Pitti Palace and Boboli Gardens Private Tour
Leave the noisy city streets behind and step inside the world of the Medici grand dukes. Learn how the Medici acquired this magnificent estate just outside the city centre across the Ponte Vecchio. Inside the Pitti Palace, visit the Palatine Gallery, home to an astounding collection of fine Renaissance and Baroque masterpieces. Then, visit the Boboli Gardens, the lavish grounds behind the palace. Walk among delightful gardens and admire the grottos, fountains, and sculptures that transformed this vast green landscape into an outdoor museum.
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Pitti Palace and Boboli Gardens Private Tour
What's included in Pitti Palace and Boboli Gardens Private Tour
(Subject to Option Inclusions)Itinerary
Florence
Palatine Gallery The tour begins inside the Pitti Palace, at the Palatine Gallery, where we will admire masterpieces of Renaissance and Baroque art. This remarkable gallery includes the largest collection of works by Raphael, as well as works by Italian masters like Titian, Caravaggio, and the greatest woman artist of the past, Artemisia Gentileschi. Unlike most modern museums, this gallery is set in a sumptuous period setting. Walk through hall after hall to admire great masterpieces, and fine 17th-century furnishings including tables with semi-precious stone inlays, vases, and impressive stuccoed and frescoed ceilings.
Giardino di Boboli
Exit the palace and step into an exquisite outdoor museum. Here, Medici court artists and architects transformed simple orchards into the model Italian garden. Adorned with grottos, fountains, and ancient and Renaissance statues, the Boboli Gardens became an escape from the city for the grand dukes. Enjoy beautiful views over the city and an escape from the noisy crowded city streets.
Inclusions
- One-day museum pass valid for entrance to the Bardini Gardens
- 2-hour semi-private guided tour with a local, expert guide, limited to 10 participants
- Entrance to the Gallery of Modern Art and the Treasury of the Grand Dukes inside Palazzo Pitti
- Tickets and reservations for the Palatine Gallery and the Boboli Gardens
- Radios with headsets
- Hotel pickup and drop off
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- IMPORTANT: Bring Passport or photo ID for visitors under 18. Those who cannot provide proper ID will have to pay adult entry
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Pickup and Dropoff
You will make your own way to the meeting points
Meeting / End Points
- Meet the guide at the top of the slope in Piazza Pitti, just off the right side of the main entrance of Palazzo Pitti. Your tour guide will be there with a yellow-coloured Florence Specialist flag. Please be present at the meeting point about 15 minutes before the tour starts time.
Redeem
Ticket Redemption
IMPORTANT: Bring a Passport or photo ID for visitors under 18. Those who cannot provide proper ID will have to pay for adult entry
