Palazzo Vecchio and Pitti Palace: the 15 Best Tours in Florence

1.Palazzo Vecchio Entrance Ticket & Audioguide

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 4,822 reviews · 1 day · from $37Our pick

Enter Florence’s Palazzo Vecchio in Piazza della Signoria, then explore Medici rooms, Renaissance art, and Vasari’s Salone dei Cinquecento at your own pace. Choose an audio guide in several languages or a 7-inch multimedia tablet with images and 3D scenes. Add Arnolfo’s Tower for wide views of Florence and the Tuscan hills.

“The video guide was really helpful and educational. The palace is beautiful and checking in was very easy”

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2.Entrance Ticket to Pitti Palace

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 4,528 reviews · from $18Best value

Visit Florence’s Pitti Palace with a reserved entrance ticket valid for one day. See Medici paintings by Raphael, Caravaggio, Titian, and Rubens, then explore the Gallery of Modern Art, Treasury of the Grand Dukes, royal apartments, and Costume Gallery. Add a physical audio guide or use the digital app.

“We skipped line and enjoyed Pitti Palace and the gardens.”

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3.Uffizi, Pitti Palace & Boboli Combined 5-Day Pass

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 1,726 reviews · 5 days · from $81

Meet an ACCORD Italy Smart Tours host at the Uffizi, collect your combo ticket, and visit Florence’s great art museums at your own pace. Your Uffizi entry is timed, but Pitti Palace and Boboli Gardens remain flexible for five days. An audio app covers the Uffizi, while the other sites are self-guided.

“We swallowed all the Renesance in 5 days! I am kiding, of course, but it was a kind of fairy tale! We could easily repeat it..”

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4.Palazzo Vecchio Guided Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 1,260 reviews · 1.5 hours · from $52

Spend 90 minutes inside Florence’s Palazzo Vecchio with a certified guide in English, Italian, Spanish, or French. See the Salone dei Cinquecento, Medici apartments, Bronzino’s chapel, map room, and smaller chambers. Guides such as Ivan, Francesca, Sara, and Steffi are praised for clear storytelling. Backpacks go to the cloakroom.

“Our tour guide was extremely knowledgeable and very friendly. She answered all questions with ease.”

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5.Palazzo Vecchio: Skip-the-Line Entry and Secret Passage Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 1,076 reviews · 1h 15m · from $37

Enter Palazzo Vecchio through restricted passageways with an English-speaking guide, then see Francesco I de’ Medici’s Studiolo, Cosimo I’s Tesoretto, and Vasari’s great roof structure. The group has no more than four people, and the tour ends in the Hall of the Five Hundred, where you can continue exploring independently.

“Julia is very funny and start. The trip was really briliant. Highly reccomended!”

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6.Palazzo Vecchio Entry Ticket with Audio Guide

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 837 reviews · 1 hour · from $36

Meet your English or Italian host behind the Fountain of Neptune, then enter Palazzo Vecchio with a reserved ticket and explore for about one hour. Your smartphone audio guide covers the Salone dei Cinquecento, Medici apartments, Hall of Maps, and works linked to Vasari, Donatello, and Michelangelo. Bring headphones and check whether every room is open.

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7.Pitti Palace and Boboli Gardens Ticket & eBook

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 835 reviews · 1 day · from $45

Spend a full day exploring Pitti Palace, its art and costume museums, Boboli Gardens, and Villa Bardini. Your ticket includes timed entry to the Palatine Gallery, access to the other palace collections, and multilingual eBooks written by art historians. You go independently, with no guide or hotel transfer.

“Well worth doing this activity, the palace, museums and gardens were amazing, you need at least 5 hours to really see everything at a leisurely pace”

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8.Palazzo Vecchio Guided Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 656 reviews · 1h 15m · from $37

Spend 75 minutes inside Florence’s Palazzo Vecchio with an English-speaking guide such as Marta, Laura, Sara, or Caterina. You’ll see the Salone dei Cinquecento, hear how the Medici shaped the palace, and may enter a guide-only room or passage. The $37 price includes skip-the-line admission, but not an audio guide.

“The guide was very knowledgeable, nice and open to anz and all questions we had. She made the tour interactive and we got to see a secret passage usually closed to the masses. Would recommend!”

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9.Pitti Palace, Boboli Garden, Palatine Gallery Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 558 reviews · 3 hours · from $115

Spend three hours exploring Pitti Palace, the Palatine Gallery, and Boboli Gardens with an English-speaking guide. You’ll see Medici art, frescoed rooms, gilded frames, ornate furniture, and the gardens’ amphitheater. Guides such as Camilla and Sara bring strong art and restoration knowledge, while early morning timing helps with heat and crowds.

“Camilla is a superb guide giving clear explanations and communicating her passion for the art works and garden. Highly recommend.”

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10.Palazzo Vecchio Skip-the-Line Entry Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.2 · 349 reviews · 1 hour · from $43

Meet an English-speaking host by the David statue at Palazzo Vecchio, exchange your voucher, and enter through the skip-the-line entrance. Inside, use the included English or Italian audio guide to explore Michelozzo’s courtyard, the Hall of the Five Hundred, Medici decorations, Vasari frescoes, and sculptures by Donatello, Verrocchio, and Bandinelli. Allow about one hour.

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11.Pitti Palace, Boboli Garden & Palatina Gallery Guided Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 264 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $118Top rated

Spend about three hours with an English-speaking guide inside Florence’s Pitti Palace, the Palatina Gallery, and Boboli Gardens. You’ll see Medici-era apartments, paintings from the 1500s and 1600s, grand halls, sculptures, and garden viewpoints. Groups are capped at 14, with timed entry and earsets for groups of four or more.

“Had a great time exploring the Pitti Palace and Boboli Gardens with Ida! She was super knowledgeable, fun, and made the history come alive without it feeling like a lecture. The views from the gardens were amazing too. Highly recommend touring with her if you're in Florence!”

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12.Pitti Palace and Palatina Gallery Ticket and Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 255 reviews · 1h 50m · from $80

Meet your English-speaking guide outside Pitti Palace for a roughly two-hour tour of the Palatina Gallery. Expect Caravaggio, Rubens, Raphael, Titian, Medici history, frescoed rooms, and helpful art-reading tips. Your ticket also covers the palace museums, Boboli Gardens, and other collections for later independent exploring.

“The tour was interesting. The guide is rich in knowledge, delivered the the guided tour in an interesting way. She was very nice and pleasant. Thank you!”

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13.Palazzo Vecchio guided experience with entrance ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 249 reviews · 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.) · from $64

Meet your licensed English-speaking guide at Piazza della Signoria for a 90-minute visit inside Palazzo Vecchio. You’ll see the grand Salone dei Cinquecento and Medici rooms, with guides such as Ivan, Leonardo, Anna, and Veronica bringing the art and politics to life. Tower access is not included, and the main hall can close for civic events.

“Incredible! Our tour ended up just being my husband and I (other couple didn’t show) and the tour guide went above and beyond! Our 1.5 hour tour turned into almost 3 hours and she did a fantastic job telling us about the history. She was incredibly informative and after the tour recommended some restaurants nearby to enjoy (which we did!). My husband said this was his favorite tour of our entire 10 day Italy trip. Highly recommend”

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14.Pitti Palace and Boboli Gardens Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 182 reviews · 1.5 hours · from $117

Follow a local guide through Florence’s historic center and Palazzo Pitti, where the Palatine Gallery holds works by Raphael, Titian, and Rubens. Then explore Boboli Gardens at your own pace, finding fountains, caves, obelisks, and a 360-degree view from Cavalier’s Palace. Guides speak seven languages, and private groups are available.

“Giovanni was extremely knowledgeable about art history and explained the background and context of the paintings very proficiently.”

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15.Palazzo Vecchio: Magnificent Private Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 61 reviews

Spend two hours inside Florence’s Palazzo Vecchio with a private guide in your choice of seven languages. See the Hall of the Five Hundred, Donatello’s Judith, Medici apartments, Dante’s funeral mask, the map room, and Leonardo’s unfinished fresco story. Guide Alexandra has earned praise for clear, wide-ranging explanations.

“Une visite très intéressante avec Alexandra. de nombreuses explications sont données au cours de la visite. Avec de l'histoire, de la géographie, de l'histoire de l'art, de la géopolitique. les nombreuses questions que j'ai pu poser ont trouvé à chaque fois une réponse. On ne voit pas le temps passer.”

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