Discover the history and secrets of the Duomo of Florence, otherwise known as the Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral, during this small-group guided tour. Visit the interior, the museum and the Baptistry of San Giovanni to see masterpieces by many Renaissance artists including Donatello and Michelangelo. Avoid long lines with pre-reserved entrance tickets and benefit from the guide’s informative commentary.

Take a guided tour of the Duomo complex in Florence
Learn about the history of the cathedral and the city
See works by famous artists like Michelangelo and Ghiberti
This tour is limited to 25 for a personalized experience

What's Included

Reserved entrance tickets
Licensed guide
Guided tour of the Cathedral, Duomo Museum, and Baptistery

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Piazza del Duomo, 50122 Firenze FI, Italy
Piazza del Duomo– In front of colonna San Zanobi next to the Baptistery of San Giovanni Our staff will have a white shirt and a green foulard with "My Tour" logo on them.

Start time

09:45 AM

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What To Expect

Duomo - Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Campanile di Giotto (Pass By)

Torre di Arnolfo (Pass By)

Museo dell'Opera del Duomo

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Battistero di San Giovanni

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Stroller accessible
Near public transportation
Most travelers can participate

Minimum of 2 participants required.
Please note that the first Tuesday of every month, the tour is not available due to the Duomo's closure.
A hat is highly recommended during summer.
Please note that backpacks are not allowed in the Cathedral.
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 25 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

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Reviews

3.5

27 reviews

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Crazy visit to the Duomo

William_B, Apr 2024

Well this was a complete disappointment for our group. First could not find our guide. No flag no special sign of the company. Had to speak with the control center that patched me through to the guide to find our check in location. Glad it was only the three of us. Very hard to understand. It was for a tour of the complete duomo including baptistery. She excused herself at the end of the duomo and we never got to see the baptistery at all . We tried to enter and was told that our guide need to be with us to enter. I will be asking for a refund on this tour. Maybe with a better guide this would have been great.

No Show Tour Guide

cheryl_k, Oct 2023

Tour? What a joke. Booked this several months ago. Tour company didn’t show up and we never received a cancellation or change notification. Had to purchase individual tickets for each attraction, wait in long lines, change our afternoon plans, and now seek a refund. I’d rate this zero stars if that was an option. Also, two of my other bookings with Viator had issues on this trip too. Now I’ll be nervous for remaining tours.

Response from Host, Oct 2023

Dear Customer, Thank you for sharing your feedback and letting us know about your experience. We are sorry to hear that you were not satisfied from this tour with our team. Accept our apology for the inconvenience and what happened. The time slot of the tour was changed. We emailed you regarding that, but due to an error on our system, the notification of the time change hasn't arrived to you. This has never happened before, as we always notify our clients for every change of the tour's itinerary. Sorry for this issue disturbing you, we will make sure this mistake won't happen again to any other customer. We already confirmed the full refund to Viator, as you didn't take place on the tour and in this case this is the least we can do for you. At this point, if you want to reconsider your review, we would be happy to keep in touch with you. For any other concern or anything else regarding the tour, please feel free to contact us at our email address customercare@mytours.it Best regards, My Tour in Italy team.

Unorganized

Ian_C, Oct 2023

The guide did not have a flag only information we received was that she was blonde and had a green lanyard. There were thousands of people there and the phone operator was extremely unhelpful. We walked past the guide several times before finding her just before the tour started. Other guides had flags or lollipop signs.

Response from Host, Oct 2023

Dear Customer, Thank you for taking your time and sharing the feedback with us. Sorry to know that you didn't have the experience you expected on the tour with our team. As per the guide, she had the green lanyard and shirt as a sign, and she always stays near the Column of San Zanobi, as we assisted you by the phone call too. Our staff and phone operators gave you assistance and helped you in finding the guide, also we transferred the call to the guide in order you could meet up with her easier. Each travel company has its own signs like flags or lollipops, it depends on their choices, and in this case we have chosen our guide to wear clothes with an exact color (green), so our customers can find the guide easily. Thank you for your understanding, and we are sorry to hear about your dissatisfaction. For any further concerns or anything about the tour, please do not hesitate to reach us out at our email address customercare@mytours.it Best regards, My Tour in Italy team.

A great time

Brian_M, Sep 2023

Thorough full of information. Answered all questions completely. Went play our pace. Stopped when we needed to sit and rest. A great experience

Response from Host, Sep 2023

Dear Customer, Thank you for sharing your feedback. Our customers are our priority, and we are happy to know that you enjoyed everything about this tour. Hope to have you again in our upcoming tours in the near future, in order to give you more experiences like this one. Best regards, My Tour in Italy team.

Shame on Viator!

Sharon_O, Sep 2023

Worst experience ever. Viator tickets and directions said to meet our guide at 10:15. We were in the meeting place at 10:00. We called the tour guide to ask where the guide was and were told that the tour started at 9:45. Viator refuses to refund our money as the tour happened at 9:45 as the tour company scheduled. Viator’s fault completely but they refuse to honor the commitment.

A great start to Florence

Pete_D, Aug 2023

This was a very good tour with a knowledgeable and friendly guide. Sometimes seemed repetitious but she knew what she was doing and we understood what we needed to about the Duomo complex by the end. We highly recommend this tour.

Response from Host, Aug 2023

Dear Customer, Thank you for sharing your feedback with us. Happy to know that you have liked the tour and our guide's job. Thank you for recommending the tour to other customers too. Hope to have you again in our tours in the future. Best regards, My Tour in Italy team.

A bit hard to understand

Earl_G, Jul 2023

The guide was friendly and well-meaning, and seemed knowledgeable, but we found her English a bit difficult understand. Usually we can pick up on speech patterns and pronunciations of guides who are not native-English speakers within a few minutes, but that never quite happened here. The guide took a high number of cell phone calls during the tour as well, which became annoying. Also, the ceiling of the Bapistery was covered for renovations, so there as not much to see there. And too, the last part of the tour, when in the museum, seemed unusually rushed.

Response from Host, Jul 2023

Dear customer, Thank you for sharing your feedback with us. We are really sorry that you were not as much satisfied from this tour, for the issue above mentioned. The guide assigned for this tour is well speaking english guide with many years of experience and certified by the Italian government with the license in English language and others too. The guides speaks very well English and the tour was done properly in English language. The role of the guide is to provide as much as possible information during the tour and this is what our guide has done. As per the phone calls, the guide takes a high number of calls from our office as we want be informed if all the customers are there and if everything's fine. We are sorry for this issue disturbing you. The part of the ceiling of the Bapistery, was something we could not predict, so sorry for the innconvience in this case, as we didn't know about this situation. However we are happy to hear that you had a good experience, although the issue you mentioned. Hope we will see you again in our tours on the future to provide an enjoyable experience to you. Best regards, My tour in Italy team.

Hot day in Rome

David_R, Jun 2023

Our only issue with this guide is that, although she was charming and knowledgable, she was a bit soft spoken and spoke very quickly with a pronounced accent making it difficult to understand her message at times. Plus the tour was billed as skip the line, we had to wait in the hot sun (hot day in Rome) to get in to the Duomo that day. Otherwise a good experience and a very pleasant and informative guide.

Response from Host, Jun 2023

Dear customer, Thank you for sharing your feedback with us. We are really sorry that you were not satisfied from this tour, for the issue above mentioned. Probably you might have thought something different for the tour but it has included half of the explanation to be done outside of the Cathedral and half of the tour inside the Cathedral. The guide assigned for this tour is well speaking english guide with many years of experience and certified by the Italian government with the license in Spanish,Italian and English language. The guides speaks very well English and the tour was done properly in English language. The role of the guide is to provide as much as possible information during the tour and this is what our guide has done. However we are happy to hear that you had a good experience, although the issue you mentioned. Hope we will see you again in our tours on the future to provide an enjoyable experience to you. Best regards, My tour in Italy team.

Not worth it

Sabrina_C, Jun 2023

We arrived early for our tour, looking for a green shirt and sign saying “my tour”. our tour guide was not labeled and did not carry a flag so it was difficult to find the short woman in the crowd. We stood for 40 minutes in the sun, despite having skip the line.. our guide talked rapidly with a heavy Italian accent, so we could hardly understand. I requested she slow down, but that didn’t happen.. we saw the beautiful church for 15 minutes. The others in our group departed at this point because they did not pay for the tour of the museum and baptistery. Archer guide took us at the museum and was knowledgeable and informative about the museum. she told us the baptistery was under construction, and that she would leave us now. later on, we went back to the baptistery, which was open and looked at it ourselves were disappointed not to have a tour and requested a refund, but was denied.. tickets for a tour of the baptistery should not be sold at this time since it is under construction.

A fair tour of the Duomo complex made good by the smaller group tour of the Duomo museum with the guide.

Jaya_G, Apr 2023

We booked this tour thinking we would be part of a small group but the group was large and we had to use headsets which would not have been our first choice. Our guide tries her best to manage the group and the crowds around the Duomo complex. She was amazing when we toured the Duomo museum as a break off later on. If we booked this again we would clarify the size of the group, try to time it for a less busy time and understand this is not quite a “skip the line” tour.

Interesting, informative tour

Victor_S, Apr 2023

This interesting tour was taken on March 27, 2023. Our guide Valentina was excellent. She was more than happy to share her vast knowledge with our group. I would not mind to take another tour with Valentina because I consider her as one of the best guides. Thank you, Valentina. On the other hand, there was a big disappointment. The Baptistery is under reconstruction, so a visit inside the Baptistery should not even been offered. That is why I gave only 3 (three) stars. Otherwise it was very informative tour.

Response from Host, Apr 2023

Dear Victor, Thank you for sharing your experience with us. Valentina will be really happy to know that you complimented her work. Our guides are always willing to show their passion for the job! As for the Baptistery part, we are sorry that you couldn't enjoy the visit of it. Though it is now under reconstruction, it is still part of the Duomo Complex and has its cultural and historical importance. That's why we chose to keep it as part of our itinerary. Thank you again for leaving us your feedback and we wish to see you again in the future. Best regards, myTour in Italy

A wonderful way to experience the Duomo

Amois_W, Mar 2023

This was such a wonderful experience. Our whole family was able to enjoy the tour. Our guide was patient and understanding of even the needs of our little travelers, who are six and four as well as our teens, ages 13 and 15. We are so happy we took this guided tour!

It was a very nice tour....

Theresa_T, Mar 2023

It was a very nice tour. Just me and another couple. Very thorough. Guide was very nice & very informative

Emanuela, the tour guide,...

Cyra_S, Dec 2022

Emanuela, the tour guide, was very good. The reason I gave it 3 stars and would not recommend this tour is because it did NOT include a tour of the baptistery, which was the main reason we chose it. The baptistery is closed for restoration. Perhaps this tour should not be offered until it reopens

Response from Host, Mar 2023

Dear Cyra we feel sorry to hear this , since this is not something that doesn't depend from us we have refunded the part of the baptistery Hope to have you again in the future Best Regards myTour in Italy

Tour leader went very...

Ellen_B, Oct 2022

Tour leader went very quickly and difficult to understand for English speaking tour program. She could have provided more detail about the social dynamics of that time period in relationship to the Church.

Yawn

Adeline_T, Oct 2022

I enjoyed seeing the art works i had researched on my own. Our guide seemed to believe that we had no previous knowledge or interest.

Fantastic Guide

Charla_G, Jun 2022

Pur guide was enthusiastic, professional, and extraordinarily knowledgeable. I hope she is recognized for the outstanding work she does.

Response from Host, Jul 2022

Dear Charla, thank you for dedicating your time to leave us this wonderful review. I will voice this feedback to our team ! Hope to have you back again in the future. Best Regards My Tour

Superb guide!

Femke_v, Nov 2021

The guide was a lady with a lot of knowledge and a good sense of humor. We enjoyed the tour very much!

Response from Host, Dec 2021

Dear customer, thank you for your feedback! We are glad to hear that you spent such a lovely day with our guide! Hope to see you again on another tour all around Italy!

Visita guiada mejorable

JORGELUIS_R, Sep 2023

El guía, Raphael, no controlaba el idioma español con lo que dos horas de explicación se hacía complicado de entender y monótono, además de no poder hacer muchas preguntas. No es la mejor visita guiada que he realizado

Response from Host, Sep 2023

Dear Customer, Thank you for sharing your feedback with us and letting us know your concern. We are sorry to hear that you didn't like our guide's work and you're not as much satisfied from this tour, for the issue above mentioned. The guide assigned for this tour is a well spoken Spanish guide with many years of experience and certified by the Italian government with the license in Spanish language. The guide speaks Spanish very well and the tour was done properly in Spanish. Raphael is one of our best employes and we never had any complaint of this kind for him. We are truly sorry to hear this opinion for our guide from our customers side. Best regards, My Tour in Italy team.

Likely to Sell Out