Comments on: Super Secret Uffizi Ticket Booth in Florence?

By: JennO

JennO — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 08:02:06 +0000

Oops, I meant Euro

By: JennO

JennO — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 08:00:38 +0000

Thank you! Incredibly helpful tip! We walked up and were offered at-cost tickets for Uffizi 15 minutes later. However, we wanted to schedule for a rainy day two days out. Online scalpers were $71 and $59 for three Uffizi tickets alone. We got both Uffizi and Accademia tix for three for $54 at ideal times. Thanks again.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 02:08:29 +0000

I’m so glad it worked for you! I’ve heard that from several people, that it’s really easy to miss, so at least for now it’s likely to remain something of a secret.

By: Jason

Jason — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 19:02:13 +0000

We used this today… on a Saturday in mid-June, and we got tickets for both the Uffizi and Accademia for Sunday with no trouble – although we were completely flexible on time of day.

Excellent tip, the lines at the Uffizi were at about 1.5 hours, which I’ve heard is light for June, but this was a way better option.

The window looks like admission tickets to the church it’s built in to, and when it’s closed it has no mention of the museums on the outside. When open, there is a single white sheet in the window with prices for the museums (same as online prices), which is the only way we knew we’d found it. No awning, no signs.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Fri, 13 May 2011 20:29:46 +0000

The museum websites aren’t wrong when they say they’re booked for the whole week – those tickets were, indeed, sold. The ticket booth is re-selling tickets that people had bought and weren’t able to use. I’m glad you were able to get tickets on short notice – and I think you were very lucky to get tickets to the Uffizi without lines in mid-May. That’s certainly not the usual experience.

By: Colin brown

Colin brown — Wed, 11 May 2011 12:10:04 +0000

2011, this ticket booth is still there. We got tickets for galleria at 10am for the next morning. Even though the ticket website for uffizi and galleria said it was booked for the whole week. Totally wrong.

ALS we got to the uffizi at 8 and bought tickets for the 9am right on the spot.

So just go early to any of the places and there are no lines mid-may!

By: Jessica

Jessica — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:54:43 +0000

You’re right, Malchik – checking the ticket line at the gallery itself is a good idea. During the less-busy season, you might have no trouble at all getting in without a wait. But I also know when I visited Florence last (in early March), it was still crammed with people and the Uffizi line was longer than 10 minutes! So yes – check first, and then know there’s the other ticket window as a back-up.

By: Malchik

Malchik — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:53:56 +0000

Found it and got the tickets promptly. But when we went to Uffizi the ticket queue was not significant. We could have got them in 10mins. But still a good place to grab the tickets. Recommend to check the queue first which might vary based on the season I guess, we were there before last week.

Malchik

By: Debo

Debo — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:23:07 +0000

Yep, its there and its square – we found it about 100 metres up on the left. Its a small window, so look out for it otherwise you could easily miss it. 14 Euros a ticket – 10 for entry and 4 for a queue jumper. Bene!

By: Ilze

Ilze — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:08:44 +0000

We didn’t find the ticket window this August (it was sunday, maybe it was closed), so instead we went to Uffici at ~7:45, met some 15 people before us and got in first at 8:15. (lot of people arrived ~8:00, so it is better to be a bit earlier) Thus, if you are early riser, you can get in by waiting only 30 min as we did.