Florença: Ingressos para Santa Maria del Fiore com subida à cúpula

Had a dreadful experience with the tour guide agents. We arrived for our tickets at 17.05, 5 minutes late and she said we were too late even tho we were only a 2 minute walk to the dome and could easily make it there before our alloted time of 17.15. She was just so rigid and unsympathetic despite the fact that we had paid €120 for the tickets and that if she had 10 people or more for that tour the wouldnt have processed them in that 5 minutes. She was refusing us a refund and simply telling us we could still visit the cathedral which was free anyhow and not any consolation. We really had to kick up a fuss before the manager agreed to give us tickets for the next day. But the whole experience was very distressing. Plus any of the other tours we booked never left on time and we were always waiting around. When we eventually left the office 15 minutes laterand walked to the Dumo to check out where we had to queue the next day the 17.15 line still hadnt got in.

Buying the Brunelleschi PASS through Get Your Guide allowed us to climb Duomo at short notice as general tickets were booked out for weeks. We were then able to enjoy the other attractions at our leisure after judging the length of queue at any given time and be our own tour guide. Buying online & redeeming on the day was easy with clear directions to the tour provider office to collect our tickets. The Duomo climb was spectacular and i would recommend it to all that visit Florence if you can manage the number of steps. Watching a thunderstorm roll across Florence from the top of the Dome was a highlight 😍

Need the reserved time to complete the dome and bell tower climb so it is necessary if you wish to participate. They sold out the off day we went. There was no one guide to speak of. The cript closed at 4:30 and we we unable to enter as this was past out time slot. Disappointed in that but not end of world. Wasn’t sure about ability to climb to top for health reasons but easier than I thought. Not for the faint of heart for heights though!