Florence Duomo Complex Small Group Tour

Itinerary
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Stop At: The Baptistery of St. John, Piazza San Giovanni, 50122 Firenze FI, Italy

Meet your guide and small group tour at the front door of the Baptistery of St.John. Following your knowledgeable local guide, you’ll get priority admission to the octagonal Baptistery, best known for its gleaming bronze doors known as the Gates of Paradise. As you join other tourists in gazing at the relief work on the detailed panels, you will no doubt be surprised to hear that these are not the original bronze doors – the authentic East Doors are actually on display in the Museo dell’ Opera del Duomo!

See the precious mosaics in the dome, one of the largest domes in the world in its day to be decorated using this technique. The mosaics are dominated by the huge figure of Christ in Judgement, with scenes from the Last Judgement occupying three of the dome's eight segments.

Duration: 40 minutes

Stop At: Duomo - Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore, Via della Canonica, 1 Piazza del Duomo, 50122, Florence Italy

Visit the third largest church in the world dedicated to Santa Maria del Fiore, the Virgin of the Flower

Our Florence Duomo Complex tour covers the most predominant monument of Florence in the heart of the city and its complementing buildings in a very detailed way.
The visit of the inside of the Cathedral is not guaranteed in case of long line during the 3 hours long guided tour (the church it’s free entrance and is not foreseen a skip-the-line for the tickets’holders)

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Museum of Opera of Saint Maria of Fiore, Piazza del Duomo, 9, 50122 Firenze FI, Italy

The museum was originally the workshops for the building of the Duomo. You could spend hours wandering through the displays but make your way to the highlight of Michelangelo’s Pieta.

Marble choir lofts, 15th-century artworks, stained glass and chunks of the original cathedral façade are woven into your discovery of the museum.

Duration: 40 minutes

Stop At: Giotto's Bell Tower, Piazza del Duomo, 50122 Firenze FI, Italy

We end our tour at Giotto's bell tower: one of the four principal monuments on the Piazza del Duomo.

Clad in white, red and green marble like the cathedral adjacent to it, the majestic square bell tower, considered to be the most beautiful campanile in Italy and probably designed more for decorative than for functional purposes.

There's a large projecting terrace at the top, after a climb of over 400 steps, functions as a panoramic roof. It is the final feature in Talenti's design, replacing a spire in Giotto's original plan.

Duration: 40 minutes

Stop At: Brunelleschi's Dome, Piazza del Duomo, 50122 Firenze FI, Italy

Enjoy the privileges of a pre-reserved ticket to climb the famous dome of Brunelleschi.

The perfect way to end a perfect tour at a very high note. Your pre-reserved tickets are the best investment to see the inside of the cathedral from the dome.

Climb up seeing the magnificent frescoes from up and close with your expert guide.

See perfect views of Florence and Tuscany from the dome.

Duration: 1 hour