VerdictDestinations 🛡️ Independent — no pay-to-rank🔎 Graded for who you are✓ Verified 2026-06-17How we grade → The verdict
Who it's worth it for
Great for
- Travellers on a budget
- If you've only got a day
- Couples
- Solo travellers
- History & culture buffs
- The genuinely curious
- Photographers
Worth it for travellers on a budget, if you've only got a day and couples; not for families with kids.
Why we say this
Insider secrets & local vibes
Masaccio's Expulsion from Eden and Tribute Money here are where Renaissance painting effectively begins, freshly restored and seen up close.
Not independently verified — estimatedA small, intimate room visited in limited groups, so it never feels mobbed.
Not independently verified — estimatedIt's a single room across the river whose significance is lost on casual visitors — a specialist's stop.
Not independently verified — estimatedWhat it feels like
Reading the room, traveller by traveller
Solo
A pilgrimage for anyone who cares about art history; book the timed slot ahead.
As a couple
Pair the chapel with a wander through the surrounding Oltrarno quarter.
With kids
A single frescoed room with little to hold younger children.
Good to know
Before you go
Cost
€10 (timed, booking required)
Time
45 minutes (incl. timed slot)
- Best time
- Book the earliest timed slot you can.
- Booking
- Advance booking required; entry is by timed slot with limited group size.
- Accessibility
- Single ground-level chapel — broadly step-friendly; confirm on booking.
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