We will in the city for 4 days, Sun. Mond. Tues. and Wends., and it had to be those days due to everyone's schedules. I see there is the city pass that lasts for 3 days after starting it's use, but no matter how I do it that will include Monday, and it seems like a lot of stuff is closed on Mondays. Does any one know of anything on the pass that is open on Monday? I know they have a list but I only have so much time to finish trip prep ( going in 4 weeks ), and googling each of the many many many things on the list is going to take a while, so thought I'd check if anyone knew anything to maybe save some time. We have a couple things we want to see that aren't on that pass so we'll have the fourth day covered, and we have a winery tour booked for a for a few hours of Monday, but if we can avoid one day of the pass not being a waste and find something to use it for on the rest of that day, that would be great.
Posted by
Ontario, Canada
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The information in the following link is over a year old, but includes the attractions that were open on Mondays at that time. The info includes many sites not included in the pass. Check the official websites of the particular site for current hours:
https://www.visitflorence.com/florence-museums/open-on-mondays.html
Posted by
Gettysburg PA
8612 posts
and it seems like a lot of stuff is closed on Mondays.
State operated venues- Accademia, Uffizi are closed on Monday. Most everything else is open.
There are dozens of worthwhile venues included on the Firenze card that are open on Monday- each takes 60-90 min or so.
Santa Croce
San Marco
Santa Maria Novella
Medici Chapels
Palazzo Vecchio
Brancacci Chapel
Bargello
just to list a few top sites
Duomo complex is open Mondays but not included on Firenze card
You have time to make a list of what interests you in Florence and how you can use the Firenze card. It is one of the city pass type cards that has always been a good value so you will get value with just 2.5 days of use. Don't overthink but do have list of sites and open hours in mind. (Google maps is a useful tool- just search for the venue- scroll down for open hours- confirm on official website)
Doesn't take long and only you can decide which sites you want to see.
You can read quickly about a lot of the sites here:
https://www.ricksteves.com/europe/italy/florence
Start your 72 hours on Monday- after your wine tour.
Reserve your Uffizi and Academia times for Tues or Wed
Posted by
OP
21 posts
Thanks for the info!
Posted by
Minnesota 🎒
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Reserve your Uffizi and Academia times for Tues or Wed
Just highlighting this advice as visitors wanting to use the Firenzecard don't always understand that certain museums still require advance, timed-entry reservation if using it. From the card's FAQ:
"Reservation is mandatory for the following museums: Uffizi Galleries, Accademia Gallery, Palazzo Vecchio Museum, Brancacci Chapel, Tower of Palazzo Vecchio (Tower of Arnolfo)."
That section (FAQs) of the website provides instructions for how to do that. Apologies if you knew this but in case you didn't... :O). I'll advise reading the entire FAQ section for any other bits of info that might apply to your trip.
https://www.firenzecard.it/en/faqs
Oh, and a quick way to review the opening days/hours for many (but not ALL) of Florence's most-visited museums is to go to the b-ticket website (the official ticketing site for those museums) and click on the blue text for their names: that info will pop up.
https://www.b-ticket.com/b-ticket/uffizi/default_eng.aspx.html
Posted by
OP
21 posts
Yea I did read that and the whole FAQ section. But still good to point out in case anyone else comes across this topic.
Thanks for the other tip too!