Every way into the Vasari Corridor, set against the official ticket
The table I wish someone had shown me
I grew up a few streets from Santa Felicita, under the last stretch of the corridor, and for most of my life it was a locked door above my head. Since it reopened I have walked it on a day ticket and on a Friday evening. What follows is every listing I would consider, read on 5 October 2026, with the museum’s own ticket in the first row, because that is the price everything else should be measured against.
| Option | Price per person | Corridor in that price | Guide in the Uffizi | Guide in the corridor | Refundable |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Official ticket, Uffizi + Vasari Corridor | €47 ahead, €43 on the day | Yes | No | No. Two museum staff escort the group; they do not guide | No. Named, non-refundable |
| Small-group Uffizi tour + optional corridor, max 9 | €44 | No. The corridor option costs extra | Yes, about 1.5 h | No. The guide shows you the entrance and leaves | Yes, up to 24 h before |
| Uffizi small-group tour (max 9) + Vasari option | €79 | No. The corridor option costs extra | Yes, about 2 h | Expect no commentary | Yes, up to 24 h before |
| Timed ticket + audio app | €79 | Yes | No, an audio app | No, the audio app | No |
| Reserved entry ticket | €83 | Yes | No | No | Yes, up to 24 h before |
| Guided Uffizi with optional corridor, max 10 | €155 | Check the option at booking | Yes, about 2 h | Walks with you, no detailed explanation | No, if you choose the corridor |
| Private Uffizi + corridor tour | €275 | Yes | Yes, private, about 2 h | Expect no commentary | Yes, up to 24 h before |
Tour prices are the GetYourGuide “from” price and they move. The official prices are on the Uffizi’s own price list. Eligible reduced categories pay €2 and those eligible for a free ticket pay nothing, but they still have to reserve.
Read the guide-in-the-corridor column twice. Every visitor, on a tour or not, walks the corridor in a museum-run group of 25 with two staff, and the staff do not give tours. Operators write in their own listings that guides may not explain inside, and the one exception on this page is a guide who walks with you and points things out. How that rule works, and what it means for what you pay, is on whether a guide can explain the corridor.
Two from-prices that leave the corridor out
The €44 tour is the cheapest line on this page and the €79 small-group tour is the one I would book first, and on both the headline price is the option with no corridor in it. The word “optional” is in the title, but it is easy to read past. On the date we checked, choosing the corridor option made each of them roughly half as much again.
People do read past it. Melody from the United States gave the €44 tour four stars and thought the corridor was included; she had booked the option marked “NO VASARI”. Diana, also from the United States, booked the €155 listing, thought the same, and had to buy the corridor separately. On the €79 tour you also cannot add the corridor on the day, so the choice you make at checkout is final.
The ticket-only listings cost €32–36 more than the museum
The €79 timed ticket with an audio app and the €83 reserved entry ticket sell the same two entries as the €47 official ticket: the Uffizi, then the corridor. That is €32 and €36 more per person. The €79 one adds an audio app and a food-tasting “bonus”, is non-refundable, and quotes the official €47 in its own listing. Its rating is 3.9, with 3.7 for value for money. The €83 one has free cancellation up to 24 hours before, but you first exchange a voucher at a meeting point, and Lars from Denmark found it “a little confusing as to where to enter”. Its 5.0 comes from ten reviews, which is too few to lean on.
So why would anyone pay it? Because the official slots run out. Uffizi tickets are released gradually, and on popular dates the corridor times go. John from the United States booked the ticket-and-app listing because “everything else was sold out. So this really saves us”. If that is your position, €32 to €36 for a slot you could not otherwise get is a fair trade, and I would say so to a friend. If it is not, it is €32 to €36 for nothing.
John also left the warning I would repeat: the time on the ticket is the corridor time, not the Uffizi time. You get into the gallery two hours earlier, and Room D19, where the corridor groups meet, is about 45 minutes’ walk from the entrance by the museum’s own reckoning. David Richard from the United Kingdom stayed in the Uffizi for five hours and missed his corridor slot. Before paying the markup, check tickets.uffizi.it for your dates once more; the museum’s ticket offices also stay open when the online shop shows sold out. The booking steps are on how to book the official ticket.
Two cheaper doors the listings don’t mention
If you have seen the Uffizi already, or don’t want to, the cheapest way into the corridor is a Friday evening. Every Friday until 20 November 2026 the museum opens it from 7 pm to 11 pm on a corridor-only ticket: €24 ahead, €20 on the day, about 35 minutes, and you pass through the gallery without visiting it. As of 5 October 2026 there are seven Fridays left, and nothing has been announced for 2027. I walked it on one of those evenings and liked it better than the day, partly because I was not tired from three hours of paintings. The details are on the Friday evening opening.
The other door is the free first Sunday of the month: the corridor is open to visitors who reserved online, at no extra cost, while slots last. Those are the most fought-over slots of the month, so I would not plan a trip around one.
All six
Cheapest guideCorridor costs extraUffizi Small Group Tour + Optional Vasari Corridor Access
Max 9 peopleCorridor costs extraFlorence: Uffizi Small-Group Tour (Max 9) + Vasari Option
Ticket, no guideCorridor includedFlorence: Uffizi and Vasari Corridor Timed Ticket & AudioApp
Ticket, no guideCorridor includedUffizi Gallery & Vasari Corridor Reserved Entry Ticket
Best ratedGuide walks the corridorFlorence: Uffizi Gallery with Optional Vasari Corridor Tour
PrivateCorridor includedFlorence: Vasari Corridor and Uffizi Gallery Exclusive Tour
What a guide is for, and it is a lot
None of this means a tour is a waste. A guide earns the money in the Uffizi. On the official ticket you have two hours in the gallery, a clock running and a 45-minute walk to the meeting point to fit in. That is a hard morning to plan alone, and most people spend it reading labels and looking for Room D19. Tom from Australia wrote that his guide, Camilla, “brought the paintings to life”, and added: “The icing on the cake was walking the Vasari Corridor at the end of it all.” That order is the right one. The paintings are the reason to pay; the corridor is the walk home.
The three guided tours, how their timing works and who each one suits are on guided Uffizi and corridor tours. My default is the €79 small-group tour with the corridor option ticked.
The three guided tours side by side
| Uffizi Small Group Tour + Optional Vasari Corridor Access | My pickFlorence: Uffizi Small-Group Tour (Max 9) + Vasari Option | Florence: Uffizi Gallery with Optional Vasari Corridor Tour | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price from | €44 per person | €79 per person | €155 per person |
| Corridor in that price | No, option costs extra | No, option costs extra | Check at booking |
| Guided Uffizi | About 1.5 h | About 2 h | About 2 h |
| In the corridor | Self-guided after the guide leaves | Expect no commentary | Guide walks with you |
| Group size | Max 9 | Max 9 | Max 10 |
| Cancellation | Free up to 24 h | Free up to 24 h | Non-refundable with the corridor |
| View → | Book this → | View → |
Decide one thing first: do you want the paintings explained to you. If yes, book a guided tour and tick the corridor option. If no, book the official €47 ticket, or the €24 Friday evening if you only want the corridor. Pay the ticket-only markup only when the museum has nothing left on your dates.
Frequently asked questions
Is the Vasari Corridor included in the €44 tour?
Not at the €44 price. That from-price is the option without the corridor, and on the date we checked the corridor option cost roughly half as much again. The same applies to the €79 small-group tour. Choose the option with the corridor at checkout; on the €79 tour you cannot add it on the day.
Why pay €79 or €83 for a ticket the museum sells for €47?
Only because the official slots for your dates are gone. The two ticket-only listings cost €32 and €36 more than the official ticket for the same two entries. If the museum still has your date, book it direct; the steps are on how to book the official ticket.
Does any tour give you a guided walk through the corridor?
Not in the usual sense. Every group of 25 is escorted by two museum staff who do not guide, and operators state that guides may not explain inside. On the €155 tour the guide walks the corridor with you and points things out, without detailed explanation. Even on the private tour I would expect no commentary; more on private tours.
Which of these can I cancel?
The €44, €79 small-group, €83 and €275 options cancel free up to 24 hours before. The €79 ticket-and-app listing is non-refundable, the €155 tour is non-refundable once you choose the corridor, and the official ticket is named and non-refundable.
Is there a cheaper way to walk the corridor?
Yes, two. On Friday evenings until 20 November 2026 a corridor-only ticket costs €24 ahead or €20 on the day. On the free first Sunday of the month the corridor is open at no extra cost to people who reserved online, slots permitting; how that works is on the free first Sunday.