Florence Duomo & Secret Terraces Guided Tour with Optional Dome or Tower Climb

I missed one star because the guide directed us from the Cathedral trough the gates for upper terraces. Afterwords we find out that if we like to see the Crypt at the basement, we have to do it after climbing down from the Dome and to take the cue for entering again in the Cathedral! My opinion is that the guide should advise us to see first the Crypt once we were already inside! It is true that in such case, the guide should wait for the group and after to climb up together for the first terrace where the Bishops are. I consider that my comment it's useful for other visitors. Thank you!

This was the best decision we made in our trip to Florence! We felt like VIPs guided into the Dome and learning specifics about the history. Climbing the 463 steps was not as bad as I thought and the view was amazing and worth it. Plus, we were taken to a secret terrace that no one else could go on. The guides were very knowledgeable and pleasant! Highly recommend!

As we were short on time it was really useful to skip the queues, and it did feel special to stand on the roof of the Duomo Cathedral so close to the Dome and well placed to enjoy the red tiled rooves of all the surrounding buildings. The meeting point address took us somewhere else further along the avenue on google maps which was a bit of a stressful start and I'd liked to have heard more about the Cathedral rather than all the placatory chat about the steps and where you could turn back if you didn't want to go up them when it seemed clear that steps were a part of the tour.

This guided tour (professional and engaging) gave us a different perspective on the cathedral complex. The tour really paid off. The information was provided in very good English and by an expert who selected important information about individual locations on the tour (e.g. function and design of the portals of the Baptistery). The selected locations and their information were very well chosen and in some cases unique (terrace of the cathedral). Highly recommended!!!