Duomo Complex tour in Florence - Irina Emchenko is an excellent guide. - Irina Emchenko took us on a private tour of the Duomo complex in Florence, and she is an excellent guide because she has a passion for the city, its history, and the artists who lived and worked there. What we found fascinating on this tour was in the crypt area where the original floors from the Middle Ages are exposed. The ancient, previous cathedral of Florence stood on the same site as today’s cathedral. In the crypt, walls of the former church “Santa Reparata” are uncovered. The highlight, however, are the mosaic floors of the former church from the Middle Ages. Small bridges used for protection span the ancient floors. The sense of history is palatable! Irina was knowledgeable and informative about everything we saw, and it was an impressive tour. We highly recommend Irina Emchenko for a tour guide.

Full of facts and details - Irina was an amazing guide through the Duomo, the Baptist, and the Duomo Museum. She is so passionate about the art and architecture of Florence and willingly shares all of it. She was full of facinating information and had a fabulous deck of photos on her iPad to show detail or highlight fact. We will book another tour with her when we return to Florence. Thanks so much, Irina!

Best authentic & fun tour of Duomo district, rediscovering Florence’s treasures - Irina started our rediscovery journey of Florence, 12 years after our 1st trip. The fact that she is an independent guide with highly positive recommendations had caught our attention in the 1st place, but the actual experience was much beyond our expectations. We chose her private tour for the Duomo area (baptistery, church & opera museum), at the very beginning of our stay. Irina has a very unique way of «telling » the story of the city’s masterpieces. She knows how to put it into perspective (historically & artistically) & her explanations of each historical figure makes it captivating. Our 2 hour-tour went by in a wink of an eye, and we can confidently say that she was really the best of private tour guides during our stay (we enjoyed 3 other private guided tours). We highly recommend Irina & we hope to enjoy another tour with her, next time we visit, maybe with our children (although it may add some extra challenge, she does also have experience with families !)

Wonderful tour of the complete complex - We were surprised but delighted to be the only 2 on this tour with Irina as our guide. Extremely knowledgeable and pleasant! We absolutely loved it!😃

Fantastic - Fantastic experience. First and foremost Irina was great and extremely knowledgable. She made the tour very informative and interesting at the same time. The whole tour was super smooth, we didn’t need to think about anything other than enjoying the beautiful experience.

Irina is Awesome!! - We had a great time touring the Duomo with Irina. She is intelligent, accommodating, insightful and humorous. She is well travelled and is able to put into context a lot of the political nuances of the age. Would highly recommend this tour!!

Great experience! - It was a great and informative tour. Lots of local history told in a fun way. I would recommend this experience to everyone!

History of Duomo. - Our guide was excellent in gaining our attention and parting her knowledge to us. We were very satisfied. Thanks

Wonderful Experience! - This was an incredible tour and experience with our guide! We were supposed to have 6 people in our group and it was actually just the 2 of us! Wonderful experience...and our first tour on our trip to Italy. A great way to start and set high standards for the rest of our trip.

Fantastic Duomo complex tour - #Irina - Irina did an amazing job on the Duomo complex private tour and we would highly recommend her on this tour for anyone coming to Florence who wants to learn and experience the complex! We have had many private tours and I can say without doubt she did the best job of tying together the art with the history of the times in a knowledgeable and professional manner, all with a bow tied on top. She will give as much you can take it and as fast (or slow) as you want it. Five ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ all the way.