Get an up-close look at works from Titian, Raphael and Rubens on this tour of Florence’s Palatine Gallery. Located inside the Pitti Palace, former home of the Medici rulers, you’ll skip the main entrance lines with your guide and head straight inside. Explore the elaborate interior of the gallery and the impressive paintings on display as you learn about how the Medici family came to amass their private collection. To ensure an intimate experience, numbers are limited to 15 on this small-group tour.

Skip-the-line access and a guided tour of the Palatine Gallery in Pitti Palace
Discover the history of Pitti Palace and of the Medici family
Avoid waiting in line and enjoy fast-track access with a skip-the-line ticket
Admire the elaborate décor of the lavish picture galleries
See works by renowned artists including Raphael, Titian and Rubens
Receive personalized attention on this small-group tour, limited to 15 people

What's Included

Local guide
Headset when required
Small group experience with maximum 12 participants

Gratuities
Hotel pick up and drop-off
Food and drinks

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Pitti Palace
Piazza de' Pitti, 1, 50125 Firenze FI, Italy
Please meet your guide right by main and central entrance (huge wooden door) of Pitti Palace. Guide/representative will have a sign "Pitti Palace Palatina Gallery Guided Tour"

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What To Expect

Your tour will begin in front of the resplendent Pitti Palace. The former home of the powerful Medici family, the lavish Renaissance palace now hosts an extraordinary collection of art.

Bypass the lines at the main entrance and enjoy direct entry with your skip-the-line ticket. Follow your guide through the opulent rooms of the Palatine Gallery, arranged for aesthetic value rather than being displayed chronologically. As you roam from room to room, hear about the history of the building and the Medicis, who took over the palace in the 16th century until their fall from power in the 18th century.

Pause to admire some of the incredible works amassed by the Medicis during their rule. See works from Raphael, Caravaggio, Titian, Pietro da Cortona and Rubens, learning the stories and techniques behind the masterpieces. From the windows, catch views of Brunelleschi’s Santo Spirito Basilica and the Boboli Gardens.

Your tour will conclude in the gallery after two hours, leaving you free to continue exploring on your own, if you wish.

Piazza Pitti Palace

10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Palazzo Pitti

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Palatine Gallery

1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Comfortable shoes are recommended
Wheelchair accessible
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Stroller accessible

Minimum age is 6 years
Near public transportation
Most travelers can participate
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 12 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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Our guide was very...

Carol_J, Apr 2024

Our guide was very knowledgeable. The Pitti Palace is packed with art and decorations; it was helpful to have a guide to sort through it.

Great day at the Pitti!

Fran_R, Apr 2024

Such a fantastic tour! Very interesting art works that were explained. Fabulous history of the Pittti Palace!

Great visit to a wonderful palace

Margaret_H, Apr 2024

For me the most memorable part of the visit was the ability of our guide to help me see not only the art and architecture but to get a sense of how it was used by the owners when they lived there.

Fantastic guide!

Ashley_S, Mar 2024

Very knowledgeable guide with extensive insight. Thoroughly enjoyed our tour. We had to leave slightly early but our guide was very gracious.

Amazing museum, so much to see

Ruth_K, Mar 2024

Very knowledgeable, the guy who had a lot to show us. In a way, there wasn’t quite enough time to do it all justice and probably you could spend a whole day in it. In retrospect I would’ve probably liked to have done a morning tour and spent the rest of the day, seeing the gardens and extra museums, et cetera, I think this Tour should be offered as a four hour tour to give them time to do the gardens et cetera as we didn’t appreciate that the gardens would finish at 5:30 pm

Best!

liz, Mar 2024

Your guide was the best - added so much background & info. Wished we had her gor Duomo Tour. That’s all!

Mind blowing

Robin_T, Feb 2024

This museum is ridiculous. Even if you’re not an aspiring art historian, you will be able to appreciate the scale of the collection as well as many individual paintings. It would take months to appreciate each piece of art. The guide provided enough detail to help with understanding what we were looking at but also kept us moving at a solid pace. A must!

Nice experience

Mircea_T, Feb 2024

Daniella an excellent guide, gave us a lot of information regarding the Medici family and most important paintings in the gallery.

Portraits and sculptures and gilding--oh my!

Karen_M, Nov 2023

The PItti Palace is cast into the shade a bit by the larger and more famous Uffizi, but it is WELL worth a visit. Camilla was a wonderful tour guide: friendly and knowledgeable and engaging, and tailored her information to the interests of the group. As someone with an interest in historical fashion, I especially appreciated the chance to examine detailed portraits close up, without huge crowds. We didn't visit the gardens due to the rain, but will next time. Highly recommended!

The Pitti Palace))

Salvatore_N, Oct 2023

A fantastic tour of the Palace. Our guide broke down all the prominent pieces on display. Thank you for a wonderful tour.

Great guide. Disorganised meet up

Paul_H, Oct 2023

Knowledgeable guide. Most pleasant. Just about the perfect length of tour. Meeting up not clear on viator site

Worth the cost to see the Pitti Palace with a guide.

Sara_T, Oct 2023

Our guide Camila was fantastic, kind and kept a great pace throughout the tour. The experience was greatly enhanced by having a guide.

Pitti Palace tour with guide.

Warren_L, Oct 2023

Camilla, our tour guide was excellent! She was quite knowledgeable, passionate and enthusiastic about the tour and art. Quite interesting to us that she is also an art restorer. She answered all questions and was respectful of the group plus kept us on schedule. A++.

Very nice tour at Pitti

John_M, Sep 2023

Well done! We enjoyed our guide and the palace was incredibly impressive. Recommendation from Canada!

Look No Further - This Pitti Palace Tour is the Best!

Catherine_J, Sep 2023

Our guide was very enthusiastic and knowledgeable. Not only was she an art historian, but also an art restorer. Her love and excitement for the gallery was contagious. She shared so many fine and unique details. At one point, we stopped and she asked the group to have her explain any random artwork. She was a fountain of knowledge. I wish we could have spent more time together. I regret that we didn’t purchase the combination Pitti Palace & gardens pass, as we could have learned more. She was our best Viator guide, to date!

Pitti Palace - Great Tour

Patty_K, Sep 2023

We had a great time at the Pitti Palace. From start to finish our guide was perfect! Our guide was very knowledgeable and engaging.

Loved this Tour!

suzanne_w, Sep 2023

This was our 6th Italy Viator tour on this trip. Camilla, our tour guide was outstanding! This was a small group tour and she encouraged lots of questions. It felt like an individualized history lesson! Her passion and knowledge about art history, politics and economics of the time was very evident. You’ve got to take this tour! One of the best we’ve had (but they’ve all been worth it).

Awesome

Kamil_K, Sep 2023

It was awesome! I like the spirit of the guide. It was very informative. Worth every dollar (PLN in my case)

So informative and beautiful

Jessica_W, Sep 2023

Absolutely amazing and so informative! The entire experience was beautiful and I learned so much. Definitely worth it.

Please spruce up this amazing building and offer the public a more sparkling and beautiful space it could be.

Connie_M, Sep 2023

The Palatine gallery is a tired and uninspiring space . I enjoyed seeing some of the masters’ but my guide was although knowledgeable apathetic and uninspiring.

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