Recent Traveler Reviews
Here is a selection of the most recent reviews of the Skip the Line: Uffizi Gallery and Vasari Corridor Walking Tour submitted by actual travelers. Read what travelers liked, what they loved, and what they thought could be improved.
Fantastic tour, great experience. Vasari Corridor is really interesting and a nice break from the wonderful but extremely crowded Uffizi. Highly recommended!
Reviewed by: Lester G, May 2013
Couldn't fault the trip at all. Very well organised from meeting up with the guide to entering the Uffizi and then the Vasari Corridor. Extremely knowledgable guide, Mario, who made a great effort to speak to everyone on the trip. Great value for money and would thoroughly recommend.
Reviewed by: Antony S, April 2013
Excellent tour - guide was very engaging, and knowledgable.
Reviewed by: Louise P, April 2013
When you are reviewing your alternatives for tours in Italy, the differentiator is the passion of your guide. Vanessa was an exceptional guide, who brought Florence to life. She was enthusiastic, full of energy, and full of information. However, she treated the tour as if it was as important to her as it was to every single participant. Whether it was the art in the piazzas, the Vasari Corridor, or the Uffizi, she illuminated what we saw with context, analysis, and again, passion. She was possibly our favorite guide in Italy, and you would be very lucky to secure her services.
Reviewed by: John B, April 2013
Well organised from the start. Met a very helpful young lady who liked chocolate and explained the audio system and format of the tour. Our guide, Mario pitched the level perfectly and remarkably remembered many of our names which allowed him to mention names and draw people into the conversations. The tour he gave unusually took a history of art format, where we learnt how to look at a painting and decide which period it belonged to. We did this after being taught to look at different aspects of the paintings. Throughout our guide was courteous, knowledgeable and had a great sense of humour. The tour of the Vasari Corridor was amazing and once again its history and context brought to life by our guide. It was the highlight of our week and would recommend it without hesitation. Already considering another tour as booking was so easy. We liked the App and the ability to have our tickets on our phone.
Reviewed by: Gillian B, April 2013
WOW....Mario was FABULOUSO!! The Vasari Corridor is definitely worth the added cost. We learned a lot!!
Reviewed by: Kenneth D, April 2013
Excellent tour. Mario was an expert, very knowledgeable tour guide. his passion for Italian art was infectious.
The tour was a little academic initially, but I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Very informative tour, in large part because it was a small group (only eight of us) and we had a terrific guide (Vanessa). Vanessa did exactly what tour guides SHOULD do (but don't always do): she introduced herself to each couple and talked with them a bit about where they were from and engaged in real conversation. As a result, it felt like we had a personal stake in each other - a great thing. Vanessa was highly knowledgeable, very passionate about the subject matter (a huge plus!), and very personal. These are enormously important qualities for a tour guide. And it was obvious in how she treated the Uffizi staff - and how they treated her - that there is mutual respect there. The only negative: we sometimes strained to hear, because the Uffizi is so crowded, but we loved this tour.
Reviewed by: Tom I, April 2013
This a mustsee again unlike other Uffuzi gallery tours which again is one of the top museums in the world.After a very knowledgeable guide showed up some of the masterpieces(even though the day before i was able to stay in the museum for at least 8 hours on my own tour) theres so much to see.We were ushered to a door which whilst there was crowds of people we were shown into the vasari corridor again one of the gems of my short florence tour.I could tell you what is held in the corridor as there is a world record involved but i think you should experience it for yourself.You will definitely not be dissappointed and a view you will never be able to experience anywhere else in the world.
Reviewed by: archer1204, April 2013
Highly recommended. Go asap before they shutdown the corridor for maintenance. This tour supplemented our other visit to the Uffizi and provided additional information on Vasari that helped put Florentine history in perspective.
Reviewed by: Edwin S, March 2013