Hello! How much time should I plan for a visit to the Accademia? Unfortunately, it's going to be on a Sunday.
Thanks!
Posted by
Land of La
8682 posts
Hour. Reserve in advance so you don't have to wait in line.
Posted by
Long Beach, CA, USA
359 posts
make sure you have a reservation or Firenze Card to avoid the line
you can spend an hour there or more if you like to really linger, not nearly as long as you for the Uffizi
Posted by
OP
St. Louis, MO, USA
7 posts
Excellent - thanks for the advice!
Posted by
Oak Park, Illinois
4535 posts
An hour tops if you REALLY linger or want to see whatever special exhibit they might have. You can also pretty much walk right in an hour before closing or right at opening. Otherwise, have your hotel reserve a time slot for you.
Posted by
OP
St. Louis, MO, USA
7 posts
Great, thank you!
Posted by
Boston
209 posts
Was just there May 2 and 1 hour is about right. If you don't get a reservation ahead of time, just go to ticket place right across the street and ask for the next reservation available. I went around 10:40am and had no problem getting a reservation at 11am on the same day. I don't know why people wait in line. It cost 4 euros more than the ticket price but IMHO worth the cost.
Posted by
St Louis
411 posts
Steve, Nice to see a fellow St Louisan here. You can purchase a reserved ticket at the office across the street--- I noticed that last week I'm pretty sure that's a fairly recent development. Since you'll be so close to San Marco you may want to stop by there as well to see the Fra Angelico works too. I've never seen a line there.