Florence: Accademia & Uffizi

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Posted by dbobich on 04/09/24 12:26 AM

We are only in Florence for 3 days & need some guidance on when to see the Accademia & Uffizi. Our dilemma:

Day 1 is the first Sunday of the month (Academia & Uffizi will be no cost to visit BUT we hear we should avoid visiting on dates when these museums are free to the public due to the HUGE crowds -Day 2 is a Monday (Accademia & Uffizi will be closed) -Day 3 we have a flight out of Florence in the evening

So, our option seem to be:

Try to see both the Accademia & the Uffizi on Day 3 (one in the morning & the other in the afternoon before we leave Florence to catch our flight)
1. Visit one of the museums (either Uffizi or Accademia) on Sunday when it is free to the public & will be super crowded. If we do this, which of the 2 museums would you try to do?

Suggestions welcome!

Posted by MaryPat

Irving

04/09/24 12:55 AM

3224 posts

Buy tickets for the Uffizi Gallery two months out to guarantee reservations, this museum sells out. If you don’t buy tickets before leaving home you will stand in a four-hour line. The line at Accademia moves quicker and you should be able to get in within 30 minutes.

Posted by CJean

Ontario, Canada

04/09/24 12:56 AM

5423 posts

I wouldn't want to do both on the same day. You'd most likely reach overload before you were done. And this from someone who loves art museums.
I'd do the Accademia on Sunday, getting there before they open. Then you will have the rest of the day for other things. Get an early morning timed entry for the Uffizi on Tuesday. Fortunately the Florence airport can be reached quickly by taxi, and you can arrive only 2 hours before your flight. Less if you have your boarding passes and are doing carry on only.

Posted by hiredman

San Diego, California, USA

04/09/24 12:57 AM

1090 posts

Hello dbobich. and welcome to Forum!

IMHO the Accademia is an hour and a half visit so you can easily do both the Accademia and the Uffizi in a single day - assuming you can get the tickets lined up. I'd do the earliest at the Accademia you can manage and leave the time in the afternoon for the Uffizi which will overload your senses and take as much time as you want to spend on it.

Even if you dedicated an entire day to the Uffizi I doubt you could really do it and enjoy it - it is just too much msueum. There is a cafe outdoors on the roof of the Uffizi if you feel like you need a break during your visit.

I support your idea of not going on free day if you can possibly avoid it.

Hope that helps, have a great trip,
=Tod

Posted by dbobich OP

04/09/24 04:13 AM

4 posts

Thanks for your thoughts.
So I've booked the Uffizi for 8:45am.
The plan is to do the Uffizi in the morning, get lunch, and then do the Accademia in the afternoon before leaving Florence. We expect to leave Florence by about 4:30pm (16:30) to catch our 7:15pm (19.:15) flight.

How long do we need to at the Accademia? Would love your thoughts regarding what time I should book the Accademia, so the we have enough time there. But also, since I know the Uffizi has much more to see, I don't want to short change that museum by booking the Accademia to early.

Posted by Jeff

Pittsburgh, PA, USA

04/09/24 04:37 PM

539 posts

Having visited the Accademia too many times to count, I'd say 90 minutes to 2 hours is plenty. There is, indeed, much to see in the Uffizi and it will take you at least 20-30 minutes after you're admitted to get through security and walk to the top floor where your experience in the museum's collections begins. How quickly you move through the museum, of course, is up to you: I'd consider 3 hours a minimum.