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1.5-hour Santa Croce Guided Experience

Name: 1.5-hour Santa Croce Guided Experience
Price range: $$
Rating: 4.8

4.8 ·

Discover Santa Croce with a certified guide and fast-track entry. Walk past Gothic arches and frescoed chapels while the guide explains the tombs of Michelangelo, Galileo and Machiavelli.

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Full description

This 90-minute guided visit takes a small group through the Franciscan basilica of Santa Croce with a certified guide and priority admission. The route covers the thirteenth-century Gothic interior, the frescoed chapels such as Bardi, Medici and Pazzi, and works linked to Giotto, Donatello and Brunelleschi.

Along the way the guide points out the tombs and memorials of Michelangelo, Galileo and Machiavelli. Headphones are supplied for groups of more than seven.

Religious services and entry procedures can lengthen the wait, particularly on Sundays.

Along the way the guide points out the tombs and memorials of Michelangelo, Galileo and Machiavelli. Headphones are supplied for groups of more than seven.

Religious services and entry procedures can lengthen the wait, particularly on Sundays.

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Address

Piazza di Santa Croce, 16, 50122 Firenze FI, Italy · Firenze

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Hours

Daily departures at 9:30, 11:45, 14:00 and 16:00, ~1.5 hours.

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Booking

Booking required

Duration

1h30

Best time

morning, lunchtime or afternoon

Intensity

Moderate walking

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Good to know

Avoid Sunday departures if you can, as Mass timing has caused waits of around forty minutes
groups above seven get headphones
hotel transfers, food and tips are not included.

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Reviews

Matt – Ireland | October 5, 2026 Matt reported forty minutes’ waiting in strong heat for a Sunday 2pm start, attributing the problem to Mass timing and questioning the advertised priority entry rather than the guide.

GetYourGuide traveler

1/5

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