In 2026, all top sights, galleries, churches, and museums in Florence are open with long opening hours. Buy skip-the-line tickets with online time-slot reservations wherever possible. The small surcharges are absolutely worth the time savings for skipping endless queues.
The top tourist attractions in Florence, museums, and galleries are open to visitors in 2026 with normal opening hours. Buy skip-the-line, timeslot reservation tickets online wherever possible — the small reservation fees are money well spent. The Uffizi, Accademia (Michelangelo’s David), Bargello, San Marco, and the Medici Chapels are open and as popular as ever. Tickets are required for the top churches with the best works of art, such as Santa Croce, San Lorenzo, and Santa Maria Novella. Whenever possible, buy tickets and make reservations online in advance — it is almost always high season in Florence.
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Opening Hours of Top Sights in Florence in 2026
Nearly all top museums in Florence are open in 2026 without major closures or special regulations. Time-slot reservations are no longer obligatory for sights in Florence other than climbing the cupola or campanile of the Duomo and the Torre di Arnolfo of the Palazzo Vecchio. However, buying fast-track priority entrance tickets remains utterly sensible for top sights such as the Uffizi, Accademia (David), Pitti Palace, and Boboli Gardens. There really is no low season for the top museums in Florence.
The €2 to €4 time-slot reservation surcharge on Florence museum tickets is absolutely worth the time saved, as visitors without reservations remain at the back of the long lines while others enter. Buy pre-booked tickets in advance — GetYourGuide has very generous and easy refund conditions. Visiting early or late remains the best time slots to see the top sights.
Guided tours are an easy way to ensure quick admission to museums. The Firenze Card is usually a great savings option. The Turbopass Florence City Pass is a good alternative that includes an option for easy online timeslot reservations for the Galleria degli Uffizi, Galleria dell’Accademia, and climbing the cupola of the Duomo.
Museums Opening Hours in Florence in 2026
Most top museums in Florence are open with regular opening hours (which are often rather irregular) in 2026. Timeslot reservations for visiting the Uffizi, Accademia, Pitti, and Boboli are very sensible at all times. Not booking a time slot for these top sights is saving at the wrong end. Sitting in a park, drinking a coffee, or sleeping two hours longer are all better ways to spend time than queuing unnecessarily.
Opening hours are mostly as follows in spring 2026, with longer opening hours likely during the summer vacations — evenings are a great time to visit the major museums in the warmer months:
- Accademia (David) — Tuesday to Sunday, 8:15 to 18:50; closed Monday. On some Tuesdays in 2026, the Accademia is open until 22:00.
→ Buy Accademia timeslot tickets. - Uffizi — 8:15 – 18:30, Tuesday to Sunday; closed Monday, closing 21:30 on some Tuesdays.
(Reservations are essential for the Vasari Corridor, open 10:15 to 16:30.)
→ Buy Uffizi tickets with timeslots. - Bargello Museum — usually 8:15 to 18:50 from Wednesday to Monday, but closing at 13:50 on Sunday. Closed Tuesdays and the 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month. Closing times are sometimes 13:50 on all days in winter.
→ Buy Bargello tickets. - Medici Chapels — 8:15 – 18:50 on Wednesday to Monday (sometimes closing at 13:50 on Sundays) and closed all day on Tuesday.
→ Buy Medici Chapel tickets online. - Orsanmichele Church & Museum — 8:30 – 18:30 on Wednesday to Monday, but on Sunday the church closes at 12:00 and the museum at 13.30. Closed on Tuesday.
→ Buy Orsanmichele tickets. - Museum of San Marco — 8:15 to 13:50, Tuesday to Sunday, closed on Mondays and the 5th Sunday each month.
→ Buy San Marco tickets. - The Medicea Laurenziana library is open weekdays from 10:00 to 13:30 and closed on weekends.
- Palazzo Vecchio — 9:00 to 19:00, Monday to Sunday, but closing at 14:00 on Thursday.
Climbing the Torre di Arnolfo requires a separate ticket with a compulsory time-slot reservation. - Museums in the Palazzo Pitti — 8:15 to 18:30, Tuesday to Sunday; closed Monday.
- Boboli Gardens — 8:15 to 17:30 (16:30 November to February, 18:30 April to October), Monday to Sunday; closed first and final Monday each month.
The various civic museums (Musei Civici Florentini), including the Palazzo Vecchio and the Cappella Brancacci, are open but with the usual idiosyncratic and complicated opening hours.
Be careful when buying tickets online. Some providers have legal but scandalously high markups. Tickets are cheapest directly from the museum website or from their official providers. Top sights in Florence have a reservation fee of less than €5. There is no reason to pay more, except when official tickets are sold out.
Churches Opening Hours in Florence in 2026
Most churches and attached museums in Florence are open in 2026.
Opening Hours of Duomo Sights in Florence in 2026:
Admission to the Duomo (cathedral) is free and without a ticket reservation option, while ticket reservations are obligatory for climbing the dome and the campanile. A combination ticket system is used for all Duomo-related venues. Opening hours are as follows:
- Duomo (Cathedral Santa Maria del Fiore and Santa Reparata) — 10:15 – 15:45, Monday to Saturday; closed Sunday except for services.
- Brunelleschi Dome — 8:15 – 18:45 on weekdays, 8:15 – 16:30 on Saturday, 12:45 -16:30 on Sunday. (Time-slot reservations are always essential.)
- Campanile of Giotto — 8:15 – 18:45, Monday to Sunday. (Time-slot reservations are required, except when using a Brunelleschi Pass.)
- Museo dell’Opera del Duomo — 8:30 – 19:00, Monday to Sunday; closed first Tuesday of the month.
- Baptistery — 8:30 – 19:30 Monday to Sunday, closing at 13:30 on the first Sunday of the month.
- Crypt (Cripty Santa Reparata) — 10:15 – 16:00 daily, except opening at 13:30 on Sundays. (Reservation essential if using a Ghiberti Pass.)
Other Major Florentine Churches:
- Church and Museum of Santa Maria Novella — 9:00 – 17:30 daily, but opening on Sunday only at 13:00 and Friday at 11:00.
→ Buy skip-the-line tickets. - Church of Santa Croce — 9:30 – 17:30 daily, but opening only at 12:30 on Sunday.
→ Buy skip-the-line tickets. - The church of San Lorenzo — 10:00 – 17:30, Monday to Saturday; Sunday closed.
→ The Biblioteca Mediciae Laurenziana is open weekdays only from 10:00 to 13:30. - Orsanmichele Church & Museum — 8:30 – 18:30 on Wednesday to Monday, but on Sunday the church closes at 12:00 and the museum at 13.30. Closed on Tuesday.
→ Buy Orsanmichele tickets online.
The vast majority of smaller churches in Florence are open for visitors but often close during the middle of the day from around noon to 16:00 — some longer, some shorter. Times are posted on the door.
The Florence Tourist Office updates the opening hours of sights frequently in a downloadable PDF document. It is well worth finding this document and printing it out, as it usually includes even special closing and opening hours for all museums and major churches. As always, the guard at the door has the final say, so never visit a top sight too close to closing time.
Free Admission to Museums in Florence
Admission is free to national state museums in Florence on the first Sunday of each month. On these free Sundays, no time-slot reservations are possible — queuing up is the only way in. Expect very long queues at all participating venues — visitors with limited time in Florence may spend precious time better elsewhere. Free Sunday museums include, amongst others, all the main Florence museums listed above (except Palazzo Vecchio) as well as the Boboli Gardens and the Giardino Bardini.
Children under 18 usually get free admission to museums in Florence, but the extra charge is payable when making online reservations. EU citizens aged 18 to 25 visit many state museums for only €2 (plus advance time-slot reservation fee).
Many top sights in the heart of Florence remain free and open all day. Visitors may enjoy the beautiful city for free, including the magnificent architecture of the Renaissance period, the older Duomo and baptistery, the 14th-century Campanile of Giotto, church facades, piazzas, and the Ponte Vecchio bridge over the Arno River. Large crowds gather on the Piazza della Signoria at all hours, with its free outdoor museum of sculptures (now with just a good copy of Michelangelo’s David), while many fail to notice the fine copies of sculptures by very famous artists on the exterior of Orsanmichele.
