Florence Duomo tickets and prices

How much do Florence Duomo tickets cost in 2026?

Thirty euros for the Brunelleschi Pass with the dome, 20 euros for the Giotto Pass and 15 euros for the Ghiberti Pass. Each is valid for 3 days.

The three passes stack like Russian dolls. Each one adds a monument to the one below it, and only the top one reaches the dome.

The Opera also sells its own guided tours: 17 euros for the cathedral, 25 euros for the Baptistery and museum, and 50 euros for the dome (30 euros for ages 7 to 14). A Firenzecard does not cover any of it, which surprises a lot of people at the door.

Is Florence Cathedral free to enter?

Yes. The cathedral needs no ticket and no booking, Monday to Saturday from 10:15 to 15:45. It is closed to visitors on Sundays and during religious celebrations.

Free means you queue. The line forms on the piazza in front of the west facade, and the wait is the price you pay. Guests and travel writers report 30 to 45 minutes on an ordinary morning and over an hour in summer. Join it 10 to 15 minutes before the 10:15 opening and you are usually inside within minutes.

Inside you get the nave, the 44 stained-glass windows, Paolo Uccello's clock above the entrance and the Last Judgment painted inside the dome, seen from the floor far below. What you do not get: the climb, Santa Reparata or the museum. The Opera's cathedral page has the history.

Which Duomo pass should you buy?

The Brunelleschi Pass if you want to climb the dome. The Giotto Pass if one climb is enough and you would rather look at the dome than stand on it. The Ghiberti Pass if you don't climb at all.

• The Brunelleschi Pass, 30 euros: the full set. Buy it for the dome; the bell tower comes on top with no time slot, any time within the 3 days.
• The Giotto Pass, 20 euros: 414 steps up the bell tower, with the dome in front of you at the top. Ten euros cheaper and easier to get in summer. The tower is under scaffolding from 2026; see dome or bell tower.
• The Ghiberti Pass, 15 euros: the museum, the Baptistery and Santa Reparata. The museum is the part most people skip and the part we would miss least willingly: it holds the original Gates of Paradise and Michelangelo's Florentine Pietà.

Students only get a discount on the Ghiberti Pass (5 euros, at the ticket office with a student card). There is no senior price on any pass.

Can you buy a ticket just for the dome or the Baptistery?

No. Single tickets ended in March 2022. The dome is only on the 30 euro Brunelleschi Pass and the Opera's 50 euro dome tour.

The Opera's FAQ puts it plainly: there are no tickets for individual monuments. If you only want the Baptistery, the cheapest way in is the 15 euro Ghiberti Pass, and the museum and Santa Reparata come with it.

One thing to know about the Baptistery in 2026: the gold mosaics on its vault are hidden behind a restoration scaffold and are not visible from the floor until about 2028. Entry is through the South Door. The walls and the apse mosaics are on view. Our Baptistery restoration post has the details.

How do time slots and the 3-day validity work?

Every pass runs for 3 calendar days from the day of your booked slot, with one entry per monument. Only one monument per pass has a fixed slot.

• Brunelleschi Pass: a fixed dome slot. The bell tower and Santa Reparata are guaranteed within the 3 days without a slot.
• Giotto Pass: a fixed slot for the bell tower.
• Ghiberti Pass: a fixed slot for Santa Reparata.

The slot is the trap. It cannot be moved, cancelled or refunded, and you get 5 minutes of tolerance after it starts. For the dome the Opera asks you to be in line 10 minutes early. Since 1 March 2025 every Brunelleschi Pass carries the holder's name and nationality, checked against ID at the dome door, and names cannot be changed after purchase. Buy one only when your dates are fixed.

Where do you buy official tickets, and what if they are sold out?

Online at the Opera's ticket shop, or at the office at Piazza San Giovanni 7. When the online calendar shows a grey zero, the desk has nothing extra.

The official shop sells up to 10 Brunelleschi Passes per order and sends mobile tickets you show on your phone. The ticket office opposite the Baptistery opens Monday to Saturday 8:00 to 19:15 and Sunday 10:15 to 17:45, but the Opera is clear that online availability is final. In spring and summer the dome can sell out weeks ahead; one travel blog found it gone for a whole month.

That is where a held slot matters. Operators who are official Opera partners buy dome slots in advance, and the dome ticket and 3-day pass sells them at $90 with no guide, when the Opera's calendar shows nothing. Buy only from listed partners: the Opera's terms allow staff to refuse tickets from unauthorised resellers. Note that this listing says its pass drops the bell tower and Santa Reparata for visits from 1 January 2027.

Official calendar sold out? A timed dome slot plus the 3-day complex pass, sent the evening before. No guide.

★ 4.3 · 3-day pass · from $90

Explore the dome ticket and 3-day pass → Tour details

Are guided Duomo tours worth the extra money?

When the official dome slots are gone, or you want someone to explain what you see. If the calendar has your slot and you don't need a guide, the 30 euro pass is the better buy.

Here is what the money buys, from the cheapest guided option up. Not one of these guides you up the 463 steps on a standard departure: even the Opera's own 50 euro dome tour gives you about 30 minutes with a guide at the base and then sends you up alone.

The last column is the quiet argument for a tour. Official tickets are never refundable; every Viator option here cancels for free up to 24 hours before.

Is there anything else free at the Duomo?

The cathedral, the piazza and the Baptistery doors from outside. Under 7s, visitors with disabilities and one carer go free on every pass.

The bronze doors on the Baptistery are copies you can study from the street at any hour; the originals are in the museum. The Giglio Pass gives residents of the Florence metropolitan area free entry to the Baptistery, Santa Reparata and the museum on the first Sunday of each month, but it is not for visitors. Disabled visitors and a carer enter free with documentation; the Opera asks you to write to [email protected] first.

Mass is free too, entered by the south door, the Porta dei Canonici. It is a service, not a sightseeing route, and you stay for it.

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