Skip the line to see two of Florence’s top museums, the Accademia Gallery and the Uffizi Gallery. Led by an expert guide, first pay homage to Michelangelo’s 'David' at the Accademia, heading straight inside with your priority access ticket. Roam the impressive collection of art and opt for an included lunch, if you wish, before heading to the Uffizi Gallery. There, avoid the crowds again with your skip-the-line ticket and enjoy a guided walking tour, pausing at Botticelli’s 'Birth of Venus' and other Renaissance masterpieces.

Florence combo: skip-the-line and guided tours of Accademia Gallery and Uffizi Gallery
See the original statue of 'David' by Michelangelo plus his unfinished 'Prigioni' sculpture
Learn about the history of the Uffizi Gallery on an afternoon walking tour

What's Included

Entrance tickets, museums reservation fees and guaranteed entry time
Multilingual assistance with entrance ticket delivered directly at the meeting point
Local Professional Guide: Museums Visit in small group
Earphones to better enjoy your Museums Tour
April to October - monolingual Guided Visit
If Lunch option selected: 3-course set menù Tuscan Lunch in a typical Restaurant

If Lunch Option selected: drinks to be paid on the spot
If Lunch Option selected: 0-6 years old, Lunch to be paid on the spot

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Via Ricasoli, 68, 50122 Firenze FI, Italy
At the corner between Via Ricasoli and Piazza San Marco, in front of the loggiato of Accademia delle Belle Arti. An assistant waits for you wearing blue clothing with Caf Tour & Gray Line Florence logos

Start time

09:00 AM

End point

Uffizi Gallery
Piazzale degli Uffizi, 6, 50122 Firenze FI, Italy

What To Expect

Explore Florence’s two must-see art museums—the Accademia and Uffizi galleries—on this combo tour. Learn about the famous Renaissance artists of Italy and see highlights like Michelangelo’s 'David' at the Accademia and Leonardo da Vinci’s 'Annunciation' on your Uffizi tour. See the Itinerary for a complete description of each skip-the-line tour, and a sample menu, should you opt for an included lunch with your ticket.

Galleria dell'Accademia

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Gallerie Degli Uffizi

1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Wheelchair accessible
Near public transportation
Most travelers can participate

Suggested wearing comfortable shoes
Uffizi ticket is also valid, for 5 days, to access the National Archaeological Museum and the Opificio delle Pietre Dure
It is mandatory to arrive at the meeting point at the mentioned check in time. In case of delay it will not be possible to join the visit, nor to have a refund or reschedule the guided visit.
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 20 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

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Reviews

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Great tour with fantastic guide

Davinia_G, Jan 2024

Perfect tour as gave specific information that was interesting and relevent and didnt drag on like some tours do. My 15 year old son said it was one of his favourite tours for our Europe trip as he throughly enjoyed the guide.

Awesome tour guide!

Nancy_R, Oct 2023

Great tour! Maria Christina was very knowledgeable which helped us appreciate the incredible artwork we saw! She also ended up giving us a “bonus” tour:) At the end of the tour my daughter asked where we could find a specific painting. Maria Christina took us there herself and told us about the artist along the way. It was an unexpected kindness that also demonstrated Maria Christina’s passion for her work as a guide.Thank you, Maria Christina! On a scale of 1 to 10, Maria Christina was an 11! On a side note, we booked lunch with the tour. The food was ok. In hindsight I would say, just focus on the art and you can find lunch on your own.

Very informative tour

Linda_T, Oct 2023

Seeing David was the best part of the tour. Our tour guide was knowledgeable and very helpful. She was from Bologna but I don’t remember her name.

Good Accademia your, Uffizi not so much

David_T, Sep 2023

The Accademia tour in the morning was done well by Kiara (sp?), our guide. She was informative, enthusiastic, and got us the best vantage points of the important works, with the most time left for David, of course. In the afternoon trip to the Uffizi, however, the guide wasn’t great. She talked way too long, and did nothing to get us close to the works themselves. We were constantly at the back of each room, while big groups took up all the prime positions in front of the art, and we had to leave the group early just so that we could see the art for ourselves. Two hours into the tour, and we still hadn’t seen any of the Rafaello, Da Vinci or Michelangelo works. She should have been more flexible and navigated our group around the heavy traffic, since we were just a small group of 6. The Uffizi is a great museum, but the tour made it more difficult to see everything. We hope this feedback is helpful for future tours.

Response from Host, Oct 2023

Good morning from Caf Tour & Travel, Dear David, thank you for sharing your feedback with us. We're delighted to hear that you had a positive experience during the morning Accademia tour with Chiara, she is one of our excellent guides who do every day their best in providing informative and enthusiastic tours. Since our customer’ satisfaction is of utmost importance for us, we will certainly take in consideration your comments about the Uffizi Visit to further improve our customers' experience. All our guides have many years of experience and the museum itinerary is meticulously crafted to showcase the most exquisite artworks it houses. Our primary goal is to enable you to savor the masterpieces of renowned artists such as Giotto, Leonardo Da Vinci, Botticelli, Raffaello, and many more. We truly hope that the above clarifications would meet your understanding. Our best regards

Informative and Personalised

Warwick_M, Sep 2023

Our guide Marta was excellent. Knowledgeable, personable and a great communicator. Marta provide essential contextual information as well as the technical information at each of the Accademia and Uffizi Gallery. Extra tips at the end of the tour component meant we made the most of our visit. Grazie Mille.

Informative

Shannan_E, Jun 2023

This was a good visit! I will say that the ticket was somewhat confusing because all the other tours I have been on would just take us from one thing to the next. When we were done at Accademia, the tour was over (everyone else in the group left) so I had to ask about the Uffizi portion and apparently that’s separate from the Accademia tour so we headed to the office which was easy and no big deal but I didn’t know that part. Then the lunch portion we had to skip entirely because it started at 1230 apparently (my paper said the entire tour ended at 1230) so we had another tour booked for 1:30 so we had to skip the lunch. BUT I will say the tours were very good and fun and informative and the guides really did a great job explaining the different paintings / styles and pieces of art!

Wonderful Florence

Sue_B, Jun 2023

Seeing the amazing statue of David at the Accademia. We had a wonderful experience at the Uffizi Gallery with a very bright knowledgeable girl all to ourselves! The only downside was the lunch which I thought was poor value for money.

Great full day in Firenze

Toni_V, Jun 2023

Both guides very good, so glad we had timed entrance/S, makes all the difference rather than standing in queues. Lunch was just super with great service

Response from Host, Jun 2023

Good afternoon from Caf Tour & Travel, Dear Toni, Thank you for your positive review! We're glad to hear that both of our guides provided you with a great experience. We fully understand the value of timed entrances, and we're glad it made a difference for you by saving your time. Thank you for choosing our services and sharing your feedback. We hope to have the opportunity to welcome you again in the future! Our best regards

All the masterpieces in a short time

Rhonda_W, May 2023

Tour was very informative and enabled us to see all the highlights efficiently. The guide was very good and obviously passionate about the art. The meeting place and timing were difficult to manage and quite stressful (wondering g if we were in the wrong place and missed the tour).

Response from Host, Jun 2023

Good morning from Caf Tour & Travel, Dear Rhonda, thank you for taking the time to write your review. It's a great pleasure for us to hear you appreciated the guided visit of Accademia and Uffizi Gallery, two of the most renowned museums in the world! On the other hand, we regret to notice you had difficulties with meeting place and time. We will certainly treasure your observation in order to improve our service. Warm regards

Nice tour with a great tour guide.

Samantha_S, May 2023

Nice tour with a great tour guide. We had a lot of time with David, which made me so happy. The art was incredible. Was glad to have a guide to point out the highlights.

Response from Host, May 2023

Good afternoon from Caf Tour & Travel, Dear Samantha, Thank you for taking the time to share your experience with us! We are really glad to see that you and your family enjoyed so much, both our Accademia and Uffizi Guided Visits with our professional local guides! Your review represents the best reward for all the passion that we daily put in our job, since more than 60 years, to provide our customers the most professional and high-quality service and it fills us with great pride! We hope to welcome you again in one of our activities, there's so much more to see and experience! Our Best Regards

A good learning experience

JO_B, May 2023

Ciara our guide was really excellent and I learned quite a few interesting things about fine art generally and Michelangelo, Botticelli and daVinci. However the start was a bit chaotic. We arrived as requested at 0845 for a 9 am - 1015 tour as per the ticket Someone else was only then sent to get our tickets There was a lot of standing around waiting for the tickets to arrive and then we still had to queue in a line and finally got into the Academia at 930 The time spent with the guide was short therefore and did not really represent good value for a “guided “ tour The Uffizi tour at 1115 was slightly better organised but still a bit of waiting around for tickets

Response from Host, May 2023

Good morning from Caf Tour & Travel, Dear Customer, Thank you for taking the time to share your experience with us! We are glad you appreciated your guided visits to the Accademia and the Uffizi Galleries and the great knowledge of our guide Chiara. Then, we would like to clarify that we have three different activities at the Accademia starting at 9am, and considering the ongoing high season, it is quite normal to wait some minutes to get the tickets and go inside the museums. Finally as per Viator’s itinerary description, the durations of the guided tours are specified “Accademia Gallery guided tour: 1 hour” and “Uffizi Gallery guided tour: 1 hour and a half”. Hoping that the above clarifications would meet your understanding. Kind regards

Ufizzi 5/11/23

Julie_K, May 2023

Marcello was an excellent Ufizzi tour guide with his animated sharing of his wonderful art history knowledge. Thank you so much!!

Response from Host, May 2023

Good afternoon from Caf tour & travel, Dear Julie, We are really glad to see that you enjoyed so much your Uffizi Guided Visit with our guide Marcello! Your review represents the best reward for all the passion that we daily put in our job, since more than 60 years, to provide our customers the most professional and high-quality service and it fills us with great pride! We hope to welcome you again in one of our activities, there's so much more to see and experience! Our Best Regards

Could of Been Better

Scott_A, May 2023

While the tour guides were very good, the radio & earphone technology the tour company uses is horrible. Noisy, static, distorted, inaudible audio during the entire tour of Uffizi Gallery. I removed the earphone & got as close to the guide as possible to hear him. The guides microphone lacked a clip to attach the mic on the jacket or lapel and that may have been part of the problem.

Response from Host, May 2023

Good afternoon from Caf Tour & Travel, Dear Customer, Thank you for your review and the time you spent writing your feedback. We are sorry to read that you had problems with the radios and the earphones will certainly verify what happened. On the other hand, we are glad you appreciated our guides, they are all very professional and knowledgeable, and they try their best to convey all their passion for Florentine culture. Hoping to welcome you again in one of our many activities across Florence and Tuscany, Best regards

Good guide

anna_f, Apr 2023

Very good uffizi guide very helpful and informative easy to understand and good length of tour yes xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Disorganized Tour Operator

Denise_V, Apr 2023

The guide was very knowledgeable. But the tour operator was quite disorganized. Upon arrival there was a lot of confusion on which tour people had paid for. They kept telling us to line up. Some guests in our group didn’t receive their tickets. Others were told to arrive at a different time. Very frustrating check in experience.

Response from Host, Apr 2023

Dear Customer, We thank you for taking the time to review our tour. We are happy to hear that our guide fulfilled your expectations and was able to transfer her knowledge on such a heritage tour like that. We would like to clarify that there was no “bad organization”during the tour check-in. We have 2 different entrance slots: 9.00 and 9.30 am. Some people booked at 9.30 am showed up at 8.30 -8.45 am pretending to enter at 9.00 am, which of course was not possible. This is the reason why the hostess didn’t line them up and didn’t give them any tickets, asking to come back later on, as scheduled on their bookings. At the same time you have been lined up many times, in order to be able to enter at your scheduled time. On Easter days, it was definitely busier than usual and we are sure you noticed how Florence was crowded. We understand that there may have been some exceptional disruptions in terms of queues, which we apologize for, but which are also totally out of our hands. We can ensure that everything was totally under control, to allow the best experience possible inside the Accademia, which you had indeed. We are looking forward to seeing you in Florence again. Best Regards

Impressive art collection. Very informative historic information. Most see.

Eddie_L, Mar 2023

I really enjoyed all the historic information given by the guide. Wonderful art collection. A most see!

Michello at Uffizi gallery saved the tour.

Lauren_M, Mar 2023

Unfortunately our first part of the tour of the accademia was a bilingual tour of Spanish & English. Reading the description we thought we were getting an English only guide. It was impossible to follow as information was rushed. 2 stars. Uffizi was a different story, Michello( I hope I got his name right, he was a history teacher) was absolutely phenomenal, the knowledge, stories and his enthusiasm was amazing. If you could book him for the Uffizi gallery tour you could never go wrong, he is the only reason this tour got 4 stars. He is 5 stars

Fun for all, not just art lovers!

Angela_A, Feb 2023

The museum tours were fun and mostly informative—to be honest we couldn’t hear much of what our guide was saying during the Accademia tour. I’d recommend having them use mics in the future! At Uffizi we were the only ones and our tour guide was as entertaining as he was knowledgeable.

Amazing galleries with some of the most important works

Jessamy_P, Jan 2023

Two amazing galleries with some of the best renaissance artworks and sculptures. A must see for anyone coming to Florence. As always, tours may seem a bit rushed given how much you can see in these galleries, so might be a good idea to also set aside time later to see more or to remain behind to explore more

A really FUN tour of art?

Daniel_J, Oct 2022

Our guide was an art history graduate and it was quite evident, in that she covered 200 years of art in chronological order. She was so informative, insightful and even funny as we learned about the art, artists and the culture if the times. It was good to be rich.

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