Pitti Palace: Florence's Royal Residence - Private Tour

Highlights

• Royal History
• Art Collection
• Sumptuous Interiors

What's included

Itinerary

1. 1

   Galleria Palatina in Palazzo Pitti

   2h

   The Pitti Palace - Palazzo Nuovo, as opposed to the Palazzo Vecchio, is where the Medici and later the Lorraine, Grand-Dukes made their home. During a 5-years period when Florence was the Capital of Italy, the king of Italy lived there too. This impressive building now houses beautiful museums, and the best that is the Palatine Gallery, the private grand-ducal collection of painting.

2. 2

   Palazzo Pitti

   20min

   The tour also includes a walk through the Royal Apartments, where the Kings of Italy lived, and a museum of Treasures, situated at the left wing of the Palace, the summer residence of Grand-ducal family, which now contains "rare and precious objects" from the Grand-ducal collections.

3. 3

   Tesoro dei Granduchi

   30min

   Now known as the Treasury of the Grand Dukes, this is a collection of silver and other objects from the granducal collection.

Before you go

Location