EU citizens under 25 and over 65 get
a fifty-percent discount at
state-run
museums , and
everyone under 20 gets a twenty-five
percent discount at city-run
museums. Note that most forbid entry
one hour before stated closing
times.
There are three museum passes.
The L10,000/?5.16 Musei
Fiorentini carnet gives fifty
percent off all the city-run museums
(the Cappella Brancacci, Palazzio
Vecchio, Santa Maria Novella and
half-a-dozen small collections; www.comune.firenze.it/servizi_
pubblici/arte/musei ) plus the
private Museo Marini. The
L20,000/?10.33 Palazzo Pitti biglietto
cumulativo gives free entry to
the Pitti and the Bóboli gardens
for three days. Best of all is the
three-day L25,000/?12.91 Michelangelo
itinerary ticket , giving free
entry to the unmissable trio of the
Accademia, Cappelle Medicee and
Bargello. All these grant only one
admission to each museum.
All state-run museums ( www.sbas.firenze.it
) allow you to book in advance
, thereby cutting down on the time
you're otherwise likely to spend
waiting in very long lines.
Currently, it's possible to book at
the Uffizi (with or without the
Corridoio Vasariano), the Accademia,
the Bargello, the Cappelle Medicee,
the Museo di San Marco, the Museo
Archeologico, and all the Pitti
museums. You have to call Firenze
Musei on tel 055.294.883
(Mon-Fri 8.30am-6.30pm, Sat
8.30am-12.30pm) and state which
museums you want, the day and time
you wish to enter, and your name;
they then give you a reservation
number . You can reserve from an
hour to a year in advance for
anything up to thirty people. On the
day, you head straight to the
dedicated reservations pickup desk,
quote your name and number and pay
the museum admission charge (in cash
only) plus a L3000/?1.55 booking fee
per person.
At the time of writing, the only
way to pay by credit card was
online at www.weekendafirenze.com
or english.firenze.net , a
minimum of three days in advance.
There's a service fee totalling
L10,700/?5.52 extra per ticket. Once
you're in Florence, you can book in
person at any of the above
museums for entry to any other.
