Can you take photos in the Vasari Corridor?

What is worth a photo

The windows. There are 73 of them, and the wide ones over the Ponte Vecchio give the best view of the river; they are widely reported to have been opened for Hitler’s visit in May 1938, though that is a story rather than a settled fact. Above the bridge, since July 2025, are more than fifty Roman portrait busts. The balcony into Santa Felicita comes and goes quickly. The order of the walk is on what you see, which helps you have the phone ready at the right moment.

What to leave behind

Anything that looks like professional kit, and the habit of filming. I would bring a phone and nothing larger, partly for the rule and partly because a camera backpack falls foul of the bag ban. The full list is on what to bring.

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