Private tour of the Terraces of the Cathedral of Milan
PRIVATE TOUR OF THE TERRACES OF THE CATHEDRAL OF MILAN
Duration: 2 hours
Language: English or any other language chosen.
Included in price: guide service for two hours, audioguides for group larger than 5 participants, tickets to the access the terraces by lift (the descent is always on foot via stairs).
To get an estimate: please fill in the form at right choosing the date, the number of people and the language.
Availability: everyday except, Wednesday, New Year’s Day and Christmas.
Starting time: from 9 am to 5 pm, last time on schedule to do the tour.
The tour can also be booked for the late evening starting from 7 pm. For information about the late evening version of the tour please call +39 055 2670402.
The terraces of the Cathedral of Milan – Tour Itinerary
The Cathedral of Milan, begun in 1386 and completed in the 20th century, with its 3400 statues offers a close and complete overview of the stone art of the last six centuries. The guided tour will start from the outside of the apse, the oldest part of the cathedral, we will then move on to analyze the facade, very rich in decorations.
The cathedral of Milan, the largest in the world and the first in Italy, is also one of the very few churches that allow access to the terraces from which, in addition to enjoying a wonderful view of the city, you can observe the monument from an absolutely astonishing perspective. Once you go up in the elevator to the terraces (the descent is on foot via stairs), you find yourself on the roof of. over 8000 m2 from which you can admire the many spiers, pinnacles and countless statues from a few meters away, including the oldest spire of the Cathedral.
And it is precisely on the terraces, about 70 meters above sea level, that saints, faces, animals, symbols, little monsters reveal themselves to the visitor in all their variety: we move from late Gothic statues to Renaissance ones, from sixteenth century ones to Baroque ones, from neoclassical ones to the strange creations of the Thirties with representations of Sports.
Finally, a look at the golden Madonnina, inaugurated in 1774 as the highest point of the cathedral and since then the protector and symbol of Milan and the Milanese.
NB. The maximum number for each group can be of 30 people.
Milano Photogallery
Our guides
Italy Travels tour guides staff is represented by licensed guides of great experience and high level of professionalism, competence and excellence on their job. All Italy Travels guides are authorized by the provincial administration of Milan and most of them are art historians and teachers in art subjects.
All private tours organized by Italy Travels always include pre-reserved museum tickets when museum tours are included in the tour itinerary. In this way visitors avoid waisting time waiting in line in front of museums ticket offices.
