{"id":600,"date":"2022-09-08T13:18:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T11:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exclusiveconnection.it\/blog\/?p=600"},"modified":"2025-06-23T11:31:37","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T09:31:37","slug":"visit-the-exclusive-terraces-of-florence-cathedral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exclusiveconnection.it\/blog\/en\/visit-the-exclusive-terraces-of-florence-cathedral\/","title":{"rendered":"Visit the exclusive terraces of Florence Cathedral"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you are coming to Florence you should add to your list the tour of the Duomo terraces<\/strong>: it’s a unique experience<\/strong> to do at least once in your life! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below, we list some of the reasons that make this Florence exclusive tour a must-do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

The breathtaking view<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Duomo terraces run along the sides of Florence Cathedral<\/strong> and end on the facade, providing incredible views over the city and Piazza Duomo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Duomo terraces are located at 32 meters in height<\/strong> and can be easily reached by climbing about 150 steps after passing through a secret passage next to the main entrance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From these exclusive balconies over the city of the Renaissance, you enjoy the best view over Florence roofs<\/strong>, the city center, and monuments<\/strong>; in addition to the terraces, you can admire and touch<\/em> the magnificent Cupola<\/strong>, built by Brunelleschi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Secret stories of the Duomo unveiled<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The tour of the Duomo terraces is the opportunity to learn secret and funny stories that only a few local experts know<\/strong>. For example, while walking on the terrace overlooking Via de’ Servi you can see the large head of a bull<\/strong>, which is related to a story of love and betrayal that happened in the Renaissance<\/strong> when the Cathedral was under construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the top of the terraces, you have the opportunity to admire the unique details of the marble decorations<\/strong> of the rosone window of the facade: the decorations look like marble embroidery! In addition, from the balcony that passes behind the rosone window<\/strong>, you see the optical illusion<\/strong> of the cathedral’s floor that looks like a marble funnel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last but not least, you pass through a secret passage<\/strong> to reach the terraces: the invisible door is located next to the main entrance, but you cannot see it if you don’t know where it is!
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An exclusive tour not for all<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The terraces of the Duomo are NOT open to the general<\/strong> public: you can access them ONLY with private and organized tours<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The tour is a special opening and therefore its price is above average<\/strong>. The special ticket includes the 72hours ticket to visit the Cupola, the Bells Tower, the Museum, the Baptistery, and the Cathedral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can book directly emailing to commerciale@duomo.firenze.it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

If you are coming to Florence you should add to your list the tour of the Duomo terraces: it’s a unique experience to do at least once in your life! Below, we list some of the reasons that make this Florence exclusive tour a must-do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-visit-florence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exclusiveconnection.it\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exclusiveconnection.it\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exclusiveconnection.it\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exclusiveconnection.it\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exclusiveconnection.it\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=600"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/exclusiveconnection.it\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":857,"href":"https:\/\/exclusiveconnection.it\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/600\/revisions\/857"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exclusiveconnection.it\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exclusiveconnection.it\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exclusiveconnection.it\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exclusiveconnection.it\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}