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Florence: Firenze Card Official Museum City Pass
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If you’re planning to visit more than two or three museums during your stay in Florence, the Firenze Card (or FirenzeCard) deserves serious consideration. It’s the city’s official museum pass, issued by the City of Florence, which for €85 grants access to over 70 museums, historic palaces and monumental complexes within a 72-hour period. It’s not a card for everyone — it depends greatly on how many museums you manage to visit and over how many days — but for those wanting to immerse themselves thoroughly in Florence’s artistic heritage, it can prove an excellent solution both economically and logistically.
The most practical advantage isn’t just the financial saving: it’s the flexibility. With the FirenzeCard, you don’t have to queue at the till each time, you can change your plans at the last moment and temporary exhibitions at participating museums are automatically included, with no additional costs. For families, there’s an added benefit: children under 18 belonging to the cardholder’s household enter all museums in the scheme free of charge.
The Firenze Card grants entry once only to each of the museums in the scheme, with access to permanent collections and temporary exhibitions included in the ticket. There are no additional costs for exhibitions on display at the time of your visit: everything is covered in the pass price.
The card is valid for 72 hours from first use, not from the date of purchase. This means you can buy it online in advance and activate it only when you first enter a museum: an important detail if you arrive in Florence in the evening and want to start visiting the next day.
Some museums in the scheme require mandatory booking even with the Firenze Card, but booking is free and is done directly on the official website firenzecard.it. Among the museums requiring booking are Palazzo Vecchio Museum, Palazzo Medici Riccardi and the Brancacci Chapel. For other museums, access is direct at the entrance by showing the card or the QR code on the app.
The Firenze Card scheme includes over 70 venues, among state, municipal and private museums. The main ones are:
Among the other included museums are the Bargello Museum, the Medici Villas and their gardens, San Marco Museum, the Certosa del Galluzzo and many other sites in the metropolitan area.
The standard Firenze Card costs €85 per person. Children under 18 belonging to the cardholder’s household enter all museums in the scheme free of charge: a very significant saving for families with children.
To work out if the card is worthwhile, do a quick calculation: the Uffizi ticket alone costs around €20, the Accademia Gallery around €12, Palazzo Pitti with Boboli around €16 and the Medici Chapels around €9. With just these four museums you’ve already exceeded €57, plus the queues saved and temporary exhibitions included. If you add Palazzo Vecchio, the Brancacci Chapel and Palazzo Strozzi, the savings become substantial.
From 1 March 2026, the Firenze Card Restart is available, at a cost of €28. This is a digital extension that adds 48 hours to an already-expired Firenze Card, to visit museums you weren’t able to see in the original period. It’s available only in digital format via app and cannot be purchased as a standalone card: you need an expired Firenze Card to add it to.
The Firenze Card, in its various versions, can be purchased on-site or conveniently online before you leave, by following this page. Activating your Firenze Card is straightforward: you buy the card, activate it on your first entry to a museum, and from that moment you have 72 consecutive hours to visit all the museums in the scheme that you wish. The order doesn’t matter, the time doesn’t matter: the only rule is that you enter each venue once only.
The card is available in physical format and digital format. Digital format is managed via the official Firenzecard App, available free on the App Store and Google Play for iOS 16.0 or later and Android 11.0 or later devices. The app shows active cards, lets you book entry times to museums that require it, and functions as a QR code at the entrance to venues.
For museums with mandatory booking (Palazzo Vecchio, Brancacci Chapel, Palazzo Medici Riccardi and some others) you need to book your entry time in advance on firenzecard.it. Booking is free but must be done before your visit: you cannot enter without a booking even with the card in your hand.
The Firenze Card is worth it if you visit at least 4-5 major museums within three days. If your stay involves only one visit to the Uffizi and a stroll through the historic centre, it’s probably not the most cost-effective choice.
It’s particularly recommended for families travelling with under-18 children — the saving on children’s tickets is immediate and significant — or for those with a strong interest in art history who want to explore lesser-known museums such as San Marco Museum, the Bargello Museum or the Medici Villas, without having to calculate each ticket.
A practical tip: plan your museum itinerary before buying the card, book in advance the museums that require it, and try to concentrate your visits within the three-day validity period starting with the museums with the longest queues — the Uffizi and Accademia — in the early morning hours, when crowds are lighter.
The Firenze Card isn’t the only pass available for visiting Florence’s museums. There are at least two valid alternatives, distributed by different operators, that address specific needs and take a different approach to the official card: instead of granting access to dozens of museums, they focus on a more limited number of attractions guaranteeing priority entry without queues.
The Florence Digital Pass from Tiqets is the most essential of the three products: it includes only three attractions, but the three most popular in Florence with guaranteed priority access and no queues. The package includes the Uffizi Gallery, the Accademia Gallery and Brunelleschi’s Dome (with the option to choose the Giotto’s Campanile instead).
The package adds access to the Vox City audio guide app with geolocated commentary on over 70 points of interest in the city and a 10% discount on other Tiqets activities. Prices start from around €98-115 per adult, varying by season. You choose the date and time slot for each attraction at the time of purchase and tickets arrive via email ready to show on your smartphone. Note: no cancellation is permitted after purchase, as places are named and limited.
The Florence City Pass is available in 1, 2 or 3-day versions and activates on first use. It includes priority access to the Uffizi Gallery and the Accademia Gallery, with time slots to choose at the time of booking, plus access to a significant number of smaller museums including the Leonardo Interactive Museum, San Marco Museum, the Franco Zeffirelli Museum, the Medici Museum, the Opificio delle Pietre Dure and the Orsanmichele Church.
Highlights include a guided city tour included (in English, by reservation and subject to availability) and a 20% discount on major Tuscan excursions. The pass also includes entry to attractions outside Florence such as Siena Cathedral and the Leaning Tower of Pisa. It’s entirely digital: you’ll receive everything via email after booking.
The Firenze Card is the right choice if you’re staying three days and want to explore Florence’s heritage in depth, including lesser-known museums such as the Medici Chapels, Palazzo Strozzi or the Brancacci Chapel. The Civitatis Florence City Pass is the middle-ground solution: good museum coverage, guided tour included and entry to sites outside the city, ideal if you want a pre-organised package for 1-3 days. The Tiqets Florence Digital Pass is the most targeted choice if you have limited time and want to visit only the three great masterpieces — the Uffizi, Accademia and Dome — without worrying about queues.
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