Vasari Corridor tour reviews
I have reviewed the six GetYourGuide products this site links to, and I hold every one up against the museum’s own ticket, which already covers the Uffizi and the corridor. Nobody gives a proper guided tour inside the corridor, on any of them. So each review asks what you are actually paying for before it asks how good it is: a guide for the paintings, a slot you could not get yourself, or not much at all.
Official ticket firstUffizi plus corridor costs €47 on the museum’s own site. The options below sell a guide for the paintings, or a slot when the official ones are gone.
Compare all sixThe yardstick: the official ticket
The museum’s own Uffizi + Vasari Corridor ticket is €47 booked ahead on tickets.uffizi.it (€43 on the day), and it already includes the gallery. The Uffizi alone is €29, so the corridor’s share is €18. On Friday evenings until 20 November 2026 there is also a corridor-only ticket at €24 ahead. Inside, everyone walks in a museum group of 25 with two staff, who escort the group and do not give guided tours. Groups stay together, nobody may linger, and the walk runs one way, from the Uffizi to the Boboli Gardens, with no way back into the gallery. None of the six changes those rules. Booking the official ticket, step by step.
What the six actually are
Three are guided Uffizi tours. On two of them, at €44 and €79, the corridor is an extra option and you should expect no commentary in it; the third, at €155, is the only one where the guide walks the corridor with you. Two are tickets with no guide, at €79 and €83, which is €32–36 more than the museum charges for the same two entries. The last is a private tour at €275. All six beside the official ticket, in one table.
The word “optional”
Three listings put the corridor in the title and call it optional. On the two cheapest guided tours the from-price is the option without the corridor, and on the date I checked the corridor option cost roughly half as much again. Melody, from the United States, gave the €44 tour four stars and thought the corridor was included; she had booked the option without it. Diana, also from the United States, thought the same on the €155 tour and had to buy it separately. Each review below says which price includes what.
The lowest score, and the thinnest
The ticket with the audio app has 3.9 from 286 reviews, and 3.7 for value for money. That is the bottom of the six by some way, and I lead its review with it. At the other end, the reserved entry ticket shows 5.0, from 10 reviews. Ten people is a pleasant start, not a track record: two unhappy visitors would pull it down further than they could pull down the escorted tour’s 4.9 from 53.
The six, reviewed
Uffizi Small Group Tour + Optional Vasari Corridor Access
The cheapest guide for the Uffizi. The corridor is extra, and self-guided.
from €44 per personRead the full review ›
Florence: Uffizi Small-Group Tour (Max 9) + Vasari Option
Two hours with a guide, nine people at most. The from-price leaves the corridor out.
from €79 per personRead the full review ›
Florence: Uffizi and Vasari Corridor Timed Ticket & AudioApp
Ticket, app and a tasting, non-refundable. The lowest score of the six.
from €79 per personRead the full review ›
Uffizi Gallery & Vasari Corridor Reserved Entry Ticket
A plain reserved ticket that cancels free. A perfect score on ten reviews.
from €83 per personRead the full review ›
Florence: Uffizi Gallery with Optional Vasari Corridor Tour
The only guide who walks the corridor with you. Non-refundable with it.
from €155 per personRead the full review ›
Florence: Vasari Corridor and Uffizi Gallery Exclusive Tour
A private guide for the Uffizi. The corridor is still a museum group.
from €275 per personRead the full review ›What none of them sells you
Commentary in the corridor. The museum’s daytime rules say only that its staff do not guide. One operator states that “under current museum rules guides are not permitted to give explanations inside the Corridor, so the Vasari Corridor visit is unguided for all options, including private tours”. Another says its guide “is not permitted to provide detailed explanations but will accompany you”. In practice, expect no talk inside. Choose by whether you want the paintings explained, not by the corridor. The guide rule, in full.
Frequently asked questions
Which Vasari Corridor tour should I book?
First check the official site: if it has a slot on your date, €47 covers the Uffizi and the corridor. Book a tour if you want a guide for the paintings, and then I would take the small-group tour with the corridor option. If the official slots are gone, the two ticket products are the fallback. The small-group tour, reviewed.
Does any tour give a guided walk through the corridor?
Not in the usual sense. Museum staff escort every group and do not guide, and operators say their guides may not explain inside. On one listing the guide walks the corridor with you and points things out, without detailed explanations. That tour, reviewed.
Why do the ticket-only options cost more than the official ticket?
They resell the same two entries for €79 and €83 against the museum’s €47. The extra is worth paying when the official slots for your dates have sold out, which they do. Every price, side by side.
Are these reviews independent?
I am an art history writer in Florence, not the Uffizi and not an operator. I earn a commission if you book through this site, at no extra cost to you, and every review starts from the official ticket that earns me nothing. How the site is paid for.