U.S. News Insider Tip: If you're visiting the Pitti Palace because of an interest in Medici history, consider booking a private entry into the Vasari Corridor – a hidden passageway Medici ...

and Palazzo Pitti, the palace where the family lived. The corridor was a “mythical place for the Western world” and a “parallel city within the city,” Uffizi director Simone Verde told the ...

The main stretch of the corridor, running from the Uffizi to the Boboli Gardens outside Palazzo Pitti, opened to the public on Friday. It’s the first time in history that regular people have ...