Few museums in the world feel as deeply personal and as powerfully epic as the Uffizi. Originally designed in the 16th century by Giorgio Vasari for the Medici family’s administrative offices, it now houses the greatest collection of Italian Renaissance art on Earth. Inside, you’ll find Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus, Leonardo da Vinci’s early works, Michelangelo’s only panel painting, and masterpieces by Caravaggio, Titian, and Raphael. The architecture alone—vaulted ceilings, sunlit corridors, and glimpses of the Arno—is a work of art.
