Florence Duomo tickets: the three passes at €30, €20 and €15, and how to book the dome climb

💡 The Short Version: The Duomo’s monuments have no single tickets. The Brunelleschi Pass is €30 (dome, Bell Tower, Opera del Duomo Museum, Baptistery and the Santa Reparata crypt), the Giotto Pass €20 (the same without the dome) and the Ghiberti Pass €15 (museum, Baptistery and crypt). Each is valid for 3 calendar days. The dome needs a booked slot and a photo ID, and the Opera says there is no skip-the-line service. The cathedral itself is free, Monday to Saturday 10:15 to 15:45. The Bell Tower is closed 9 to 13 November 2026 and the dome 16 to 20 November. Buy only at tickets.duomo.firenze.it. Or book: a guided tour of the cathedralad is from €21.60.

The three passes, compared

Prices are the adult rate from the Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore’s prices page. Search results for the Duomo include sites with “duomo” or “dome” in their web address that say on their own pages they are independent. The Opera sells only at its own shop, and says online resale by non-authorised third parties is prohibited.

• Each monument admits you once. Passes are valid for 3 calendar days from midnight on the day you choose.
• The slot is for the first day. You enter the dome, the Bell Tower or the crypt at your booked time, and every other monument at any time in the 3 days. Brunelleschi Pass holders need no slot for the Bell Tower or the crypt.
• Changes and refunds: a booked slot cannot be moved, cancelled or refunded.
• The limit is 10 Brunelleschi Passes in one online order, and the names of everyone in the order are entered at purchase.
• Students of any nationality can buy the Ghiberti Pass for €5 at the ticket office, with a student document. It is not sold online.
• The Firenze Card does not include the Duomo complex. See Firenze Card: is it worth it?.

The Opera also sells guided tours in Italian and English: the cathedral for €17 (€7 for ages 7 to 14), the Baptistery and museum for €25, and the dome for €50 (€30 for ages 7 to 14).

How to book the dome

• Choose the date and time at tickets.duomo.firenze.it. The shop shows the slots left, and the Opera says the availability online is final: no more slots are sold at the ticket office.
• Bring photo ID. The guards check the name printed on the ticket against an identity document. The pass is for named people and cannot be passed on.
• Arrive within five minutes of your slot. Entry is guaranteed up to five minutes after the time, and the Opera asks visitors not to arrive more than five minutes early.
• Children under 18 climb only with an adult.
• The Opera’s ticket office is at Piazza San Giovanni 7, Monday to Saturday 8:00 to 19:15 and Sunday 10:15 to 17:45. Customer service is +39 055 2645789.

The staircase between the two shells of the dome. Photo: Maksim Sokolov, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Tours worth paying for

The cathedral is free, so a tour sells the guide, not the entry. The Opera’s own cathedral tour is €17; the tours below are third-party. Prices are GetYourGuide’s lowest “from” prices, per person.

Guided tour of the cathedral

From €21.60 · 30 minutes to 1 hour · 4,598 reviews

Duomo Guided Tour with Optional Dome Climb Upgradead is run by City Wonders: a guided visit of the cathedral interior, with the dome climb as an upgrade.

Small-group cathedral tour

From €29 · 1 hour · 692 reviews

Duomo Cathedral Small Group Tourad is a one-hour tour of the cathedral for a small group.

Skip-the-line guided tour

From €28 · 30 minutes · 620 reviews

Duomo Cathedral Skip-the-Line Guided Tourad takes up to 25 people and ends inside the cathedral, where you can stay as long as you like. The Opera says it runs no skip-the-line service, and the cathedral is free to enter.

The dome passes resold at €64.90 to €76 on GetYourGuide contain the same 3-day pass as the Opera’s €30 Brunelleschi Pass, plus an audio app. Buy the pass from the Opera and book a tour separately if you want a guide.

What to see

The pass lasts three days, so spread the monuments out: only the dome slot is fixed.

Giotto’s Bell Tower and Brunelleschi’s dome over the rooftops. Photo: Fczarnowski, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. The dome (463 steps, about 45 minutes). Brunelleschi built it between 1420 and 1436, and the Opera calls it the largest masonry vault in the world. The stairway runs in the gap between the inner and outer shells. On the way up you pass the two internal balconies, the drum windows by Donatello, Ghiberti, Andrea del Castagno and Paolo Uccello, and the Last Judgment that Giorgio Vasari and Federico Zuccari painted on the inner vault in 1572 to 1579. The entrance is the Porta della Mandorla on the north side. The Opera does not recommend the climb for heart problems, vertigo or claustrophobia.
2. Giotto’s Bell Tower (414 steps, about 45 minutes). The tower is 84.7 metres tall, with three loggias on the way up. It is under restoration: the top terrace is open, and the Opera warns that views may be partly reduced.
3. The Opera del Duomo Museum (about 90 minutes). Twenty-eight rooms on three floors, holding the original works that decorated the monuments over seven centuries. It is closed on the first Tuesday of each month: 3 November and 1 December 2026.
4. The Baptistery. An octagon consecrated in 1059. The mosaics of the vault are under restoration and cannot be seen. Since 10 September 2026 the entrance is the South Door.
5. Santa Reparata. The crypt is the excavated early Christian basilica under the cathedral, reached by a staircase in the second bay of the right aisle. Brunelleschi’s tomb can be seen through a grate by the bookshop. From the crypt, pass holders can also go into the cathedral.

What to skip: the Bell Tower, if you have the Brunelleschi Pass and want only one climb. Its views may be partly reduced by the restoration.

Hours, dress code and bags

• Closed days: the whole complex shuts on Easter Sunday, 25 December and 1 January.
• Dress code: the cathedral and the Baptistery refuse flip-flops, bare shoulders and legs uncovered above the knee. The rule does not apply to the dome, the Bell Tower or the museum.
• Bags: backpacks and large or medium bags are not allowed in any monument. The free storage at Piazza Duomo 38/r is open daily 7:30 to 20:15, beside the museum entrance. Metal detectors check every entrance.

The Uffizi and the Accademia are the other bookings to make first, and Palazzo Vecchio’s Arnolfo Tower is the other climb. Best views in Florence compares the dome, the Bell Tower and the free viewpoints, and Florence churches covers the other churches. What to book before you go to Florence has the closed days. Florence in one or two days fits the dome round the Monday closures, and where to stay in Florence and hotels near the Duomo say where to sleep.