The Vasari Corridor: Florence from Above, an Exclusive Passage Through History
(including the Uffizi)
On foot
Accessible to people with disabilities
Tickets are extra, we will buy them and they are NO REFUNDABLE.
What's included in the tour:
Private tour guide
Priority access to the museum
Headphones for parties of more than 6 people
Customized itinerary
Full assistance during the tour
Interactive experience
Visit the Vasari Corridor with Guided Florence Tours
A path above the city, a walkway reserved for the powerful, a unique way to admire Florence.
Walking through the Vasari Corridor means retracing the footsteps of the Medici, seeing Florence from above and discovering a side of the city that few have the privilege to experience. This long
elevated passageway, clearly visible from many streets and squares, was never a secret—but it always remained a privilege reserved for the few.
Today, thanks to Guided Florence Tours, you can finally step inside its doors and enjoy an extraordinary view of Florence, strolling above Ponte Vecchio, framed by the ancient windows
that reveal hidden glimpses of the city.
What to expect
The experience begins with a two-hour guided tour of the Uffizi, the beating heart of Florentine art, where you will immerse yourself in the masterpieces of Botticelli, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael and Caravaggio.
After marveling at the treasures of the Gallery, the second part of the tour begins: the Vasari Corridor.
Today, the Corridor stands empty, stripped of the once-famous collection of self-portraits that adorned its walls. But what remains is its purest essence: a walkway above the city, a 30-45 minute journey where your guide will unveil the history and architectural details of this extraordinary aerial passage.
From its windows, Florence reveals itself as never before: the labyrinth of narrow streets, the artisan workshops of Ponte Vecchio, the domes and towers rising above the rooftops. A perspective that blends past and present, art and history, power and beauty.
The History of a Passage Reserved for the Medici
In 1565, Cosimo I de Medici, Duke of Florence succeeded in the impossible: to unite in marriage his first-born son, Francesco, with Joanne of Austria! The small Florentine duchy was thus related to one of the most powerful families in the world. Just to give an idea: the bride’s cousin was Philip II of Spain who owned half America!
Giorgio Vasari was the right-hand man of Cosimo and for him he built a corridor to unite the palace of power (Palazzo Vecchio) to the new residence that the Medici family had just bought on the other side of the Arno river, Palazzo Pitti.
The corridor was therefore always used to go from one side of the river to the other. Think that at the end of the Second World War, after the fleeing Nazis had blown up the other bridges of Florence and destroyed access to the Ponte Vecchio, the corridor was the only way to go across the river!
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