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Palazzo Vecchio Secret Passages Tour and Duomo question

We will be in Florence in mid-June and would like to purchase tickets to the Palazzo Vecchio Secret Passages Tour, but when I went to the Uffizi website, I don't see availability for the entire month of June. When will those tickets be released for purchase? Also, we are considering purchasing the Firenze Card and I see that I can't reserve a time to climb the dome and belltower online if I plan to use that card. I would have to wait to do it on the day of our visit. Is this correct, and if so, does anyone have experience doing this during a busy summer month? Will I have a problem making these reservations same-day?

Any advice you can offer regarding the Firenze card vs. purchasing skip the line tickets for the biggies - Duomo, Uffizi, Academia, Palazzo Vecchio, etc would be really helpful! We are a family of 3 adults and 2 teenagers under 18.

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Hi, I have been looking at those too! I saw them available 6 weeks ago and kick myself for not booking them; I just booked my tickets for tours for July and could not get one to climb dome - sold out 2 weeks ago the told me. Good luck!

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I ended up skipping the Firenze card just because of this issue - I was scared I wouldn't get a Duomo spot if I waited until I arrived. As it was, I couldn't get enough reservations for my entire group to climb the Duomo at the same time (6 of us) and the campanile was sold out 100% for our dates in April (Holy Week). You may want to pre-reserve the Duomo climb if humanly possible.