Pitti Palace & Boboli Gardens guided tour with Palatina Gallery

Walk through centuries of Medici power and taste, room by decorated room

A guided tour of Pitti Palace in a small group combines the Palatina Gallery's paintings from the 1500s and 1600s with a walk through the Boboli Gardens, one of the first Italian Renaissance gardens. An experienced English-speaking guide leads the three-hour visit; timed entry tickets and earsets (for groups of 4+) are included. Children from age 6 are welcome.

Step-by-step itinerary

Visit Pitti Palace and Boboli Gardens

• Explore Pitti Palace attractions
• Admire Palatina Gallery paintings
• Tour Boboli Gardens

The Experience

The Palatina Gallery comes first. Inside Pitti Palace's apartments, you stand in front of paintings the Medici assembled across centuries — Raffaello, Tiziano, Caravaggio, Rubens, Van Dyck, Artemisia Gentileschi — hung among frescoes, furniture and statues that shift in style as the palace passed from the Pitti and Medici families to the Habsburgs and the Savoy, Italy's royal house. The guide walks you through how power and imagination shaped each room, and what the art collection reveals about the families who lived there.

After a short break, you move into the Boboli Gardens. These gardens stand as one of the first examples of the Italian Renaissance garden style, and the guide takes you to the iconic sites within them. The gardens sprawl across the hillside behind the palace, a designed landscape that complements the interior's density of objects and decoration.

The palace itself has kept its external appearance unchanged since the Renaissance, though the inner rooms show the hand of each family that occupied it. What you see is not a museum arranged for visitors but a succession of lived-in spaces — the scale, the placement of paintings, the frescoes overhead — that let you sense how the families who owned it moved through power and collected beauty as an expression of it.

What’s included

• An experienced, licensed English-speaking guide.
• timed entry tickets to Pitti Palace's Palatina Gallery and Boboli Gardens.
• earsets for groups of 4 or more participants.

Good to know

Moderate physical level

Operated by FlorencePass

Is this one for you?The tour moves at a walking pace through galleries and gardens over three hours, so a moderate level of fitness helps you keep up with the group and the guide's stops. If you prefer to move slowly through art or need frequent breaks, a private guide or a self-paced visit would suit you better.

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Top questions

What paintings are in the Palatina Gallery at Pitti Palace?

The Palatina Gallery holds works from the 1500s and 1600s, including paintings by Raffaello, Tiziano, Caravaggio, Rubens, Van Dyck and Artemisia Gentileschi, displayed in the palace's decorated apartments alongside frescoes, furniture and statues.

How long does the Pitti Palace and Boboli Gardens tour take?

The tour runs three hours total, with time in the Palatina Gallery first, then a short break, then the Boboli Gardens.

What are the Boboli Gardens?

The Boboli Gardens are one of the first examples of Italian Renaissance garden design, laid out on the hillside behind Pitti Palace with iconic sites the guide will show you.

Is entry to Pitti Palace and the gardens included in this tour?

Yes — timed entry tickets to both Pitti Palace's Palatina Gallery and the Boboli Gardens are included in the tour price.

What's the group size on this tour?

The tour keeps groups to a maximum of 14 participants, and earsets are provided for groups of 4 or more so you can hear the guide clearly.

Can children join this tour?

Children are welcome from age 6 onward. All travelers must bring a valid passport or ID document matching the name on the booking for entry to the palace and gardens.