Admire the magical aerial panorama and learn the secrets of the Duomo from a different point of view. Enjoy an exclusive perspective: admire Florence panorama from the Duomoʼs 32 metres high terrace and climb up to the top of the Dome!
With this tour, you will also receive 72 hour full-access, skip-the-line passes to all parts of the Duomo Complex. This includes: Giotto’s Bell Tower, Giovanni’s Baptistery and Museo dell’Opera del Duomo. Spend your remaining time in Florence, without being rushed, visiting the city's top monuments.
Posted By : Huey_N
1- the meeting point was too confusing. It has 2 different addresses.
2- the tour was too simple and short of information. About 30 to 40 minutes with the tour guide and the rest are on your own climbing the roof top
“ not worth the money “
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Posted On : 2024-07-02 14:57:16 
Posted By : hemalathab2024
Very well timed - easy to find , small group , loved the access to the terraces and the history thrown in - would definitely recommend
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Posted On : 2024-06-25 13:18:59 
Posted By : Brian_S
Our tour guide was great. Very spirited and seemingly knowledgeable. It’s always a toss up though with guides who are multilingual whether they can “capture the drama” of a 2nd language (English for us) or are still at the level where they are regularly employing unusual phrasing or words to satisfy the thought they are trying to convey and it ends up being such a word salad that it makes you zone out..
What I mean is that even though the information was interesting, the tour guide’s words were sometimes a smattering of translated info that, though the usage was technically acceptable , it was too easy to tune out.
After 3 out of our 4 tours so far being like this on this trip via Viator, I do wonder whether these companies would do better to hand their tour guides a script? I accept that my kids will be bored, but even my wife and I who love this stuff sort of drifted.
Other than that, the complex was amazing! Our guide did seem to dial in when it came to the paintings in the dome as this the whole family found easy to folllow and kind of cool.
As for the hidden terraces, we were puzzled about why this was advertised as we were shown no secret sections. There was one upper level room in which instead of looking through a gate we were allowed in to see 8 statues (the story being it was a mystery as to how they had been placed there and by whom. (But again, we may have missed part of that story as that nugget of info was the tail end of it.)
The tour ended before letting us up into the dome (this was to be continued on our own unescorted by any guide) but we were told we could get into the crypt on our own with the tickets. By the time we had gone up and down the three tiers of the dome (and waited on the stairways to clear so we could proceed 15 minutes later), we weren’t sure we were ready to search out the entrance to the crypt so we called it a day.
Bear in mind this is late June and it is rather hot and super crowded so this may have played a part in us not seeing these hidden rooms? But our guide was gone before we realized the tour was missing some elements.
Anyhow, we got in to see the complex quickly. The dome had some waits (1-way only stairs at certain points)..
But Skip the line tickets always seem worth it. Just wish there was a way to utilize otherwise intelligent and very well informed tour guides who aren’t yet “landing the point” of sentences due to their sometimes lesser experience with English.
Again, this was in super crowded June so it may be a better tour when our guide doesn’t have to battle with the competing masses of humanity all trying to get in.
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Posted On : 2024-06-20 14:18:58
Posted By : Britta_C
The climb into the dome and the cupola was hard but amazing. I was disappointed that the tour didn’t include the crypt but was a separate unguided trip.
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Posted On : 2024-06-17 01:56:52
Posted By : Christina_F
Great!! Optional to go up the stairs. Booked it last minute and had a great time! It’s guided up to the terrace (150 steps) then you are free from there. Tickets are good for 72 hours if you want to come back or go to crypt/museum.
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Posted On : 2024-06-08 13:07:40
Posted By : Kathy_H
Organized tour operator with a sweet and knowledgeable guide. Climbing the Duomo was so fun and the views were awesome. Getting a close up view of the paintings on the dome was incredible. Ticket also includes baptistry and bell tower if you want to climb more later!
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Posted On : 2024-06-06 21:38:01
Posted By : Nancy_C
Maria was wonderful giving us great background information and pictures of how things were. Thank you!
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Posted On : 2024-06-02 13:03:56
Posted By : Cynthia_C
Our guide was Giacomo and he was excellent! Very knowledgeable and a really good sense of humor while telling stories about the history of the complex and the personalities involved. He kept very good track of his group in crowded areas and made sure everyone was together before moving on to another location. The Duomo Complex was one site that my husband hadn't heard much about and wondered if it was worth yet another tour during our trip. I told him I had heard that it was pretty amazing and we should try it. I'm so glad we did - it's absolutely gorgeous everywhere you look and I would call it a "don't miss" site! Also, don't skip the adjacent Duomo museum - it's well worth a visit.
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Posted On : 2024-05-26 12:45:15
Posted By : Jessica_Z
Giacomo was a great tour guide! Engaging and knowledgable. Be prepared for lots of steps! We really enjoyed the whole experience
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Posted On : 2024-05-23 00:27:56
Posted By : Danny_K
The climb up to the top of the dome was breathtaking. We did it before 30 years ago and just as good this time. Well worth the effort to get up the 400 plus steps.
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Posted On : 2024-05-16 14:32:25
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