I plan to leave Venice by Eurostar at 10:30am and check -in hotel by 2pm in Florence. I am in Florence 3 nights but am there on a Sunday and Monday so I am trying to juggle schedule. Sunday after check-in I thought I'd reserve Accademia tickets for 2:30pm and the Uffizi at5Pm. Does this sound unrealistic? I thought I'd go to Pisa on Monday morning and then the afternoon is free as well as Tuesday. Thanks in advance!

Hi Bird,

No need to wait until you get to Florence:

"The easiest and cheapest way is to call Florence 011 (U.S. international access code) 39 (Italy's country code) then 055-294-883 8:30-18:30 M-F and 8:30-12:00 Sat. Florence time. You will get an English speaking operator and in 2-3 minutes YOU CAN RESERVE FOR BOTH. This is through the reservation service at the Uffizi and costs beyond the normal entry fee only about 1.60 euro for the service. This is MUCH cheaper than the commercial booking services".

Hi again,

On your way to or on your way back from Pisa you might want to visit Lucca.

Follow Ira's advice about reservations. However, you better check the closing times. I think the Uffizi closes at 5:50 on Sunday. We only spent an hour at the Accademia (highlights are David and the four Prisoners) but we stayed at the Uffizi for 4 hours. Can you go there on Tuesday morning?

If you read this forum, you'll notice that most people advise against going to Pisa or just making a short stop there. It's close to Lucca which is worth a half day's visit. Otherwise, head south through the Chianti district.

We were just in both Venice and Florence and in 4.5 days, we still didn't get to see everything in Florence. We held off on the day trip for that reason.

If it's any help, we spent about an hour or so at the Accademia and about 2 hours at the Uffizi. We also took Ira's advice about advance reservations and were glad we did. If there is no line when you arrive, then you don't have to use the reservation.