What the card includes and what it does not
According to the Firenzecard FAQ, the card costs €85 per person, whether bought online or at an official ticket office. It runs for 72 hours from the moment you enter the first museum, not from the purchase date, and each museum in the circuit can be entered once. Reservations and special-exhibition supplements are included, as the card's product page explains.
The circuit lists more than 60 sites. The card's museum list includes the Uffizi, the Accademia, the Palazzo Pitti museums, the Boboli Gardens, the Bargello and San Marco, plus Palazzo Vecchio, the Medici Chapels, Santa Maria Novella, the Brancacci Chapel and Palazzo Medici Riccardi. Further pages add Santa Croce and Museo Galileo and San Lorenzo and the Palazzo Vecchio tower.
The cathedral complex is not on any page of the list: no Brunelleschi dome, Giotto's bell tower, Baptistery or Opera del Duomo museum. Those need the cathedral's own passes, covered in our Duomo and dome climb tickets guide.
There are no discounts. The second FAQ page says the card has only a full rate, with no reduction for students, seniors or groups, and that it is personal and tied to your name.
The break-even, museum by museum
These are adult prices for a ticket bought on the day, from each museum's own page (checked 30 October 2026):
| Museum | On the day | Booked ahead | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uffizi | €25 (€16 for entry from 16:00) | €29 | Uffizi Galleries |
| Galleria dell'Accademia | €20 | booking fee extra | Ministry of Culture |
| Palazzo Pitti | €16 | €19 | Uffizi Galleries |
| Palazzo Vecchio museum | €18 | — | MUS.E |
| Museo del Bargello | €12 | — | Ministry of Culture |
| Medici Chapels | €11 | — | Ministry of Culture |
| Boboli Gardens | €10 | €13 | Uffizi Galleries |
| Brancacci Chapel | €10 | — | Comune di Firenze box office |
| Santa Maria Novella | €8 | — | Comune di Firenze box office |
The Uffizi, Pitti and Boboli figures come from the Uffizi Galleries ticket page, which also lists the €16 afternoon ticket for Uffizi entries from 16:00, introduced on 1 January 2026. The Accademia, Bargello and Medici Chapels prices are the ones the Ministry of Culture announced from 1 February 2026. Palazzo Vecchio's €18 full ticket is on the civic museums' ticket page, and the Brancacci Chapel and Santa Maria Novella prices on the city's official box office.
Three worked examples for one adult
- The big four (Uffizi, Accademia, Pitti, Palazzo Vecchio): €25 + €20 + €16 + €18 = €79. The card at €85 costs €6 more. Booking the Uffizi and Pitti ahead raises the single-ticket total to €86, roughly level with the card.
- The big four plus Bargello and Medici Chapels: €79 + €12 + €11 = €102. The card saves €17.
- A full art-history run adding Boboli, the Brancacci Chapel and Santa Maria Novella: €102 + €10 + €10 + €8 = €130. The card saves €45, but only if you can fit nine visits into 72 hours.
The card's own savings article gives higher totals because it adds booking fees to every ticket, and its text and tables do not agree with each other, so treat the museum price lists above as the basis.
The cheaper alternative for state museums
Two official combination tickets cover most of the state museums for less than the card:
- Uffizi PassePartout: €40 for 5 days, covering the Uffizi, Palazzo Pitti and the Boboli Gardens (Uffizi fares page).
- Accademia and Bargello group ticket: €38 for 72 hours, covering the Accademia, Bargello, Medici Chapels, Orsanmichele and Palazzo Davanzati, on sale from 15 March 2026. A €26 version covers only the Accademia and the Bargello for 48 hours (Ministry of Culture announcement above).
Together they cost €78 for eight sites, against €85 for the Firenze Card. The card wins once you add the civic museums the two passes do not cover: Palazzo Vecchio alone (€18) takes the combination route to €96. It also wins if you want private museums in the circuit, such as Palazzo Strozzi or Museo Galileo.
Children, young adults and free days
The card itself has no child price, but the FAQ says family members under 18 can be added to an adult's card free, by entering them in the app or telling staff at a collection point. They still need their own (free) reservation where one is required.
That benefit matters less than it looks. The same FAQ notes that minors can already get free tickets at civic and state museums; the Palazzo Vecchio page, for example, lists under-18 entry at €0. Adding children only saves money at the private museums in the circuit.
Young adults should compare carefully. Palazzo Vecchio charges €12 instead of €18 for visitors aged 18–25, and the Uffizi list shows a €2 reduced ticket for eligible visitors (the eligibility rules are on a separate Uffizi page). The card has no youth rate, so a reduced-price visitor rarely gets value from it.
On the first Sunday of each month, the Uffizi page says national museums are free under the "Sunday at the museum" scheme, and Firenze Card priority admission is suspended on free-admission days. Do not spend card hours on a first Sunday.
Timing your 72 hours
The Accademia, Bargello and Medici Chapels group opens Tuesday to Sunday, 8:15–18:50, so it is closed on Mondays (Ministry of Culture, from 15 March 2026). Palazzo Vecchio opens daily from 9:00 to 19:00 except Thursday, when it closes at 14:00, according to MUS.E. The FAQ warns that almost every museum in the circuit closes on one or more days a week.
Plan the activation so that a Monday falls at one end of the window, not in the middle. Starting at 9:00 on a Tuesday gives you three full museum days, Tuesday to Thursday, before the card expires at 9:00 on Friday.
Reservations you must make
The FAQ lists mandatory reservations for the Uffizi, the Accademia, Palazzo Vecchio, the Arnolfo Tower, the Brancacci Chapel and Palazzo Medici Riccardi, and a free but required booking for the Pitti royal apartments. Reservations cannot be changed once made. The Uffizi page says card holders book through the Uffizi's own ticket site using the "Uffizi reservation for Firenze Card owners" option, by phone or at the ticket office. Our guides to Uffizi tickets and Accademia tickets explain how to book each.
The Vasari Corridor is not covered: the Uffizi fares page lists a €20 supplement for Firenze Card holders.
Restart and Firenze Card+
Restart adds 48 hours to an expired card, turning it into a five-day pass. The FAQ gives the price as €28, sold online for digital cards only through the Firenzecard app, available from 1 March 2026 and only within 12 months of buying the card. The card's home page shows the same €28 price but marks Restart as "Not available" in its pricing table, so check in the app before you count on it.
Transport is not included. The FAQ states that the card does not currently cover public transport in Florence or transfers to and from the airport. The older product page still mentions an optional Firenzecard+ add-on for public transport but gives no price or details; we found no current offer on the card's FAQ or home page. Budget for bus and tram tickets separately, as explained in our Florence bus and tram tickets guide.
