How to: use Firenze Card to visit the Duomo Cupola (the Dome) in Florence. Admission included with Firenze Card, however, reservations are required to book date and time.
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If you obtained a Firenze Card to visits the museums in Florence, you'll need to obtain a special reservation to visit the Cupola of the Duomo. This reservation is obtained at the Duomo Museums ticket office.
When entering the Piazza San Giovani you'll see the baptistry on your right, the Duomo in front of you and then on your left, 7 San Giovani.
Enter here for the Duomo museums, passing through the courtyard with the automated machines and into the rear ticket office. At the back of the ticket office is the Firenze Card priority line. At the counter, you will present your Firenze card and you will be provided with printed tickets allowing access to the Duomo museums. Return to the main court yard to select a date and time for your visit to the cupola.
Using the machines, select the skip the line options from the main menu.
At this point, you will scan your tickets with the bar code facing up. As each ticket is recognized it will be displayed on the screen. You can see the tickets being displayed on the screen, here. Touch the next button.
Touch the date button next to the "Dome" item on the screen and then select a date you would like to visit, touch "Set", then set a time. Touch "Set" when complete.
Confirm your settings and touch next.
Confirm again and touch next.
The machine will print a receipt with confirmation of date and time for visiting the cupola. You will need both your tickets and your receipt to enter the cupola so keep them safe until your scheduled date and time.
Ten minutes prior to your schedule date and time, line up to the door marked "cupola" on the left side of the Duomo.
Upon entering the Duomo, you'll need your tickets to pass through the turnstile. Simply scan your tickets with the bar code facing up on the scanner and the turnstile will permit you through.
There are approximately 450 steps up to the top of the cupola. It is quite a climb but there are various stop along the way where you can rest. You'll enter the inner dome where you can view the artwork up close.
The passageways can be quite narrow and steep. If you are claustrophobic you may not want to make the climb.
Once you reach the top of the cupola, the platform is about 8 feet wide and circles the entire circumference of the dome.
As some of the passageways are used for both reaching the top of the dome and exiting the dome, the best time to visit is the last scheduled time of the day. This will allow for more time at the top of the cupola as well as a less crowded decent.
When you exit, you will be on the other side of the Duomo.
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30 сен 2024
