Published on Jan, 2025

Becky our tour guide was amazing. One of the best if not the best tour guide of many I had over the years. She was very knowledgeable and helpful. I will highly recommend her.

Published on Dec, 2024

Our guide Becky was awesome. My daughter is 12 and loved the history and the fun climb. Becky was excellent and we highly recommend.

Published on Dec, 2024

In the short time I had in Firenze, I knew I wanted to see as many sights as I could - knowing I needed to sacrifice some due to only being in the city for a few days. That being said, I attempted to balance guided tours with my own explorations. I did not want to be part of a guided tour all day every day, so when one of my colleagues recommended Walkabout I inquired to see what they had to offer. I noticed that they had a 3-hour tour of the Piazza del Duomo which included a climb to the top of Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore Duomo di Firenze. This sounded perfect, so we decided to book it for our first full day in Firenze. Prior to my arrival in Firenze, I received correspondence from Walkabout with details about my tour. Via email and Whatsapp, I was given my start time as well as where to meet and who my tour guide will be. I booked a private tour, and I assume that's why they asked me where I was staying since my meeting point was about a 3-minute walk from my hotel. We met up with Lisa at the designated time, who gave us a quick rundown of the tour and shortly after that we got started. We began the tour in the Museo dell’Opera del Duomo - we spent a good amount of time here looking at each of the exhibits, and Lisa did an excellent job going through all the details and history not only of the pieces but of the history of Firenze that shaped what we saw. The museum is noteworthy that it contains many of the original artifacts of the cathedral itself (they have been replaced by replicas in order to preserve the originals). The original doors of the Baptistery are also here, as well as a scale replica of the first three stories of the Cathedral in its original form. After some time in the museum, we made our way to the Cathedral to begin the climb. It's not the easiest climb I'll admit, as it's 400+ steps and there are points in the ascent that are tight with steep steps - but I would say it's totally worth it as the views up top are magnificent. You get panoramic views of the city so my camera was constantly clicking. While the climb concluded our tour, our tickets did include access to the Bell Tower and Baptistry which were valid over the next couple of days which I thought was a nice perk. Overall my experience with Walkabout was excellent - Lisa did an awesome job guiding us through the exhibits; she's very knowledgable, engaging, and really made this tour amazing. I would have no qualms booking a tour with them next time I'm in Florence.

Published on Oct, 2024

Phenomenal! Highly recommend this tour and tour company (1 of 3 tours I did with Walk About Tours - all great but this was my favorite). Becky was fantastic and was able to dive deeper into history / details as that was a personal interest of mine. The ability to climb the Duomo as well as enter the museum with a guide made all the difference in being able to connect important meanings behind each.

Published on Oct, 2024

We had a wonderful tour with Becky. Very knowledgeable in all aspects of the tour. We would definitely use them again!!!!