Private Tour of Uffizi and Accademia Gallery with David

Overview

Tour the top two most visited museums in Florence and also two of the most popular museums in the world with a private guide.

See great masterpieces and get to appreciate Italian Renaissance art.

Your private guide will accompany you to both galleries, sharing information about the best pieces of art that are harbored inside them.

The Uffizi Gallery holds the masterpieces of Renaissance greats like Michelangelo, Giotto, Botticelli, Caravaggio, and Leonardo da Vinci among others.

The guide will then accompany you to the Accademia Gallery.

This is where one finds Michelangelo's David —the emblematic sculpture of Florence— and thus makes this Gallery contain probably the largest number of Michelangelo's sculptures.

Other interesting aspects that can be appreciated are museums dedicated to musical instruments, collections of paintings with a gold background, and the Prison Room where sculptures for Pope Julius II are displayed.

Why Travelers Chose This Tour

What's Included
  • Entrance ticket
  • Booking fee
  • Priority entry for both art galleries
  • Private Guide
What's Excluded
  • Private transport
  • Tips for the tour guide
  • Food and beverages

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point
Via dei Castellani, 14
Via dei Castellani, Firenze FI, Italy
You can find us 20 minutes before the established time in our City Florence Tours office located in Via dei Castellani 14 (18 / red).
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Point of arrival
Galleria dell’Accademia di Firenze
Via Ricasoli, Firenze FI, Italy
The tour ends at the Accademia Gallery
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What To Expect

Uffizi Galleries (Gallerie degli Uffizi)

Skip-The-Line entry at one’s leisure to go on a private journey of the massive Uffizi Gallery and learn how art transformed from the Middle Ages into the Italian Renaissance. Take a 1.5 to 2-hour tour through the galleries with an official private guide. View pieces like Botticelli’s “Birth of Venus” and “Spring,” Caravaggio’s “Medusa,” and Michelangelo’s Tondo Doni; his singular work in painting on wood. Only a Uffizi Fast Track ticket for direct access at a specific time to view the private collection.

2 hours - Entrance ticket included

Michelangelo's Statue of David (Il Davide di Michelangelo)

Enjoy a private guided tour of the ‘second most visited museum in Florence and see Michelangelo’s David in just one hour. This masterpiece by the worldwide acclaimed sculptor Michelangelo Buonarroti was created between 1501 and early 1504 out of marble (Height: 520cm) and is considered a work of superlative quality and symbol of Renaissance’s fine-art talents; ‘Florentines’ and civilization representing Italy before the world. You will also go to one among the places where most of the sculptures composed by Michelangelo are preserved; an instrumental museum that contains the largest number of paintings done on golden backgrounds as well, Sala dei Prigioni that hosts sculptures made for Pope Julius II. You’ll go into the museum through the fast entry with the guide and begin a look at the life and smarts of Michelangelo Buonarroti. You’ll learn about the heart of Renaissance sculpture, and be astonished by his masterpieces.

1 hour - Entrance ticket included

Itinerary Map

Additional Info
  • Babies and little kids can be taken for a ride in a stroller or carriage.
  • There͏s also other public transport options available close by.
  • This setup works for people of any fitness level.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, make sure you cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled time of departure.

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