2023-04-26 11:08:14
Triumph of visitors to the Uffizi for the long weekend of 25 April: there were more than 100,000 in the 4 days of vacation. Thus, the record of last Easter weekend was also surpassed with 91,000 visitors in the 4 days between Good Friday and Easter Monday (11% more)
To be precise, between Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, 101,517 people chose to visit the Uffizi Gallery of Statues and Paintings, Palazzo Pitti or the Boboli Gardens.
In detail, there were 10,481 tourists at the Uffizi on Saturday, 11,502 on Sunday, 10,537 on Monday and 9,300 on Tuesday. For Palazzo Pitti instead Saturday 3.807, Sunday 4.687, Tuesday 6.899. Finally, the Boboli Gardens was able to count 9,478 people on Saturday, 11,973 on Sunday, 8,511 on Monday and 14,217 on Tuesday.
At Palazzo Pitti a notable growth compared to the Easter weekend, which hosted a total of 15,482 visitors (+ 23%), as well as the Boboli Gardens, with 44,179 people (+ 22%).
Director Eike Schmidt comments: “The Uffizi Galleries once again prove to be the engine and driving force behind cultural tourism in Florence and in Italy. And in addition to the strong presence of Italians and Europeans, we are pleased to have welcomed a growing number of visitors from ‘overseas from all over the globe’.
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