Galleria dell'Accademia, Tuscany, Italy

5Brian50Edmonton 5:00 PM May 6, 2022

Michelangelo's David is a must see.
If you go for nothing else, Michelangelo's David is an absolute must. It is absolutely impressive, and much bigger than I expected. It is a wonderfully beautiful masterpiece. The collection of religious art work is outstanding and the plaster casts of many famous sculptures are also on display. If you are an historic musical instrument buff that section is well worth it too. You can spend as little as an hour there or as much as a full day depending on your particular interests. Although reservations are a very good idea, and likely necessary in late May through to mid September you can buy and ticket and get in on a first come first served basis. You can reserve and get your ticked on-line but make sure you use the "official" Accademia website, obviously all of the "tour" companies (Get Your Guide, Viatour etc) can and will sell you the tickets and reserve your audio guide but that isn't necessary, perhaps more convenient but not necessary in the quieter periods. There are small guided tours with a guide who can and will tell you the history and provenance of most of the works if you have interest in lots of detail, or you can rent an audio guide for a couple of Euro which we did and found it detailed enough for us.

4Scott D 5:00 PM Jun 25, 2022

Always a pleasure to visit with our old friend David
Galleria dell'Accademia is always a must stop on a visit to Florence, if for no other reason than to reacquaint with the splendor that is Michelangelo's David. Even if that were the only attraction there, it would be worth the visit, but the gallery regularly has visiting exhibits which may each visit unique from previous visits and worth the price of admission. As with any destination popular with tourists, I strongly recommend booking in advance with a scheduled visit time, rather than brave the walk up line. With the reservation, which they honored even though it was meant for June 2020, we were in and out in about 90 minutes.