The Vasari Corridor opened on 21 December 2024 after a major renovation. Tickets are bookable on the Uffizi website. It's an add on, effectively this cost 18 euros on top of my Uffizi ticket. I booked my ticket online on 24.12.24 for a 'crossing' on 7.1.25. Booking online was straightforward. I read the rules carefully and followed them. At the time of my booking, it did not, it did NOT say that you must have your passport with you. The instructions were somewhat draconian: you had to turn up at Door D19 15mins before your booking. I did this. There were two rather fierce young women in charge. One held a clipboard and called out your name. You were to come forward and present your ticket and your passport in order to be allowed to pass through the door and proceed to the waiting area. By sheer luck, I still had my passport in my bag having forgotten to put it in the hotel safe the night before. So I was allowed to enter. Phew! A British couple just before me, proffered their printed out tickets but no passports. They claimed that when they booked it did not say that passports were essential. The young gatekeepers would have none of it. They declared, quite sharply and brusquely, "It states clearly in the booking rules that you have to have your passport." (I can assure you that at least when I booked [Xmas Eve] no such rule was stated.) Anyway these girls would simply not allow this elderly British couple to pass through, so they departed very disappointed (and 36 euros wasted!). The approved ticket holders gathered in a waiting area having been allowed through Door D19. At the appointed time we were frogmarched (yes !) through the corridor with one Uffizi employee at the start of the group and another bringing up the rear. There was to be No Loitering, No Video, and (almost) No Talking. We were herded like a flock of sheep along the corridor - which, I should tell you is not at all worth the price of admission. The floors are terracotta tiled and the walls are white washed throughout. No Paintings. No Sculpture. Empty. The windows are tiny and offer little view. No time to stop anyway. The 'Shepherds/Monitors' just bark at you, "Keep Moving, Keep Moving". At the exit in the Boboli Gardens, they march you to the Main Exit and check that you pass through (clearly fearful that you might wander through the gardens without having paid the fee). They are pretty clear about the fact that you are walking in one direction only, so if you have left your coat in the Cloakroom at the Uffizi or if you would like to visit the (rather good) Uffizi bookshop/gift shop, you'll need to make sure that you do this before making your way to Door D19. I'd like to be generous and say that there are teething problems to this experience but I'm afraid I was sorely disappointed by the whole thing. Not just the bland, empty corridor but the imperious, unpleasant young women conducting the tour/"march". Reader Beware ! (And take your passport !)

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