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Firenze Card in Florence

Hi All, I am heading to Florence in early May as part of my honeymoon, and with the research I have done so far am planning on getting the Firenze Card. I know it is only recently that they added the Duomo and ability to climb it as part of the card. My question - does anyone know if the "skip the line" functionality of the Firenze Card applies to climbing the dome, or if it only covers entry and still have to wait in line? I know it usually has quite a long line, and this is near the top of our to do list while we are there and are trying to determine if we should plan on standing in the long line to do it, or if it will be possible to skip the line using the card.

And related, the other museums we plan on visiting (Uffizi and Accademia specifically), I know the skip the lines do apply here, but is there still likely to be a wait if a lot of people are using this card? We appreciate any help in advance!

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We used the Firenze Card last May and we didn't have to wait in any of the lines, but we intentionally hit The David and Uffizi first thing b/c of the risk that the RS book mentioned the there may still be lines. The Duomo wasn't covered when we were there, but I think we got in within about 20 min (it moves faster than it looks). We didn't do the stair climb.

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I am traveling to Italy myself for the first time. I did some research. Try to go to the Duomo (Dome Climb) first thing in the morning at 8:30 am. That's what we are doing. You may even want to arrive at 8:15 or so. Duomo itself is free - it is an active cathedral. So, you can do the cathedral at any time without the Florence card. (You do need the Florence Card for the Dome Climb.) We are doing the Accademia late in the day. I am allowing about 1 hour for it. The Accademia is closed on Monday. Last entry is 45 minutes before closing. Closing time is about 6:50 pm. So, you could go after 4, even 5 pm and probably miss a lot of the crowd. I would allow 3 hours for the Uffizi. (2 1/2 if you are not that much into art ---- 4 hours if you are an avid art lover) Check out the Sandro Botticelli paintings.