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David and Duomo Tour: Early Accademia and Skip-the-Line Dome Climb
Duration
3 hours 30 minutes
Overview
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Make your way to the Piazza San Marco, where you’ll meet your guide. Walk right past the long lines at the Accademia Gallery, and visit one of the museum’s most iconic masterworks: the David, a longtime symbol of the small (but mighty) Florentine Republic.
Continue to the Duomo Baptistry to see its famous doors, replicas of the originals, which you’ll see later in the Duomo Museum.
The next stop is the Duomo Museum, which offers a glimpse of how the Cathedral’s original façade once looked and contains masterpieces by Michelangelo and Donatello. Walk past the lines into the Duomo itself, where you’ll have special access to a room of statues from the Cathedral’s original façade. This tour also gets you past the velvet ropes, so you can take in the Cathedral’s remarkable detailing up close. Finish the tour with a once-in-a-lifetime experience: skip the lines for the Duomo Terraces, and climb all the way to the top for panoramic views of Florence.