Tour at Pitti Palace.
DURATION
from 3 to 4 hours
WALKING TOUR
MUSEUM
What does the Pitti Palace tour include?
Group
group from 1 to 10 people – 200 euros
Note: It is mandatory to rent headphones
The tour includes the Pitti Palace built in the last years of the Medici era after 1560. The palace is a typical example of Renaissance architecture built and extended over many years by the architects Brunelleschi, Parigi father and son, Buontalenti, Giorgio Vasari and survived the Medici, Lorraine and Savoy eras.
There are 4 museums in the palace with the most important collection being in the Palatine Gallery with an extremely rich collection of paintings including Caravaggio, Raphaello, Titian, Andrea del Sarto, Rubens, Van Dyck and many others. The itinerary also includes some of the Medici apartments – the Medici who were subsequently converted into royalty by the Savoy dynasty.
The next museum is the Museum of Silver including collections of gold, silver, precious stones and Florentine mosaics from the Medici and Lorraine dynasties.
Next is the Museum of Costumes, where collections constantly change combining antique and more contemporary costumes by famous fashion stylists.
The Museum of Modern Art is located on the second floor, where masters of the 18th and 19th centuries can be found.
The palace estate also includes the Boboli garden, an integral part of the palace, the work of Tribolo, Ammannati, Buonatalenti and Giorgio Vasari and inside it are located the porcelain museum, the amphitheater, Buontalenti’s giachae, 3 grottoes, plant species, sculptures and fountains, a typical example of a Renaissance garden alla italiana. The tour is 2 to 4 hours long, depending on the client’s wish.
