Duomocomplex: geleid bezoek aan het Baptisterium en Operamuseum

Bellissimo visitare il Duomo, il museo e il campanile di Giotto. ( 413 scalini in salita e altrettanti in discesa, con zone strettissime e scale a chiocciola in cui ci si doveva infilare con gente che saliva e scendeva in contemporanea.. ma ne vale assolutamente la pena!) Peccato per la Cupola del Brunelleschi, per la quale i posti si esauriscono in fretta, e per il Battistero che segue orari di chiusura al pubblico troppo rigidi.

We’ve used Viator in years past in multiple countries and have been very satisfied. This tour however was horrible! We first booked a private Duomo tour which Viator then said the couldn’t schedule. We signed up for a group tour instead. The guide never introduced herself and didn’t seem to know any information about the Duomo. 4/5ths of the sanctuary was roped off for some reason, so we stood in the back of the Duomo while the guide showed the group of about 20 people pictures of what we would normally have seen if she would have been able to take us further into the space! 15 minutes into the tour people began rolling their eyes, walking away and leaving the tour. They should have canceled the tour when they realized you couldn’t see most of the building!

A bit disappointing that it was not skip the line to the cathedral - it turns out it is impossible to skip this line. Cathedral visit alone was a complete waste of money - you can just line up for free. But the remaining part of the tour was useful - you got an explanation of parts of the baptistry, and a whistlestop tour of the museum. The only bizarre bit was we didnt get into the crypt as part of this tour, we had to line up again just to see it later. So not a complete waste of money, but next time I would just buy a 20euro combo ticket and line up, with an audio guide from the internet or a good guidebook.