Florence Duomo Tour: Dive into its History, Climb Brunelleschi's Dome and More!
3.4
18 Ratings
Firenze
Discover the history of Florence's Duomo on our guided tour. Climb Brunelleschi's Dome for breathtaking views and explore the Baptistery and Museum of Opera del Duomo. Don't miss this complete experience!
Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Museo dell’Opera del Duomo - Museum with all the masterpiece of the Cathedral
  • Battistero di San Giovanni - Baptistry of S. Giovanni
  • Florence Tours by Made of Tuscany - Tour operator
  • Piazza del Duomo - Stopping in Piazza Duomo is compulsory in order to understand the history of the monumental Complex of the Duomo
What's Included
  • Professional art historian tour guide
  • Entrance tickets with reservation
What's Not Included
  • Pick up and drop off
  • Tips
Additional Information

Join us on our comprehensive Florence Opera Duomo tour! Perfect for those keen to delve into the history of the Cathedral, the Brunelleschi Dome and many more! Your guide awaits you at the central entrance to the Florence Cathedral at 10:45 in the morning. Your journey includes visits to the Baptistery and the Opera del Duomo Museum, where you can marvel at the original Door of Paradise, Michelangelo’s Pietà, as well as a plethora of Renaissance masterpieces. You’ll be escorted within the Cathedral by your guide, which also takes in the Santa Reparata Crypt! As your tour concludes, your guide will guide you to the entrance of the Brunelleschi Dome for you to ascend independently. At the pinnacle, enjoy breathtaking views of Florence. From within the dome, you can gaze upon Giorgio Vasari’s Renaissance frescos: the Last Judgment, inspired by Michelangelo’s work in the Sistine Chapel. Following the tour, the same ticket permits you to ascend the Giotto bell tower at your convenience, valid for 72 hours post-tour.

  • Access to the Churches is allowed to all those who respect the rules of decorum relating to places of worship. In places of worship it is forbidden to wear tank tops, skirts and/or shorts
Location
Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore
Piazza del Duomo
Central Door of the Cathedral of Florence, in Duomo Square
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Irener1392
Sep 21, 2023
Special visit in Florence - Our guide was very kind and polite. The view from the Dome is stunning! Very recommended and teaching experience
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Hpg2014
Feb 26, 2022
Duomo in February - Andrea was a great tour guide. Saw fabulous views from the top of the duomo, learned about the architectural history of the duomo, then onto the museum to see more of the original sculptures & Ghiberti’s magnificent doors and finally to the Baptistry to wonder at the beautiful mosaics.
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Daniel_franc
Aug 27, 2019
Great company for a great tour - Scheduled a tour for the Duomo, which included the tour for the Battistero and the museum as well as the ticket for the bell tower, and it was a treat. Our guide, Giovanna, was excellent. Throughout the tour, on top of sharing the history of the Duomo and all of the artists that worked on the multiple projects of this great monument, she added a few anecdotes about Italian expressions, inter-city feuds and why the bread in Florence isn't salted. If you like guided tours, I strongly suggest scheduling it with Giovanna.
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Kim
Jun 14, 2017
The Duomo is a must visit and our... - <p>The Duomo is a must visit and our tour was fantastic. The beauty took my breath away! Wonderful tour guide very informative. After our wonderful tour we climbed the 463 steps to the top of the Duomo. A must when you are visiting with fantastic views of all of Florence. We also climbed the 414 steps in the Giotto Bell tower. I wouldn't miss this one either. Fabulous views of the Duomo and all of Florence.</p>
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Dominic
Sep 13, 2017
I forgot our tour guide's name, but... - <p>I forgot our tour guide's name, but she was really informative. The only tick of the star was due to the fact that this is such a busy place to have a walking tour, and due to the fact we're moving around so much, it's easy to get lost in the mix. Otherwise, great value.</p>
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Jennie
Jun 13, 2017
Tour guide was very good. The tour... - <p>Tour guide was very good. The tour was a little long in places but overall a great experience.</p>
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Williamlh9445zd
Oct 2, 2023
Just average - Vanessia was very knowledgable but went too fast and was hard to understand when she wore her mask.
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Kay_k
Sep 19, 2017
Unfortunately this tour though... - <p>Unfortunately this tour though advertised as skip the line was not that!! We had to wait in line for several hours in very hot sun to enter the duomo. We eventually gave up. We specifically travelled to Florence to see the duomo and we werewere extremely disappointed</p>
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Maarten
Aug 21, 2017
This tour is being offered as a skip... - <p>This tour is being offered as a skip the line tour. Florence Tours by Made of Tuscany who are executing this tour stressed to us and the group more than once there is no more skip the line possibility anymore, after the community of Florence changed this earlier this year. <br/> This tour is offered as a 2 hour tour, visiting the cathedral, the museum and the baptistery. This can only be managed with the prior skip the line possibility, as the line/queue outside the cathedral alone takes more than 2 hours to complete. <br/> We did the museum first, than the baptistery and with only some 15 minutes left of the 2 hours, Christiano our tour guide wanted us to queue in the 2 hours line for the cathedral...in the burning sun...for a skip the line tour, at least so we thought as we booked it this way. We decided not to queue and left the tour 15 minutes earlier...after all the other people on our group already left at earlier stages...all in discontent and feeling a bit fooled too. Whether we stayed the remaining 15 minutes or not, we would never have seen the inside of the number 1 attraction of this tour, the cathedral itself. It felt like a waste of our morning and we had to recovered from this disappointment over lunch to get ourselves ready for another tour in the afternoon.<br/> I did not enjoy this tour at all. We met Christiano the tour guide at 10:45 in the morning and he smelled like a rhinoceros. We all, like all normal people, took a shower that morning and put on a fresh shirt...not Christiano, he smelled like 4 days old sweat. He also did not brush his teeth with all kinds of food residue in between his teeth everywhere. In the museum I tried to stay ahead of him so I would not have to follow him/the smell and in every room I hoped he would not raise his arm to point out something as the terrible smell would float freely around again. Besides that he as boring to listen to and just carried on without waiting for the group nor checking is everybody was still there.</p>
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Andrew
Aug 20, 2017
The guide was excellent but the trip... - <p>The guide was excellent but the trip was advertised as skip the queue and it wasn't which meant that we did not have sufficient time to visit the Duomo which was the reason for visiting Florence we did visit the Museum and Baptistery. The guide stated that Viator had been made aware, earlier in the summer, of the change in process yet a visitor in our group who booked 3 days prior to the date stated that this tour was skip the queue - I would add that we were not contacted to advise that this would not be a skip the queue tour - Very poor</p>
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