Events in Florence and surroundings: detail

From January 01 2006

Uffizi Gallery tickets through Hotel Boccaccio in Florence

This is one of the most famous museums of paintings and sculpture in the world. Its collection of Primitive and Renaissance paintings comprises several universally acclaimed masterpieces of all time, including works by Giotto, Simone Martini, Piero della Francesca, Fra Angelico, Filippo Lippi, Botticelli, Mantegna, Correggio, Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo and Caravaggio. German, Dutch and Flemish masters are also well represented with important works by Dürer, Rembrandt and Rubens.
The Uffizi Gallery occupies the top floor of the large building erected by Giorgio Vasari between 1560 and 1580 to house the administrative offices of the Tuscan State.
The Gallery was created by Grand-duke Francesco I and subsequently enriched by various members of the Medici family, who were great collectors of paintings, sculpture and works of art.
The collection was rearranged and enlarged by the Lorraine Grand-dukes, who succeeded the Medici, and finally by the Italian State.
The Uffizi buildings also house other important collections: the Contini Bonacossi Collection and the Collection of Prints and Drawings (Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe degli Uffizi).
The Vasari Corridor, the raised passageway connecting the Uffizi with the Pitti Palace, was built by Vasari in 1565. It is hung with an important collection of 17th-century paintings and the famous collection of artists’ Self-portraits.

Address:
Galleria degli Uffizi, Piazzale degli Uffizi, 50122 Firenze

Opening hours:
Open Tuesday to Sunday 8,15-18,50
Closed Monday, New Year’s Day, May 1, Christmas Day.


Ticket for Uffizi Gallery
through our Booking Dept., is Euro 14,00 per person including the "reservation".
(We would highly recommend reserving tickets ahead of time to avoid waiting on line.)

The price of the ticket is increased when a special exhibition is held in the Gallery.

This offer is strictly reserved to our hotel guests.


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