We were a little surprised to get to the piazza and see the huge queues for the Basilica, as the previous evening it had been much quieter. We decided to wait until later to see if the crowds would subside.We had booked our tickets for the Accademia and Ufizzi galleries online, which ended up saving us so much time waiting in queues. First up was the Accademia, the highlight of course being Michaelangelo's David. After finishing there we went back to the Basilica and climbed to the top of the dome, followed by a quick look from the inside at ground level as well. Then a walk over the Ponte Vecchio, before heading to the Uffizi gallery.
Our Uffizi entry was scheduled for 5:30pm, but we managed to get in an hour earlier. There were some amazing artworks in there, by Da Vinci, Boticelli, Raphael. Carravaggio and many more, but it was a little difficult at times to get a good view because of the number of people - way too crowded for our liking. On this trip now we've seen so many works of art that we think we are suffering from art overload, but the really extraordinary and famous works are still great to see.
2 comments:
No photos! I had that screamed at me taking the exact same shot.
Looks like you were here about a week before us :)
I didn't realise photos weren't allowed so I just snapped away and didn't get caught, K wasn't so lucky though!
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