Firenze Trip Overview
TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
• Be rewarded for your efforts with a spectacular view of the city
• Take a guided tour of the Duomo Square of Florence including Cupola Climbing
• Walk through a building dating back to the 1400s
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A guided, informative tour visiting Duomo Square including several of its significant constructions. Following this, you will have the opportunity to view the entire city from a single point, by climbing to the top of the dome.
Additional Info
Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes
Starts: Firenze, Italy
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
• Be rewarded for your efforts with a spectacular view of the city
• Take a guided tour of the Duomo Square of Florence including Cupola Climbing
• Walk through a building dating back to the 1400s
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A guided, informative tour visiting Duomo Square including several of its significant constructions. Following this, you will have the opportunity to view the entire city from a single point, by climbing to the top of the dome.
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Piazza del Duomo, 50122, Florence Italy
Piazza del Duomo is located in the heart of the historic center of Florence. It is one of the most visited places in the world and in Florence is the most visited area of the city. From the point of the meeting, the guide will give an insight into the history of this marvelous piece of art standing right in front of you.
Initially, the guide will talk your way to the Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, which commits to the conservation of the dome and other artworks of great masterpieces of Michelangelo, Donatello, Lorenzo Ghiberti, Luca Della Robbia, Arnolfo di Cambio, and many others.
Afterward, as you walk through the Piazza, you’ll catch glimpses of the red dome that was completed in 1436 by Filippo Brunelleschi and was once known as the largest building in Medieval Europe. After an interesting explanation of this showstopper, your next stop will be the showpieces of the Florentine Gothic architecture, Giotto’s Bell Tower standing adjacent to the Basilica of Santa Maria del Fiore
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Piazza del Duomo, 50122, Florence Italy
The guide will also walk you around the exterior of the Loggia del Bigallo, a late Gothic building in Florence with an interesting historical fact. Finally, you’ll enter through the “Gates of Paradise” to the Baptistery of Saint John which stands across from the Duomo Cathedral. You will be guided on the technical and artistic point of view of architecture before the tour concludes.
The tour takes about an hour and a half, the perfect amount to see the highlights of Piazza Della Duomo.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Duomo – Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore, Via della Canonica, 1 Piazza del Duomo, 50122, Florence Italy
After seeing the Duomo from all sides and visiting the inside of the cathedral, all you need to do to complete the experience is a climb to the top of the cupola!
The exterior view of the Cupola is a showstopper but the only way to see the inside of the dome up close and enjoy the extraordinary view of Florence is to climb its 463 steps (there is no elevator).
Your guide will talk you through all about how the Cupola was designed and built by Filippo Brunelleschi who won the competition for its commission in 1418.
The way up (and down) are basically tight corridors as the workmen who built the cathedral for maintenance, they were never thought of as being open to the public.
Duration: 1 hour
