You're going for one statue. Is that enough to justify €16 and the queue? Yes. Here's why.
Plan your Italy trip →You walk down a corridor lined with Michelangelo's Prisoners — unfinished figures struggling to emerge from raw marble, as if the stone is giving birth to human forms. Then the corridor opens into the Tribune, and the David stands at the end, 5.17 meters tall, lit by a skylight. He's bigger than you imagined. The marble seems to breathe. The veins on his hands, the tension in his stance, the detail of his curls — this is the highest achievement of Renaissance sculpture, and no photograph conveys what it's like to stand in front of it.
Honestly? The David is 90% of why you're here. The rest of the collection — medieval Florentine paintings, a musical instrument collection, plaster casts — is fine but not essential. Most visitors spend 30-45 minutes total. That's enough. Don't feel guilty about a short visit; the David rewards 10 minutes of concentrated attention more than 3 hours of wandering.
€12 + €4 booking fee. Timed entry at uffizi.it. The 8:15am slot gives you 5 minutes alone with the David before others arrive — genuinely transformative. The museum is 10 minutes walk from the Duomo. You can see the David and be at the Uffizi by 9:30am. Efficient and unforgettable.
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