Duomo Complex & Accademia Gallery Tour with Cupola Entry Tickets

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About this experience

Join us on a captivating combined tour of Florence’s most iconic landmarks! Begin at the Piazza del Duomo, the city's religious heart, and marvel at Brunelleschi’s architectural masterpiece.

Visit the Galleria dell'Accademia di Firenze, home to Michelangelo’s original David, and let our passionate, art-loving guide bring the Renaissance to life. After the guided portion, ascend the Dome on your own for a breathtaking panoramic view of Florence.

This unforgettable experience blends history, art, and stunning scenery in one perfect tour.

Available options

09.00am/ 11.15am French Tour

Duomo Complex Tour Information: The Duomo Complex tour will start at 11.15am. Please refer to the voucher for meeting point information. Cupola Climbing: You can climb the Cupola on your own with the timed-reserved tickets, 30 minutes after the Duomo Complex tour ends Accademia and Duomo Complex: Accademia tour will operate at 09.00am and Duomo Complex tour at 11.15am. Please refer to the voucher for meeting points.

10.00am/ 15.00pm German Tour

Duomo Complex Tour Information: The Duomo Complex tour will start at 15.00. Please refer to the voucher for meeting point information. Cupola Climbing: You can climb the Cupola on your own with the timed-reserved tickets, 30 minutes after the Duomo Complex tour ends Accademia & Duomo Complex Tour: The Accademia tour will operate at 10.00 am and Duomo Complex tour at 15.00. Please refer to the voucher for meeting points.

09.00am/ 15.00pm French Tour

Duomo Complex Tour Details: The Duomo Complex tour will start at 15.00. Please refer to the voucher for meeting point information.
 Cupola Climbing: You can climb the Cupola on your own with the timed-reserved tickets, 30 minutes after the Duomo Complex tour ends Accademia and Duomo Complex: The Accademia tour will operate at 09.00 am and Duomo Complex tour at 15.00. Please refer to the voucher for meeting points.

09.00am/ 11.15am German Tour

Duomo Complex Tour Information: The Duomo Complex tour will start at 11.15 am. Please refer to the voucher for meeting point information. Cupola Climbing: You can climb the Cupola on your own with the timed-reserved tickets, 30 minutes after the Duomo Complex tour ends Accademia and Duomo Complex: Accademia tour will operate at 09.00am and Duomo Complex tour at 11.15am. Please refer to the voucher for meeting points.

10.00am/ 15.00pm Italian Tour

Duomo Complex Tour Information: The Duomo Complex tour will start at 15.00. Please refer to the voucher for meeting point information.
 Cupola Climbing: You can climb the Cupola on your own with the timed-reserved tickets, 30 minutes after the Duomo Complex tour ends Accademia & Duomo Complex Tour: The Accademia tour will operate at 10.00 am and Duomo Complex tour at 15.00. Please refer to the voucher for meeting points.

10.00am/ 15.00pm Spanish Tour

10.00am/ 15.00pm English Tour

Duomo Complex Tour Information: The Duomo Complex tour will start at 15.00. Please refer to the voucher for meeting point information. Cupola Climbing: You can climb the Cupola on your own with the timed-reserved tickets, 30 minutes after the Duomo Complex tour ends Accademia & Duomo Complex Tour: The Accademia tour will operate at 10.00am and Duomo Complex tour at 15.00. Please refer to the voucher for meeting points.

09.00am/ 15.00pm Italian Tour

Duomo Complex Tour Details: The Duomo Complex tour will start at 15.00. Please refer to the voucher for meeting point information.
 Cupola Climbing: You can climb the Cupola on your own with the timed-reserved tickets, 30 minutes after the Duomo Complex tour ends Accademia and Duomo Complex : The Accademia tour will operate at 09.00am and Duomo Complex tour at 15.00. Please refer to the voucher for meeting points.

09.45am / 15.00pm French Tour

Accademia Tour Details: The Accademia Gallery tour will start at 15.00pm. Please refer to the voucher for meeting point information. Cupola Climbing: You can climb the Cupola on your own with the timed-reserved tickets, 30 minutes after the Duomo Complex tour ends Duomo Complex and Accademia: The Duomo Complex tour will operate at 09.45am and Accademia tour at 15.00. Please refer to the voucher for meeting points.

09.00am/ 15.00pm Spanish Tour

09.00am/ 15.00pm English Tour

09.45am / 15.00pm Spanish Tour

Accademia Tour Information: The Accademia Gallery tour will start at 15.00pm. Please refer to the voucher for meeting point information.
 Cupola Climbing: You can climb the Cupola on your own with the timed-reserved tickets, 30 minutes after the Duomo Complex tour ends Duomo Complex and Accademia: The Duomo Complex tour will operate at 09.45am and Accademia tour at 15.00. Please refer to the voucher for meeting points.

09.00am/ 11.15am Spanish Tour

09.45am / 15.00pm Italian Tour

10.00am/ 15.00pm French Tour

Duomo Complex Tour Information: The Duomo Complex tour will start at 15.00. Please refer to the voucher for meeting point information.
 Cupola Climbing: You can climb the Cupola on your own with the timed-reserved tickets, 30 minutes after the Duomo Complex tour ends Accademia & Duomo Complex Tour: The Accademia tour will operate at 10.00 am and Duomo Complex tour at 15.00. Please refer to the voucher for meeting points.

09.45am / 15.00pm English Tour

09.00am/ 11.15am Italian Tour

09.45am / 15.00pm German Tour

Accademia Tour Information: The Accademia Gallery tour will start at 15.00pm. Please refer to the voucher for meeting point information. Cupola Climbing: You can climb the Cupola on your own with the timed-reserved tickets, 30 minutes after the Duomo Complex tour ends Duomo Complex and Accademia: The Duomo Complex tour will operate at 09.45am and Accademia tour at 15.00. Please refer to the voucher for meeting points.

09.00am/ 15.00pm German Tour

Duomo Complex Tour Details: The Duomo Complex tour will start at 15.00. Please refer to the voucher for meeting point information. Cupola Climbing: You can climb the Cupola on your own with the timed-reserved tickets, 30 minutes after the Duomo Complex tour ends Accademia & Duomo Complex: The Accademia tour will operate at 09.00am and Duomo Complex tour at 15.00. Please refer to the voucher for meeting points.

09.00am/ 11.15am English Tour

Duomo Complex Tour Information: The Duomo Complex tour will start at 11.15 am. Please refer to the voucher for meeting point information.
 Cupola Climbing: You can climb the Cupola on your own with the timed-reserved tickets, 30 minutes after the Duomo Complex tour ends Accademia and Duomo Complex: Accademia tour will operate at 09.00am and Duomo Complex tour at 11.15am. Please refer to the voucher for meeting points.

What's included

Entrance Ticket with reservation to the Academia Gallery

Entry ticket to the Cathedral (Duomo)

Entry ticket to Museo dell'Opera del Duomo

Guided tour of St. John's Baptistery (interior)

Official certified guide

Entry ticket to St. John's Baptistery

Entry ticket to Giotto's Bell Tower

Pre-timed reserved tickets to climb Brunelleschi's Dome on your own

Guided tour of Opera del Duomo Museum

Radio system to hear the guide

Guided tour of the Academia Gallery

Entry ticket to Santa Reparata

Detailed itinerary

Stop 1

Explore the key landmarks on this comprehensive tour of the Duomo Complex in Florence. This tour gives you the opportunity to fully explore all elements of the Duomo Complex.
Once you've met with our guide, the guide will take you on a tour of the Piazza del Duomo and explain to you about the fascinating religious center. After seeing the Duomo from all sides of the square you will access the octagonal Baptistery of St. John in Florence. The guide will show you that the Baptistery is renowned for its magnificent golden mosaic ceiling and striking bronze doors famously called the Gates of Paradise.

Later you will visit the magnificent Duomo Museum in Florence. The museum houses over 700 Middle-Age and Renaissance masterpieces, including Michelangelo's Pietà Bandini. It also has incredible masterpieces like the gates of the Baptistery, Donatello’s sculptures, and the original dome’s wooden scaffoldings. The guide will also show you some of the most famous works of art done by Michelangelo and Donatello.
As your tour comes to a halt, your guide will drop you off at the entrance to the Cupola Dome 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).

Cupola which was designed and built by Filippo Brunelleschi has tight corridors to climb your way up (and down). This is because the workmen who built the cathedral for maintenance were never thought of as being open to the public.
On the dome's interior, you can admire Giorgio Vasari's frescoes of the Last Judgment (1572-9) up close with an interesting explanation of the frescoes on your way up to the top. Look down and on the base, just above the drum, you'll see that Baccio D'Angelo began adding a balcony in 1507 and how one of the eight sides was unfinished, and to this day the other seven sides remain rough brick!
Once you climb to the top of the Cupola, you will be enchanted by the panoramic view of the Florence city in front of your eyes.
After you visit the Cupola with your pre-reserved timed ticket, you have the chance to also visit the interior of the Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral, and Santa Reparata and to climb Giotto's Bell Tower at your own pace and time.

Stop 4

The Galleria dell'Accademia di Firenze, or "Gallery of the Academy of Florence", is an art museum in Florence, Italy and is best known as the home of Michelangelo's sculpture David. It also has other sculptures by Michelangelo and an extensive collection of paintings by Florentine artists, mainly from the period 1300-1600, the Trecento to the Late Renaissance.

What's not included

Food and drinks

Hotel pick-up and drop off

Transportation to/from attractions

Guided tour to Brunelleschi's Dome (Cupola)

Guided tour to Florence Cathedral

Guided tour to Giotto's Bell Tower

Guided tour to Santa Reparata

Available languages

Guide guide

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Important information

Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries

Not recommended for pregnant travelers

Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

No elevators or pets allowed

"Skip-the-line" access for Accademia Gallery is guaranteed, even during peak season (except in the event of delays or strikes by the museum management)

After the first validation, the ticket is valid for 72 hours: you can use it to visit locations listed on your own time (Giotto's Bell Tower and Santa Reparata)

Appropriate clothing for a place of worship is required: access with bare legs and shoulders, and wearing sandals, hats, or sunglasses is not permitted. You may be refused entry to the Baptistery and Cathedral if you fail to comply with the cathedral's dress requirements

Suitcases, backpacks, parcels, containers, and large and medium-sized bags are not permitted inside the Dome(Cupola)

Umbrellas, canes (when not used to assist walking), tripods for cameras, and film cameras are not permitted inside the Dome

Knives, scissors, and metal tools that could be dangerous for people and the exhibited works are not permitted inside the Dome

Please note that the guided tour does not include Brunelleschi's Dome(Cupola). You can climb the Cupola on your own with the timed-reserved tickets, 30 minutes after the Duomo Complex guided tour ends

Please note that the tour requires a minimum number of guests to run

Please note that if you arrive after the tour start time you will not be able to join and will not be refunded or have your tour rescheduled

There is a possibility of cancellation after confirmation if there are not enough passengers to meet the requirements. In the event of this occurring, you will be offered an alternative or full refund

The customers choosing the 09.45 Duomo Complex tour will attend the 15.00 Accademia Gallery tour

The customers choosing the 11.15 Duomo Complex tour will attend the 09.00 Accademia Gallery tour

The customers choosing the 15.00 Duomo Complex tour will attend the 09.00 or 10.00 Accademia Gallery tour

The recommended duration for the visit to the Brunelleschi's Dome is approximately 45 - 60 minutes

The recommended duration for the visit to Giotto’s Bell Tower is approximately 45 minutes

The recommended duration for the visit to the Baptistery is approximately 30 minutes

The recommended duration for the visit to the Santa Reparata is approximately 30 minutes

Not recommended for participants physically not fit to climb steps, suffering from vertigo or claustrophobia

Meeting point

Accademia Tour Meeting Point - The tour will operate at 09.00, 10.30, and 15.00 as mentioned on the vouchers ---> Please be present next to Supermarket Via Ricasoli No 57, 50122 Firenze FI, Italy, 15 minutes before departure to avoid delays.

Important notes

The tickets will be delivered by the guide or our representative at the meeting point prior to the start of the tour.

Please refer to the correct meeting point which will be displayed during the reservation stage.

Accademia Gallery meeting point - Please present next to Supermarket Via Ricasoli No 57, 50122 Firenze FI.

Duomo Complex Tour meeting point - Lindt Chocolate Shop Firenze, Piazza del Duomo, 15R, 50129 Firenze FI, Italy.

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• The customers choosing the Duomo Complex tour at 09.45am, join the Accademia Gallery tour at 15.00.
• The customers choosing the Duomo Complex tour at 11.15am, join the Accademia Gallery tour at 09.00am or 15.00.
• The customers choosing the Duomo Complex tour at 15.00, join the Accademia Gallery tour at 09.00am or 10.30am.
• Please note that the guided tour does not include Brunelleschi's Dome(Cupola), you can climb the Cupola on your own with the timed-reserved tickets, 30 minutes after the Duomo Complex guided tour ends.

About Florence

Florence, the capital of Italy's Tuscany region, is a treasure trove of art, architecture, and history. Known as the birthplace of the Renaissance, it's home to iconic masterpieces, stunning cathedrals, and a rich cultural heritage that continues to captivate visitors from around the world.

Top Attractions

Duomo

The Florence Cathedral, known as the Duomo, is a masterpiece of Renaissance architecture. Its iconic dome, designed by Brunelleschi, offers panoramic views of the city.

Architecture/Religious 2-3 hours Free to enter the cathedral, €18 for the climb to the dome

Uffizi Gallery

One of the world's most famous art museums, the Uffizi Gallery houses works by Botticelli, Michelangelo, and Leonardo da Vinci.

Museum/Art 2-3 hours €20

Ponte Vecchio

A medieval stone bridge famous for its jewelry shops. It's one of the most iconic landmarks in Florence.

Architecture 30 minutes to 1 hour Free

Piazzale Michelangelo

A panoramic terrace offering breathtaking views of Florence. It's a perfect spot for sunset and photography.

Scenic Viewpoint 1-2 hours Free

Accademia Gallery

Home to Michelangelo's famous statue of David, the Accademia Gallery is a must-visit for art lovers.

Museum/Art 1-2 hours €16

Must-Try Local Dishes

Bistecca alla Fiorentina

A thick-cut, grilled T-bone steak, seasoned simply with salt and pepper. It's a must-try for meat lovers.

Dinner Contains beef, not suitable for vegetarians or vegans

Ribollita

A hearty vegetable and bread soup, traditionally made with leftover bread and vegetables. It's a classic Florentine dish.

Lunch/Dinner Vegetarian, can be made vegan

Lampredotto

A Florentine street food made from the fourth and final stomach of a cow. It's typically served in a sandwich.

Lunch Contains beef, not suitable for vegetarians or vegans

Cantucci

Almond biscotti traditionally served with Vin Santo, a sweet Tuscan wine. They are crunchy and perfect for dipping.

Dessert Contains almonds, can be made gluten-free

Popular Activities

Hiking in the Tuscan countryside Cycling tours Hot air balloon rides Wine tasting tours Spa day at a luxury hotel Strolling through the gardens of Villa medici Visiting museums and art galleries Attending opera or concerts

Best Time to Visit

April to June, September to October

These months offer pleasant weather and fewer crowds compared to the summer peak. Ideal for sightseeing and outdoor activities.

15-28°C 59-82°F

Practical Information

Language

Official: Italian
Widely spoken: English, French, Spanish
English: Moderately spoken

Currency

Euro (EUR)

Time Zone

GMT+1 (CET), GMT+2 (CEST during daylight saving time)

Electricity

230VV, 50HzHz

Safety Information

Overall Safety Rating: Generally safe

Florence is generally safe for tourists, but pickpocketing and petty theft can occur, especially in crowded areas. Be aware of your surroundings and take precautions to protect your belongings.

Important Precautions:

• Keep valuables secure and out of sight
• Be cautious of your surroundings, especially in crowded areas
• Use licensed taxis or ride-sharing apps

Getting there

By air

Florence Airport • 5 km from city center
Pisa International Airport • 85 km from city center

By train

Santa Maria Novella Station

By bus

Villa Costanza Bus Station, Florence Airport Bus Terminal

Getting around

Public transport

The bus network covers the entire city and is the primary mode of public transport. Buses are frequent and reliable.

Taxis

Available • Apps: MyTaxi, FreeNow

Rentals

Car, Bike, Scooter

Neighborhoods

Santa Maria Novella Oltrarno San Lorenzo Santa Croce

Day trips

Siena

70 km from Florence • Half day to full day

A medieval city known for its stunning Piazza del Campo and the Palio, a traditional horse race held twice a year.

Pisa

85 km from Florence • Half day

Home to the iconic Leaning Tower of Pisa, this city offers a mix of historic sites and scenic views.

Chianti Wine Region

30-50 km from Florence • Full day

A picturesque wine region known for its rolling hills, vineyards, and charming villages.

Festivals

Festa di San Giovanni • June 24 Calcio Storico Fiorentino • June (dates vary) Firenze dei Fiori • April to June

Pro tips

Visit major attractions early in the morning or late in the afternoon to avoid crowds
Book tickets for popular attractions in advance to save time and avoid long queues
Explore the city's hidden gems, such as the Oltrarno neighborhood and the secret passages of the Palazzo Vecchio
Try local specialties like Bistecca alla Fiorentina, Ribollita, and Lampredotto
Learn a few basic Italian phrases to enhance your experience and connect with locals