Galleria Degli Uffizi (Uffizi Gallery)

This is the most important art collections in Italy and one of the richest in the world - arrive early to avoid a long wait in the queues that snake across its courtyard. Housed in the majestic, 16th-century Uffizi Palace, the Uffizi Gallery houses the Medici art collection bequeathed to Florence in 1737, on the condition that it never leaves the city. The huge collection is too vast to tackle on a single visit. Visitors with limited time may wish to ensure that they see some of the city's biggest draws - Botticelli's mythological masterpieces, The Birth of Venus and Primavera (Spring) and Leonardo Da Vinci's Annunciation.