Florence Museums
 

My husband, teenage daughter and I will be in Florence in June. We want to go to the Uffizi and the Accademia and we will need to do both on the same day (Tuesday). Is this feasible? Is there any recommendation as to which one to see in the morning and which one after lunch? Other suggestions of places to go/things to see for the rest of the day?

If you search this site you'll find telephone numbers for booking reservation times. That should probably determine which you se in the morning.

They are about a fifteen minute walk from each other.

My guess is that you will probably spend much less time at the Accademia than the Uffizi.

I don't know how long you will be in Florence, but make sure you have sufficient time to just wander around and walk (or take a city bus) up to Plaza Michaelangelo. Then walk down the paths on the front of the hill back to the river and town.

Great views from up there.

Florence is quite small so it isn't very difficult to see.

"Other suggestions of places to go/things to see for the rest of the day?"

Click on Destinations at the top of this page then navigate to Europe/Italy/Florence and it will give you great advise on the top tourist destinations as would a good guide book.

Myer's suggestion that you make sure you have sufficient time to <i>just wander around </i> is a good one. Florence is too cool of a city to rush through.

Piazzale Michelangelo, which overlooks Florence, can be reached on foot or by city busses 12 and 13. The views are wonderful and you can pick out the major landmarks. From there, it's a short walk uphill to the church San Miniato al Monte with its outstanding mosaics. It was built between 1018 and 1207. Gregorian chant is performed there daily, too, I believe.

If you return on foot, you can stop on Via San Miniato at Latteria Frilli, which, according to &quot;Florence in Detail,&quot; makes some of the best gelato in Florence. We think so, too. It's in a very atmospheric area, too, just before the Porta San Miniato, when you're coming from above.

Here is the number to call for reservations at both museums:

Tel: 055 294883
Cost of the reservation: &euro; 3,00

Call now for your reservations. The way our trip worked out, we needed to visit both on Sunday, June 4th. We called one month in advance and the ONLY time available for the Uffizi was 4 pm. Of course, that will make the kids happy because it closes at 6:50, so they know we can't spend more than 2 hours ann 50 minutes there!

Through www.florenceart.it we booked and printed vouchers for our one day at museums. Upon recommendation of Fodorites we are doing the morning (10:30)at the Uffizi and the afternoon (3:00) at the Accademia.

The consensus was that more time was needed at the Uffizi and we wanted a break for lunch and wandering. Hope this helps.

Just back! And although buying the museum reservations in advance was really expensive...It was WELL WORTH IT!

We breezed past the zillion or so people waiting at both the Uffizi (especially the Uffizi)and the Accademia.

When there is gelato to be eaten 7 times a day, one most optimize ones time!

Yes, very feasible to see both on the same day.

i would suggest the Uffizi in the morning, and have a nice lunch or brunch on the rooftop terrace...beautiful view and very assertive birds!

Then see David since the museum is very small and can tell easily less than an hour to see all of the paintings.

I would just suggest getting reservations for them both.

have a great time! :)

Yes it is. You don't need to make reservations in advance for the Galleria. If you get there before they sell the last tickets, at 5:30, during the week, Tu.-Th., you'll get right in, as the Florence day trippers will have left for the day, and you can enjoy David until the Galleria closes, around 6:50pm.

You need advance reservations for the Uffizi, so you'd need to get them for the early part of the day. Look on the other post here re &quot;13 days and counting&quot; - there are a number of suggestions on the post for Florence.

I think Spygirl means &quot;Accademia&quot; when she says &quot;Galleria&quot;.

Since it's the same telephone number for both the Accademia and the Uffizi and since you do not have to pick up and pay for your reservation at the Accademia if, by some happy circumstance, there is no line and you do not have to use it, it would seem foolish not to reserve for both.