anyone out there know the sight for pre-booking a time at the Academia in Florence.?

hi<BR>for the Accademia, just ask your hotel to do it for you, or for an additional fee, www.waf.it

Last July we forgot to pre book for the accademia. We arrived ater lunch to a line estimated to be 3 hours long. The man at the door told us to return about an hour or so before closing. We returned about 5.30pm and were able to get in with maybe a 15 minute wait. <BR><BR>Booking is the best policy. But a late int he day visit can be a good alternative if you con't book.

Hi, you can try www.english.firenze.net, or get there before 8:30am, the queue is v short then.<BR>Although there are other copies around the city, the statue in Accademia is astounding

We visited Florence on May and stayed at the Hotel Roma. We emiled the hotel for tickets to see David with requested 9:00 on a Wednesday, and they had them at the desk upon our arrival. A small fee was included, but worth it.

Have a look on this page for the information about the Accademia carolyn:<BR>http://www.italywithus.biz/main_page...vorites_a.html

Carolyn, we booked tickets to both the Accademia (to see David) and the Uffizi and got straigh through, no waiting. When you get to the Accademia or Uffizi (long lines there also), there is no express line, just ask the attendant and show them your email with the confirmation number and they'll open the rope and let you right in. <BR><BR>Thanks for someone on this board gave me this info and it worked like a charm. Just write an email to the Hotel Pendini in English and ask them to book the museums for you. Be sure to include name, number of people, date and time. Email: [email protected].<BR><BR>That's it! I was very skeptical at first so when I arrived in Florence, I got our hotel to check our reservations for us and there it was, so easy. Perhaps the Hotel Pendini gets a commission from them? I don't know? But you do pay a small booking fee when you pick up your tickets, I think it was EUR$ 1.50 per ticket, no big deal. No need to pick up tickets earlier either, just go a few minutes before your scheduled time and go straight in.

I just returned from Florence. When I arrived at my hotel I had them call the Accademia to make a reservation for the next morning. It cost 1.50 Euro to make the reservation, but that is a much better rate than what they charge you over the internet. Have a great time.

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You can also call yourself and made the reservation. They speak English and this is maybe a 2 minute phone call. Unfortunately, I am at my office and don't have the number with me. I got it out of the Rick Steve's Guide to Europe and you should be able to find it in any guide books.

We used the Weekend a Firenze website and had no problem. Just make sure you bring your confirmation number with you to the museum! They couldn't find our name on the list and we had to go around the corner, call WAF and get the number from them! But it all worked out and we saved 2 hours waiting in line. (same for the Uffizi Gallery)

There is no need to pay extra for an agency or even your hotel to book for you - as has been already stated you can do it yourself with one call.<BR>The number is on the page I gave the link to previously - a reservation fee is obligitory what ever way you make reservations.

If you use Weekend a Firenze be aware that you do not by-pass any queue as their literature tells you to do. I was there the second week of June, and went to the head of the queue as instructed and was promptly directed to the end of a queue just as long as the regular "no reservation" queue.

We were there Sept. last year. The Accademia was a 3-minute wait, the Bargello was walk-in. The Uffuzi was 3 hours according to someone else at our hotel. We went down about noon, and 3:15 the next day was the earliest rservations available.<BR>Uffuzi has 2 lines, one for walk-in and one for reservations. Be there 15 minutes ahead, and they let in a bunch of reservations, then a bunch of walk-in. The more reservations, the slower the walk-in. I assume the entry guard are on the radio to the exit guards or someone to restrict the numbers in the building.