Private Tours of Florence · Florence
Your own guide meets you under Dante's statue in Santa Croce, or at selected hotels, and walks you through the old centre to the Duomo, where the tour ends with the climb. It suits a first visit to Florence: three hours, the main squares, and the city's best view at the end.
This is a city walk first and a dome climb second. A private guide (the listing says a professional art historian) meets your group under the white marble Dante in front of Santa Croce, or picks you up at selected hotels. You spend about half an hour each at Santa Croce, the Ponte Vecchio, Piazza della Signoria and Piazza del Duomo, then climb the dome. The tour ends in the cathedral square.
Private means the pace is yours. One reviewer's guide stopped so she could buy socks; others say their guide asked what they cared about and shaped the route around it. All 11 reviews are five stars, though most are a few years old, and several name the same guides.
Be clear about the price: $300 per person, not per group. For two that's $600 for three hours. The listing covers the dome entry but not the rest of the Brunelleschi Pass, so the bell tower, baptistery and museum aren't on its list. If you want the complex too, the official pass is 30 EUR on the Opera's price page, and a group tour like the museum tour includes it.
Meet under the white marble statue of Dante in front of Santa Croce, or at your hotel if it's on the pickup list.
The square and the church front where Michelangelo, Galileo and Machiavelli are buried.
The goldsmiths' bridge, then Piazza della Signoria with Palazzo Vecchio and the statues in the Loggia dei Lanzi.
The cathedral, the baptistery and Giotto's Bell Tower from the square.
463 steps to the lantern terrace. The tour ends in Piazza del Duomo.
★★★★★Our tour guide Lio was excellent. He met us at our hotel and gave us a great tour of Florence providing us with a great history of the city. [...] The Dome climb was not to be missed. Amazing views in all directions!
★★★★★Stephy, our guide was great. She asked questions to find out what was important to us and even adapted along the way when I needed socks. highly recommend having a private guide.
★★★★★Glenda was amazing and very knowledgeable, learned great things from her. Thank you. I recommend this as an introduction to first timers in Florence
★★★★★This was a lot of fun! Having been to Florence several times, I wanted something different and this was it. Loved the climb too!
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Per person: from $300 each. A couple pays from $600 for the three hours.
It starts under the white marble statue of Dante in front of Santa Croce, or at your hotel if it's one of the selected pickup hotels. It ends in Piazza del Duomo after the climb.
Not on this listing's inclusions. The tour covers the walk and the dome; for Giotto's Bell Tower, the baptistery and the museum, add the official pass or pick a tour that bundles it. Compare in our tickets guide.
Yes, the listing prices children 7 to 14 and infants. Anyone under 18 must climb with an adult, and the stairs are steep and narrow; see the dome with kids.
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Your own guide from Santa Croce to the Duomo, ending on top of Brunelleschi's dome.
Brunelleschi's Dome Climb with a GuideThe rare listing where a guide climbs the 463 steps with you, plus the 3-day pass. Very few reviews yet.★ 4.3 · 1 hour · from $146
Dome Climb with Duomo Museum TourAn hour in the Duomo museum, then the cathedral and the climb, with a guide guests say stays with you on the stairs.★ 4.9 · 2.5 hours · from $136
Evening Dome Climb with Private TerracesThe dome and the private terraces in the evening, then out with the Key Master as the cathedral locks up.★ 4.9 · 2 hours · from $224