Admire the city's impressive art collection and learn about its golden age, when the wealthy and influential Medici family funded some of the most important art ever created; commissioning the likes of Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and Botticelli. Jump the queues and enjoy a tour of one of the oldest and most famous art museums in the world: the Uffizi. Simply unparalleled in terms of architectural splendour as well as the incredible Renaissance art it houses, the gallery was constructed under the capable direction of the founder of art history, Giorgio Vasari, who also reported in his book ‘Lives of the Artists that Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo would regularly visit the gallery for inspiration. What’s more, we end the tour on a high note with a beautiful view over the skyline of Florence from the Uffizi Terrace. After the tour has ended, you are free to stay in the museum until closing time.