip the Line Uffizi Gallery and Exclusive-entry Vasari Corridor Tour. If you are wanting to book this tour within 6 days of the date of the tour, please contact us directly on staff@artviva.com.

Skip-the-line Uffizi and Vasari entry: Artviva Tours make reservations up to 12 months in advance to skip the ticket purchasing and reserved ticket retrieval queues. Even with reservations, there is still a compulsory security check which may cause some delays in entering the museum.  We guarantee that in spite of any eventual delays, our tour guides ensure all aspects of our museum tour are covered. 

* The tour meets at our office at 3.15pm to allow time to enter the nearby Uffizi Gallery and meet your tour guide for entry to the Vasari Corridor at 4.00pm. The time spent with the guide in the Vasari Corridor is approximately 1 hour. 

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