Private Uffizi Gallery Tour – See the Masterpieces
Michael Palin featured our Uffizi tour in a BBC World Documentary for its easy and engaging access to the world-famous art museum. Our skip-the-line Uffizi tour will introduce you to the most famous artists of Italian history. Well, to their artwork! Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Titian, Raphael, Caravaggio…. Their names are known the world over – and now you’ll see why! Standing before their art, our guides will show you their significance and you’ll be able to appreciate their genius for yourself!
Relax and Enjoy: In-depth and up-close to the art
Our Uffizi tour covers the Uffizi Gallery’s major rooms and halls. As the only company in Italy recommended by every major travel guide, our visit is a streamlined Uffizi tour that helps you focus on the most important artworks. We know how overwhelming museums can sometimes be, and that’s why we carefully curate the Uffizi tour, focusing on the fun and fascinating.
Making Uffizi Art and History Come Alive
Find out how Michelangelo out-smarted a famous skinflint. Learn about the mysterious and beautiful model in Botticelli’s Birth of Venus. See the transformation of Leonardo da Vinci’s creative talent. Understand the major techniques used in Renaissance art. But we don’t just tell you the history of a piece of art: we show you that history. Our experts will guide you through the beauty and value of countless art masterpieces. And best of all, we’ll make it fun to! Blame it on our background as a theater company, but we believe tours should be entertaining.
Uffizi Skip-the-line Priority Entrance
Avoid long lines with skip-the-line tickets and take the shorter, quicker line. Take the quickest entry and get up close and personal with the Renaissance masters! Our afternoon Uffizi tour is the ideal length for the whole family and leaves you time to join our David tour of the Accademia Gallery afterwards!
The Masterpieces of the Uffizi Gallery – Prefer a Semi-Private small group Uffizi Tour?
You can choose to do the Masterpieces of the Uffizi Gallery as an exclusive or semi-private group experience. For our semi-private small group tour click here! ** 2022 Currently we are not running this as a small group tour due to impacts of the pandemic.
Why Book Masterpieces of the Uffizi Tour?
- Our personally trained Artviva guides select the best itinerary for an engaging streamlined tour
- Artviva’s excellence has been recommended by every major travel guide from Rick Steves to TIME magazine
- You’ll see all the best bits of the Uffizi and meet all the famous masters of Italian history without wasting your time
- Our fully licensed travel agency ensures peace of mind
- We’re real people based in the center of Florence – come and speak to us any time
- True local expertise that’s stood the test of time Since 1996
PLEASE NOTE – Persons under 18 now are required to bring their original ID with them to the tour for museum entry
T Richard Corcoran –
We mistakenly blocked out time for a two-hour private tour that was actually supposed to be three hours. But our effervescent tour guide, Ella, was able to quickly revise a strategy to hit the most important works and still maintained flexibility to continue further if we had the energy and time. Ultimately we did about 2.5 hours. Ella’s depth of knowledge was apparent in her ability to explain the shift from the Medieval period into the Renaissance period in a way that really made sense. But not just in how the art changed but how and why those changes were tied to what was happening politically, religiously, scientifically, in commerce and finance, and in the world in general. Very skillful and impressive. Highly recommended!
Laurie Stanley –
We thoroughly enjoyed our tour with Martini (sp?) from 28 April 2019. He was extremely knowledgeable, passionate, and professional.
Tricia Dave –
My family of three did a tour of Uffizi with Lara. We had a great tour. She was well spoken, knowledgable and it was the highlight of our trip. Alone, we would have missed so much. She pointed out all of the main works and gave us much insight into the history. We would highly recommend to others. We had no difficulties booking this activity online.
Jaime Gomez –
The tour with Laura was amazing! Best way to see the highlights and understand their history/importance.
Kay & Jim Schlembach –
We found ArtViva through Rick Steves’ Tuscany Guide. This is our first semi-private tour, and we were so pleased! Allesandro was knowledgeable, amusing, patient and expert at pointing out the highlights of the Uffizi, as well as negotiating around the lines. Botticelli, Leonardo and Caravaggio’s “Medusa” along with lots of Medici history – amazing. Our October 2021 tour ended up private, which made it even nicer. Impressive and worth every penny. Can’t wait to schedule another ArtViva tour on our next trip to Italy.
Dafna Stein –
We adored our highly knowledgable, vivacious, passionate about art and art history guide Martina!!! Who is also an engaging and humorous storyteller. From the very first moment she was focused, informative, attentive and in excellent humor. She quickly understood who we were as her audience. We especially loved hearing about the lives of Leonardo, Michelangelo, Rafaello and about their relationships with one another through time and space, as well as the roles they each played in society and the world of the Medici dynasty in Florence. We also learned loads about other prominent Renaissance figures who were unknown to us, We went away eager to delve into a reading list too! And of course Martina was adept in teaching us to see each painting she showed us with new eyes. Revealing things for us to notice, -even in great works known to us, such as the Venus on the Half shell by Botticelli (whose name means little barrels!) My group highly recommends this tour!!!
Jennifer Liakos –
Our guide was incredibly knowledgeable. She was excited and passion about the subject matter – which made the tour even more fun and interesting than it would have otherwise been. I have used ArtViva a lot when in Italy and I have loved every tour they’ve done. I would always recommend ArtViva. I only wish it was available in other countries!
Dorothy –
Brenda was a great guide – very knowledgable on Art and History. We felt fortunate to have her as our guide!
Debbie Stoner –
Laura was and excellent & well informed guide with very proficient English. We learned a lot and would recommend the tour.
Cheryl Leavitt –
If the Uffuzzi is a museum exerperience of a lifetime, then Alexander is the tour guide who is up to the challenge. He is engaging, passionate, and so informed about everything from each piece of art to the artists, Florence history, and world history including and especially Renaissance. We purchased a private tour and received an experience which was 3x its cost, so I consider it a valuable purchase. Highly recommended if Alex is your guide
Penny Cobey –
My adult daughter and I had a private tour of the Uffizi with Eleanora. She was an outstanding guide, very well-informed, knew her way around the museum well, got us through lines quickly. She asked us at the outset which pictures we were most interested in seeing, and tailored the tour accordingly. She also responded to our request for her ideas and introduced us to some splendid paintings. ArtViva handled the arrangements well—sent reminders, etc. The ArtViva tours are a bit expensive, but I would not hesitate to book another. It’s so worthwhile to get well-spoken, well-informed guides who truly know their subject, and enjoy a private tour.
Vince Cataldo –
This was actually the second time I’ve taken this tour. The first time was great, and this tour was even better! This tour makes the Uffizi so enjoyable by ensuring that none of the highlights of the museum are missed.