Italy's premier art gallery. Pre-book your timed tickets at the pre-booking office or get your hotel to do it in advance. Sunday is the busiest day. Closed on Mondays. Be advised, it does not have a lot of really well known art, so if you are a phillistine head straight to Room 10 and gaze at Botticelli's Birth of Venus. The rest of the place is, honestly, not so memorable unless you are a true art buff.
The toilets are a disgrace. Avoid if at all possible, especially if you are a woman. The cafe is well worth a visit, if the sun is shining. Sit outside at one of the tables high above the city.
Piazzale degli Iffizi 6
Tel: 055 23885
www.uffizi.firenze.it
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Enjoy a very long wait in the queue if you don't book in advance. We waited a good few hours. Agree about the galleries, but the toilets in the basement were modern and clean. The cafe was lovely, but incredibly expensive - a Coke cost 5 euros! I went to the toilets in the basement and they were huge and spotless as ones you might find in the best hotels. Maybe some get used much more than others.
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