Pitti Palace & Boboli Tours in Italy — 9 That Justify the Detour

1.Reserved Entry Ticket to the Boboli Gardens

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 5,275 reviews · from $13Our pick

Use a timed ticket to explore Florence’s huge Boboli Gardens at your own pace. Walk past Renaissance statues, fountains, grottoes, hedges, and hilltop viewpoints, then use your included access to the Bardini Gardens. A digital audio app is included, but there is no guided tour. Expect hills, steps, and several hours of walking.

“Nice relaxed place to walk around, plenty of seating around to sit and take in surroundings. Lots to see.”

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2.Entrance Ticket to Pitti Palace

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 4,528 reviews · from $18

Use a reserved ticket to enter Florence’s Pitti Palace and visit the Palatine Gallery, Treasury of the Grand Dukes, Gallery of Modern Art, and Costume Gallery. Allow two to three hours for the palace. Collect your ticket at window 3, and add a multilingual audio guide if you want more context.

“It was a good place to visit. Love the history and the garden area”

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3.Uffizi, Pitti Palace & Boboli Combined 5-Day Pass

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 1,726 reviews · 5 days · from $81

Meet an ACCORD assistant at the Uffizi, collect your combo ticket, and explore Florence’s great art at your own pace. Your Uffizi visit is timed, but Pitti Palace and Boboli Gardens remain flexible for five days. An audio app covers the Uffizi in 18 languages, while the other sights are self-guided.

“Excellent choice of activities great value and well organised”

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4.Pitti Palace and Boboli Gardens Ticket & eBook

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 835 reviews · 1 day · from $45

Spend a full day exploring Pitti Palace, the Palatine Gallery, Modern Art Gallery, costume collections, Medici treasures, Boboli Gardens, and Villa Bardini. Your $45 ticket includes timed entry to the Palatine Gallery, multilingual PDF eBooks, and Tuscan food-tasting extras. You explore independently, without a guide or hotel pickup.

“Well worth doing this activity, the palace, museums and gardens were amazing, you need at least 5 hours to really see everything at a leisurely pace”

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5.Pitti Palace, Boboli Garden, Palatine Gallery Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 558 reviews · 3 hours · from $115

Spend three hours with an English-speaking guide inside Florence’s Pitti Palace, the Palatine Gallery, and Boboli Gardens. See Medici paintings, frescoed rooms, ornate furniture, and the garden’s Amphitheater. Guides such as Camilla, Sara, and Silvia bring the art to life, while early morning timing helps with summer heat and crowds.

“Our tour was incredible! Camilla was a qualified fresco and mosaic restorer who has a passion for sharing Florentine history with visitors. She was incredibly knowledgeable, warm and accomodating of everyone’s needs. My husband and I feel so privileged to have her take our tour. Thank you Camilla!”

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6.Uffizi, Pitti, Boboli and 7 Attractions 5-Day Pass

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 386 reviews · from $67

Collect your tickets near Ponte Vecchio, then enter the Uffizi Gallery at a reserved time with an express security check. Over five days, visit Pitti Palace, Boboli and Bardini Gardens, plus the Medici Treasury, modern art and costume museums. Digital audio guides cover the Uffizi and Florence city center, but earphones are not included.

“I loved the all the attractiobs, but my most favourite ones were the Uffizi Gallery and the Boboli Garden. Just stunning!”

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7.Pitti Palace, Boboli Garden & Palatina Gallery Guided Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 264 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $118Top rated

Explore Pitti Palace, the Palatina Gallery, and Boboli Gardens in about three hours with an English-speaking guide. Small groups of up to 14 receive timed admission, and groups of four or more use earsets. Guides such as Camilla, Ida, Annalisa, and Federica bring Medici art, palace life, and garden design into focus.

“The Pitti Palace is beautiful, a must when visiting Florence. Our guide was fantastic, so knowledgeable about the history and the art of the palace. The gardens are gorgeous.”

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8.Pitti Palace and Palatina Gallery Ticket and Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 255 reviews · 1h 50m · from $80

Spend 110 minutes with an English-speaking guide in Florence’s Pitti Palace and Palatina Gallery. Expect Caravaggio, Rubens, Titian, and Raphael, plus lavish frescoed rooms and Medici history. Guides such as Camilla, Maurizio, and Roberta are praised for clear explanations and lively answers. Your ticket also covers Pitti’s other museums for later exploration.

“Camilla was an amazing guide! She knew absolutely everything about the Palaces and the history of the Medici families. We wish we could have joined her for Boboli gardens as well, but maybe next time. Would highly recommend this tour for anyone visiting Florence. It’s a necessary deep dive to understand how this city was built to be what it is today.”

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9.Pitti Palace, Palatina Gallery and the Medici: Arts and Power in Florence.

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 223 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $82

Enter Pitti Palace with a timed ticket and follow an English-speaking guide through the Palatine Gallery. In a group of no more than 14, you’ll see Raphael, Rubens, Caravaggio, Titian, and more while learning how the Medici used art and palace rooms to display power. The tour lasts about two hours and does not include the Boboli Gardens.

“This tour was good but not my favorite tour in Florence. If you are going just for the art you will love it. If you want more insight into the Medici family and see how they lived, you will be disappointed. None of the rooms had any of the original furnishings, just art work.”

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