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Quick answer
The Gallerie degli Uffizi is one museum institution in Florence with three sites. The Uffizi Gallery occupies the first and second floors of the building Giorgio Vasari designed, with painting and ancient sculpture; Palazzo Pitti is the former grand-ducal palace, now divided into museums by floor; the Boboli Gardens are the garden laid out on the hillside behind the palace from 1549. The Vasari Corridor, reopened in December 2024, runs from the Uffizi across the Ponte Vecchio to the Boboli Gardens and Palazzo Pitti. The institution's combined-ticket page describes a five-day PassePartout covering all three, with the Uffizi visited first at a booked day and time.
The short answer
The Uffizi, Palazzo Pitti and the Boboli Gardens are three sites of one institution, the Gallerie degli Uffizi, which publishes its visitor information and sells tickets for all three.[1] They are not one building and not one visit. The Uffizi is a picture gallery; Palazzo Pitti is a former grand-ducal palace divided into several museums; the Boboli Gardens are the palace's formal garden.
Decide which of the three you actually want before you look at tickets. Someone who wants Botticelli and Leonardo needs the Uffizi; someone interested in how the Medici and their successors lived needs Pitti; someone who wants a Renaissance garden needs Boboli.
The Uffizi Gallery
The institution's page on the Uffizi says the gallery occupies the first and second floors of a building constructed between 1560 and 1580 to a design by Giorgio Vasari, and that it is known for ancient sculpture and paintings from the Middle Ages to the modern period. The painters the same page names include Giotto, Botticelli, Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo and Caravaggio.[2]
When XTOUR refers to the Uffizi Gallery it means this building and its collection, not the Gallerie degli Uffizi, the institution that runs all three sites.
Palazzo Pitti: a palace of several museums
The Uffizi's Pitti page says the palace was bought in 1550 and chosen by Cosimo I de' Medici and Eleanor of Toledo as the new grand-ducal residence, and that it later housed the court of the Habsburg-Lorraine, from 1737, and of the House of Savoy, from 1865.[3]
Today the palace is divided by floor. The same page puts the Treasury of the Grand Dukes and the Museum of Russian Icons, with the Palatine Chapel, on the ground floor; the Palatine Gallery and the Imperial and Royal Apartments on the first floor; and the Gallery of Modern Art and the Museum of Costume and Fashion on the second.[3] The page calls this five museums while naming six collections, so XTOUR's reading is that it is clearer to plan by floor and by collection than by a number. When XTOUR read the page on 9 October 2026, the institution's notices included a temporary closure of the Treasury of the Grand Dukes.[3]
The Palatine Chapel here is not the Palatine Chapel in Palermo, a different building with the same name that the Arab-Norman Palermo explainer covers.
The Boboli Gardens
The Uffizi's history of the garden dates it to 1549, when Niccolò Pericoli, known as Tribolo, designed it for Duchess Eleonora of Toledo; after Tribolo's death Bartolomeo Ammannati and then Bernardo Buontalenti took over the work. The same page calls it one of the most important examples of an Italian garden.[4]
XTOUR treats Boboli as a place in its own right, a garden with several entrances, rather than as part of the palace. The institution's visit page names ticket offices at three of the garden's entrances: Annalena in Via Romana, Porta Romana and Forte Belvedere.[1]
The Vasari Corridor links the three
The Vasari Corridor is the passage that joins the sites. In an announcement dated 20 December 2024, the Uffizi said the corridor would reopen on 21 December after being closed since 2016 for safety upgrades, and that its route runs from the Uffizi across the Ponte Vecchio to the Boboli Gardens and Palazzo Pitti. The announcement put the start at a dedicated entrance on the first floor of the Uffizi's Gallery of Statues and Paintings and described the route as one-way, from the Uffizi towards Boboli. According to the same announcement, the corridor is reached by buying an Uffizi Gallery ticket with a special supplement, and reservation is mandatory.[5] The tickets page XTOUR read in October 2026 lists a separate Uffizi and Vasari Corridor ticket, nominative and with mandatory reservation, and a version of the five-day PassePartout that includes the corridor.[7] XTOUR has not read the institution's current rules for the corridor, which its visit page lists as a separate notice.[1]
How the institution describes its combined ticket
The institution's combined-ticket page describes the PassePartout as valid for five consecutive days, with one admission to each of the Uffizi, Palazzo Pitti and the Boboli Gardens. On that page the visitor books a day and time for the Uffizi, which comes first, and then enters Pitti and Boboli without a further reservation while the ticket is valid.[6]
The Uffizi's tickets page lists its single tickets for all three sites as named tickets.[7] XTOUR does not repeat prices; read them on uffizi.it. The institution's visit page says tickets are sold online at tickets.uffizi.it, through its call centre and at its ticket offices.[1]
The three sites side by side
| Site | What it is | What the institution's pages highlight |
|---|---|---|
| Uffizi Gallery | First and second floors of Vasari's building, 1560 to 1580 | Painting from Giotto to Caravaggio, ancient sculpture |
| Palazzo Pitti | Former grand-ducal and royal palace | Museums by floor, from the Treasury to the Gallery of Modern Art |
| Boboli Gardens | The garden behind the palace, begun 1549 | One of the most important examples of the Italian garden |
What XTOUR does not tell you
XTOUR does not publish opening hours, closing days, prices or the conditions of individual ticket types for any of the three sites. The institution publishes them on uffizi.it and tickets.uffizi.it. XTOUR has not read the institution's accessibility information either.
For Florence as a base, see the Florence destination page and the guide to choosing between Florence, Pisa and Siena. For Michelangelo's David, which is in a different museum, see the Accademia explainer.
Sources & references
- [1]Gallerie degli Uffizi (Uffizi Galleries), 'Come and visit us' page (uffizi.it): information on visiting the Uffizi, Pitti Palace and the Boboli Gardens; tickets bought online at tickets.uffizi.it, through the call centre, or at ticket offices under the loggia of the Uffizi, in the square in front of Pitti Palace and at the Boboli Gardens entrances (Annalena in Via Romana, Porta Romana, Forte Belvedere); its notices list separate rules for accessing the Vasari Corridor. Read 2026-10-09
- [2]Gallerie degli Uffizi, 'The Uffizi' page (uffizi.it): the Gallery occupies the first and second floors of the building constructed between 1560 and 1580 to a design by Giorgio Vasari; ancient sculpture and paintings from the Middle Ages to the modern period; painters named include Giotto, Botticelli, Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo and Caravaggio. Read 2026-10-09
- [3]Gallerie degli Uffizi, 'Pitti Palace' page (uffizi.it): purchased in 1550 and chosen by Cosimo I de' Medici and Eleanor of Toledo as the new grand-ducal residence; later the court of the Habsburg-Lorraine (from 1737) and of the House of Savoy (from 1865); 'divided into five museums', listed by floor (Treasury of the Grand Dukes and Museum of Russian Icons with the Palatine Chapel; Palatine Gallery and Imperial and Royal Apartments; Gallery of Modern Art and Museum of Costume and Fashion); notices on 9 October 2026 included a temporary closure of the Treasury of the Grand Dukes. Read 2026-10-09
- [4]Gallerie degli Uffizi, 'History | Boboli Gardens' (uffizi.it): begun in 1549 and designed by Niccolò Pericoli, known as Tribolo, for Duchess Eleonora of Toledo; one of the most important examples of an Italian garden; after Tribolo's death the work was taken over by Bartolomeo Ammannati and then Bernardo Buontalenti. Read 2026-10-09
- [5]Gallerie degli Uffizi announcement of 20 December 2024, 'The Vasari Corridor reopening after 8 years' (uffizi.it): reopening on 21 December 2024 after closure in 2016 for safety upgrades; route from a dedicated entrance on the first floor of the Gallery of Statues and Paintings across the Ponte Vecchio to the Boboli Gardens and Pitti Palace, one direction only; access by buying an Uffizi Gallery ticket with a special supplement; reservation mandatory. Read 2026-10-09
- [6]Gallerie degli Uffizi, 'Passepartout 5 days' combined-ticket page (uffizi.it): valid for 5 consecutive days with one single admission to each of the Uffizi, Pitti Palace and the Boboli Gardens; the day and hour of entry to the Uffizi, the first museum to visit, must be chosen; Pitti and Boboli afterwards without other reservation within the validity; one extra day if a closing day falls within the five. Read 2026-10-09
- [7]Gallerie degli Uffizi, 'Tickets' page (uffizi.it): single tickets for the Uffizi, Palazzo Pitti and the Boboli Gardens listed as named tickets; the Uffizi and Vasari Corridor ticket described as nominative, personal and non-transferable, with mandatory reservation; the five-day PassePartout listed with an option that includes the Vasari Corridor; for PassePartout holders, every single access to the corridor must be booked. Read 2026-10-09
Frequently asked questions
Good to know
Is Palazzo Pitti one museum?
No. The Uffizi's Palazzo Pitti page says the palace is divided into five museums, and lists the Treasury of the Grand Dukes and the Museum of Russian Icons (with the Palatine Chapel) on the ground floor, the Palatine Gallery and the Imperial and Royal Apartments on the first floor, and the Gallery of Modern Art and the Museum of Costume and Fashion on the second floor.
Do I need a separate booking for the Vasari Corridor?
The Uffizi's tickets page treats the corridor as a booked visit: it lists a separate Uffizi and Vasari Corridor ticket, described as nominative, personal and non-transferable with mandatory reservation, and says that PassePartout holders must book each access to the corridor. The institution's December 2024 reopening announcement likewise said the corridor is reached with an Uffizi Gallery ticket and a special supplement, and that reservation is mandatory. XTOUR does not repeat the charges; read the current figures on uffizi.it.
Are Uffizi tickets issued in my name?
The Uffizi's tickets page lists its single tickets for the Uffizi, Palazzo Pitti and the Boboli Gardens as named tickets, and describes the Uffizi and Vasari Corridor ticket as nominative, personal and non-transferable.