Piazza del Duomo

You can't visit Florence without including the Piazza del Duomo and all of its sites as part of your visit. The Duomo climb is perhaps the most intriguing of the activities you'll find at the Piazza, although each of the sites is worth seeing.

The official website to purchase tickets to climb the Duomo and visit other sites on Piazza del Duomo is here: Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore

Hours for the Piazza del Duomo:

Dome: 8:15 a.m. -- 6:45 p.m.

Giotto's bell tower: 8:15 a.m. -- 6:45 p.m.

Baptistery: 8:30 a.m. -- 7:30 p.m.

Duomo Museum: 8:30 a.m. -- 6:00 p.m.

Basilica of Santa Reparata: 10:45 a.m. -- 4 p.m.

Cathedral: 10:15 a.m. -- 3:45 p.m.

Every first Tuesday of the month the museum is closed. I very highly recommend purchasing a Brunelleschi Pass because it includes access to everything, including climbing the dome. The Brunelleschi Pass costs 30 euro.

Here are my blog posts about each of the sites on the Piazza del Duomo:

Catheral of Santa Maria del Fiore & the Brunelleschi Duomo

Giotto's Bell Tower

Baptistery of Saint John

Museo dell'Opera del Duomo

Santa Reparata

Visiting after hours is also highly recommended because then you get to see the buildings all lit-up. On our first trip to Florence, my husband and I went walking near the Duomo in the middle of the night and enjoyed being the only ones there admiring the buildings.

The google maps location of Piazza del Duomo is here: Piazza del Duomo

The moon was in a perfect location for this night-time picture at the Piazza

Giotto's bell tower

The Cathedral

The Baptistery

View of the Duomo from the Bell Tower

Looking up at the bell tower

view of the Duomo from the roof of the Museum

Opera Duomo Museum

On the Piazza del Duomo there are several sites that you can visit. The museum was my lowest priority on the list, but it does house some interesting items, including the original east doors of the baptistery, or Gates of Paradise.