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Highlights
- Follow a guide around Florence Cathedral to see how craftsmen protect its artworks and stonework today, then plan your own visit inside.
- Meet your local guide at the Duomo complex for a one-hour outdoor walk, hearing the story of each monument as you circle the square with your group.
- View the facades of Florence Cathedral, the Baptistery, Brunelleschi's Dome, and Giotto's Bell Tower while your guide explains them from outside.
- Study the Baptistery's bronze doors, vaults, and mosaics as you hear how artisans care for them, then get directions to the Cathedral free-entry line.
Your Experience
Explore Florence’s Duomo complex on a one-hour outdoor walking tour focused on mosaics, craftsmanship, and restoration history with a local guide.
Getting started
Meet your local guide at the Florence Duomo complex to begin your one-hour outdoor walking tour. After a brief introduction to the route, you set off on foot around the monuments that frame Piazza del Duomo. The experience takes place entirely outside, so you do not need tickets or timed entry for any of the buildings.
What to expect
Florence Duomo complex
This guided experience circles the heart of Florence’s religious center, where Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral, the Baptistery, Brunelleschi's Dome, and Giotto's Bell Tower stand side by side. Across sixty minutes, your guide links these structures through stories of mosaics, bronze doors, and the restoration techniques that keep them intact.
Features
- Your one-hour outdoor walking tour of the Florence Duomo complex keeps you at street level, so you can observe the full facades and overall layout of the Cathedral, the Baptistery, Brunelleschi's Dome, and Giotto's Bell Tower in relation to one another.
- A local guide leads the visit, providing exterior explanations of Florence Cathedral, the Baptistery, Brunelleschi's Dome, and Giotto's Bell Tower that focus on what you can see from outside rather than interior access.
- At the Baptistery, you learn about its mosaics and artistic craftsmanship from the exterior, including how specialists approach restoration history and conservation to preserve these surfaces over time.
- Your guide shares insights into broader mosaics, craftsmanship, and restoration history across the complex, explaining how techniques have evolved and why ongoing work is essential for Florence's architectural heritage.
- Before the tour ends, you receive clear directions to the Cathedral free-entry line so you can, if you choose, return later for an independent visit to Florence Cathedral, subject to its opening hours and waiting times.
- Entry to Florence Cathedral, the Baptistery, Brunelleschi's Dome, Giotto's Bell Tower, and any mosaic restoration site is not included, and admission tickets to attractions or additional services outside this description are not part of the experience.
Inclusions & Exclusions
- One-hour outdoor walking tour of Florence Duomo complex
- Local guide
- Exterior explanations of Florence Cathedral, the Baptistery, Brunelleschi's Dome and Giotto's Bell Tower
- Insights into mosaics, craftsmanship and restoration history
- Directions to the Cathedral free-entry line
- Entry to Florence Cathedral, the Baptistery or other monuments
- Access to the mosaic restoration site
- Admission tickets to attractions
- Any additional services not specified in the experience description
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Ticket Delivery
- Your voucher will be emailed to you shortly.
- Display the voucher on your mobile phone with a valid photo ID at the starting point.
- Please check your final voucher for the starting point details & specific instructions.
Cancellation Policy
These tickets can't be rescheduled or cancelled.