The Florence City Pass by Turbopass is an all-inclusive sightseeing pass accepted at some of the city’s most popular museums and by several notable local guided tours. Available as a one-day, two-day, or three-day pass, the Florence City Pass will serve as the only ticket you need for admission to such world-renowned museums as the Uffizi Gallery, the Accademia Gallery, and Michelangelo’s former family home and studio, Casa Buonarroti. The Florence City Pass can also be used as your ticket to a 24-hour Hop-On Hop-Off Bus Tour, a one-hour guided walking tour of the city, and for an audio guide to Brunelleschi’s groundbreaking Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore—much better known as simply the Duomo. All the while, you’ll pay nothing out of pocket and avoid standing in long ticket line after long ticket line. No matter whether it’s your first time visiting the so-called Birthplace of the Renaissance, or your love for Florence keeps drawing you back time and time again, the Florence City Pass makes for a convenient tourist pass option.
Top Included Florence Attractions
Uffizi Gallery
Accademia
Casa Buonarroti
Museo di San Marco
Walking Tour Florence
See the complete list of available attractions and tours in the sidebar, divided by type of activity.
How the Florence City Pass by Turbopass Works
Once you’ve decided the Florence City Pass by Turbopass is right for you, you’ll need to determine whether you want a one-day, two-day, or three-day version of the pass. You’ll also need to provide Turbopass with a preferred admission time for entry to the Uffizi and Accademia.
Your Florence City Pass will arrive in your email inbox within at least 48 hours of the time you’ve purchased it. Once you’ve got that email in your possession, the only thing you’ll need is a smartphone. You can get your Florence Turbopass scanned straight off your mobile device at every attraction’s admission gate.
That means no paying anything out of pocket while sightseeing, regardless of which Florence City Pass attractions you want to visit. You’ll also never again need to keep track of multiple tickets or stand in line patiently waiting to purchase tickets.
What’s Good with the Florence City Pass by Turbopass
The Florence City Pass by Turbopass is designed to function as a digital product accessible via your smartphone. Conveniently, this enables you to carry your attractions pass with you at all times without ever needing to make a point of remembering to grab paper tickets.
That is, unless of course you prefer to work with a hard copy of your Florence City Pass—in which case, that works, too! Simply print out your Florence Turbopass at home before your trip and bring it along with you; from there, it’ll work the exact same way.
You can’t travel to Florence without making time to visit the Uffizi Gallery—one of the world’s greatest art museums, it’s home to such masterpieces as Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus, Titian’s Venus of Urbino, and Caravaggio’s Medusa—and the Accademia, where you’ll find Michelangelo’s iconic sculpture, David. Fortunately, the Florence City Pass includes admission to both of these acclaimed attractions.
In addition to these can’t-miss destinations, the Florence Turbopass highlights a nice cross-section of attractions well worth your time. From Casa Buonarroti, a moving museum housed on the grounds of a property once owned by Michelangelo, to the Leonardo Interactive Museum, which is devoted to all things Leonardo da Vinci, the Florence City Pass covers more than enough outstanding attractions to keep you busy for a long weekend.
What Could Get Better?
Everywhere you turn in Florence there’s something special worth exploring; unfortunately, once you get beyond the Uffizi and the Accademia, many of the best things to see and do in Florence aren’t covered by a Florence City Pass by Turbopass. The Bargello, the Duomo Museum, Pitti Palace, the Medici Chapels, Palazzo Vecchio, and the Galileo Science Museum: all these fabulous attractions and more are not included as part of the Florence City Pass.
The Florence City Pass by Turbopass is a good option for those visitors who want a convenient way to access the city’s two most famous museums and a few other intriguing attractions. However, at the end of the day, the pass just doesn’t feature all that many destinations; a significant number of its offerings consist of discounts—which, while possibly quite useful, aren’t the same as admission to legendary local sites.
Get Your Money’s Worth with the Florence City Pass by Turbopass
To make a Florence City Pass worth the financial investment, you’re going to need to schedule yourself a busy itinerary. You’ll get your money’s worth with a Florence City Pass simply by going to as many of the included attractions as possible. Don’t run yourself ragged sightseeing, of course, but if maximizing value is important to you, bank on having a full plate while in Florence.
Your Florence City Pass by Turbopass has numerous discount partners that you can work with to secure even more savings while sightseeing in and around this famed Tuscan town. These discounts cover reduced admission at Palazzo Strozzi, day trips to scenic neighboring communities like Siena and San Gimignano, and a whole lot more. For the most up-to-date list of included discounts, check out the official Florence City Pass website.
Many of Italy’s top museums—and this goes for favorite Florence institutions like the Uffizi and the Accademia—regularly offer a couple days each month when admission is free (typically these promotions fall on a Sunday). As a result, you’ll want to take some time in advance of your trip to see when the next free-admission day is scheduled and avoid using one of your Florence City Pass days on a day that admission is already free. Not only would this make your pass redundant, but free-admission days are always the absolute busiest at participating museums.
Florence City Pass by Turbopass Insider Tips
Florence is the type of place where, even when you might think you’re standing in front of an otherwise non-descript building, more often than not it turns out you’re right alongside a storied historical site. To that end, be sure and take a guided tour of the city, as you’ll get so much more out of your experience this way than you would if you just strolled from Point A to Point B unknowingly. You can go on a guided walking tour as part of your Florence City Pass—it also entitles you to an Audio Guide for the Duomo—but there are numerous free audio guides available online which you can download and listen to right on your smartphone as you stroll through town, too.
Your Florence City Pass by Turbopass will cover the cost of your admission to the Uffizi and the Accademia, which is a great start. However, you are absolutely going to want to book a reserved time slot in advance at both of these ever-popular attractions. You won’t have to pay anything extra to make these reservations, you’ll simply save yourself a lot of time and energy which would otherwise be wasted standing in a long line waiting to enter these world-class museums.
Your Florence City Pass also entitles you to a 24-hour ticket on a Hop-On Hop-Off Bus Tour of the city. Use this ticket to visit Piazzale Michelangelo—the Oltrarno district square renowned for its breathtaking views of the Duomo and Florence’s historic city center—and, if you’re interested, the charming town of Fiesole (located in the rolling hills just northeast of Florence). Otherwise, if you can, stick to walking, as it’s the best way to see the majority of Florence’s inimitable central core, much of which is off-limits to vehicular traffic.
Where to Buy the Florence City Pass by Turbopass
The Florence City Pass is available online directly from Turbopass.