Tour length: [TBC] · Group: small group, max [TBC] guests · From: [TBC]
About this tour
Florence’s historic centre is compact, walkable and packed with landmarks. This tour joins the city’s main sights on foot with a visit to the Duomo, the cathedral whose red-brick dome still defines the skyline.
Your guide explains how a city of merchants and bankers paid for some of the greatest art in Europe, and how Filippo Brunelleschi built a dome that no one thought possible, completed in 1436 without the wooden scaffolding usually needed.
Your day, step by step
- Meeting point: Meet your guide in the centre of Florence [TBC].
- Piazza della Signoria: See the Palazzo Vecchio and the open-air sculpture of the Loggia dei Lanzi.
- Ponte Vecchio: Walk to the bridge lined with goldsmiths’ shops [TBC: on the route].
- Baptistery and bell tower: Admire the Baptistery’s bronze doors and Giotto’s bell tower.
- The Duomo: Visit the cathedral [TBC: interior, dome or terraces].
- End of tour: The tour ends by the cathedral [TBC].
What’s included
- Duomo entrance ticket [TBC]
- Guide in English [TBC]
Why you’ll love it
- Florence’s main landmarks in one walk
- The story of Brunelleschi’s dome
- A great first day in the city
Good to know: Shoulders and knees must be covered to enter the cathedral.