Palazzo Pitti & Boboli Gardens

Palazzo Pitti · Giardino di Boboli

The Medici palace, with a whole hillside for a garden

⚠ Palace closed Mondays

Hours

Palazzo Pitti Tue–Sun 8:15–18:30 (last entry 17:30), closed Mondays. Boboli from 8:15, closing by season (about 18:00 in October, 16:30 Nov–Feb, 19:00 Jun–Aug); closed the first and last Monday of each month

Tickets

Palazzo Pitti €19 (€16 on the day), Boboli €13 (€10 on the day), both €25 (€22 on the day), five-day pass with the Uffizi €40. Free on the first Sunday of the month. Official site: uffizi.it

Address

Piazza de' Pitti 1, a 5-minute walk south of the Ponte Vecchio

A rusticated wall of giant stone blocks closes off the whole slope above the square. This was the palace the Medici moved into, and inside, the Palatine Gallery hangs Raphaels and Titians frame to frame in gilt. Behind it the Boboli Gardens climb the hill: an amphitheatre, the Neptune fountain, the Buontalenti Grotto encrusted with shells and fake stalactites, and at the top, a view over olive trees to the rooftops and the dome.