Florence Duomo Skip-Any-Line Guided Tour with Priority Entrance
Description
Join this informative guided tour exploring the Florentine religious centre by walking around Baptistery, Belltower, Duomo and then visit the Cathedral with an exclusive opportunity to skip any line and go straight inside the Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral with a professional, licensed and fluent English speaking guide. You will spend 55 minutes on the square, 45 minutes inside the Cathedral. You will be entering a church therefore shoulders must be covered and shorts/skirts are allowed only if reaching the kneecap. People stand in the ordinary line for over one hour, make the most of your stay and explore both the outside and, skipping any line, the inside of the Florentine Duomo with our guides! Backpacks, luggages and ladies bags worn on the back are not allowed inside the church. If you must take them with you, you will have to drop them at the luggage deposit of the Cathedral (free of charge) but, depending on the lines at said deposit, you may lose part of the tour.
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Before skipping 100% any queue and admire the monumental interior of Florence Cathedral Santa Maria del Fiore, your local English-speaking guide will give you a wealth of information about all the religious buildings on Piazza del Duomo to fully then appreciate not only the artistic beauty but also the immense social value of Florence Cathedral, Baptistery, Belltower and Brunelleschi's dome. The visit inside the Cathedral will be conducted "beyond the ropes", an exclusive route, accessible to just few groups a day, permitting you to also stand right under Brunelleschi's dome by the high altar of the Cathedral. A truly special visit.
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Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Please note that you will be entering a church therefore shoulders must be covered and shorts/skirts are allowed only if reaching the kneecap.
- First part of the tour, on the square, lasts around 40 minutes. The visit of the Cathedral then lasts around 45 minutes.
- Regular sized backpacks and bags are allowed inside the Duomo, when oversized they must be left at the luggage deposit (free of charge) and you may lose part of the guided tour.
Reviews(391)
Great guide. Hard to find the group at first. Learned a great deal. Not to much info to digest. ++++++
Great experience. Our tour guide brought the Duomo to life. He was funny and informative. And we skipped the long line to get in.
Process ran smoothly. Guide was knowledgeable with a good sense of humour and spoke excellent English.
This was a great tour for our family! Claudio was kind, informative, knowledgeable, and responsive to the needs of everyone in our group (especially with the kids). We learned a lot & appreciated skipping the line on a very hot day. I would definitely recommend this tour to all, especially families.
We had a fantastic tour guide - the best of any of the tours we have done in Italy. He was incredibly knowledgeable and his English was excellent.
I thoroughly enjoyed Claudio being our tour guide. He was respectful, knowledgeable, and informative.
This was an excellent and highly informative tour. Our guide was extremely knowledgable about the history of the duomo, its construction, and its design. We spent time both inside and out and got far more out of the experience than we would have if we'd toured on our own. In addition, the "skip the line" allowed us not only to enter directly, but also to view sections of the duomo that were reserved for tours like ours. Highly worth it.
Our group of 6 really enjoyed this very detailed and informative tour of the Florence Duomo and the surrounding piazza. Our guide Claudio was extremely knowledgeable.
What. Fantastic team! Maurizio and his team are great. We missed our time but they managed to put us in. Will definitely recommend.
Taking this 'skip-the-line' tour was an excellent decision! There were hundreds of people waiting, but we went right inside. Our tour guide was incredibly knowledgeable and made the experience unique by adding interesting, current facts about the cathedral's origins, evolution, and future plans.
