Firenze Trip Overview
TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
• Experience Florence’s Duomo Square, the city’s most iconic landmark
• Visit the UNESCO World Heritage Sites: The Cathedral, Baptistery, and the Opera del Duomo Museum
• Benefit from a small-group walking tour around the Duomo Complex.
An amazing guided tour of Florence’ Duomo Square where you will be partnered with the best local guides in town to get to know all the secrets of several significant sites in detail.
Additional Info
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Starts: Firenze, Italy
Trip Category: Tours & Sightseeing >> City Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Firenze, Toscana, Italy
TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
• Experience Florence’s Duomo Square, the city’s most iconic landmark
• Visit the UNESCO World Heritage Sites: The Cathedral, Baptistery, and the Opera del Duomo Museum
• Benefit from a small-group walking tour around the Duomo Complex.
An amazing guided tour of Florence’ Duomo Square where you will be partnered with the best local guides in town to get to know all the secrets of several significant sites in detail.
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.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Piazza del Duomo 9, 50122, Florence Italy
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.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Campanile di Giotto, Piazza del Duomo Historical Center, 50122, Florence Italy
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: 1 hour
Stop At: Battistero di San Giovanni, Piazza San Giovanni, 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: 1 hour
