What is a Free Tour?

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A free tour is a walking tour of a historical and cultural sites undertaken on foot. We offer tours at no upfront cost. In fact, our tours operate on a pay-what-you-like model. We believe that everybody should be able to enjoy an educational tour experience and discover and learn about the cities we tour in, regardless of your budget.

You have just to come to the meeting point on time, or better some minutes before.
Look for a YELLOW UMBRELLA.

Enjoy the tour and tip as you want at the end of the tour.

We provide freelance tour guides to lead tours at no upfront costs, so that you may enjoy an interesting sightseeing tour for whatever price you like.
You get to determine what a tour was worth, if anything, after the tour, thus ensuring that your tour guide must strive to give his or her best on every tour. We believe that traveling can be affordable.

The tips-based model of the FREE Tour allows guests to support and reward only the highest quality tours, and to ensure that the tour fits within their expectations, and within their budget.

You have just to come to the meeting point on time, or better some minutes before.

Look for a YELLOW UMBRELLA.

Enjoy the tour and tip as you want at the end of the tour.

We will do our best to give to you an unforgettable experience.

  • Certified guides

  • Rain or shine (all weather)

  • Pay as you want

  • No booking

Participation in tours promoted by WALKABOUT TOURS is strictly on a voluntary basis. Neither WALKABOUT TOURS, nor the self-employed freelance guides who are the providers of the tours promoted by WALKABOUT TOURS, will be held responsible in any way for injuries to body or property incurred during tours.

The tour guides reserve the right to deny participation in any tour, to any person, for any reason.

Thank you for understanding.

Milan Cathedral – Duomo

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The Duomo is literally at the center of Milan. Streets radiate from the cathedral or circle it. The cathedral occupies a site that has been the most central location in the city since its founding.

A vision in pink Candoglia marble, Milan’s extravagant Gothic cathedral, 600 years in the making, aptly reflects the city’s creativity and ambition. Its pearly white facade, adorned with 135 spires and 3400 statues rises like the filigree of a fairy-tale tiara, wowing the crowds with its extravagant detail.

The interior is no less impressive, punctuated by the largest stained-glass windows in Christendom, while in the crypt saintly Carlo Borromeo is interred in a rock-crystal casket.

The most spectacular view is through the innumerable marble spires and pinnacles that adorn the rooftop. On a clear day you can see the Alps.

Opening Time

CATHEDRAL
Daily 8 am – 7 pm

CRYPT OF ST. CHARLES (inside the Cathedral)
Monday – Friday: 11.00 am – 5.30 pm
Saturday: 11.00 am – 5.00 pm
Sunday: 1.30 pm – 3.30  pm
(Last admission 15 min before closing time.)

DUOMO MUSEUM
SAN GOTTARDO CHURCH
Tuesday – Friday: 10.00 am – 6.00 pm
Last admission 5.10 pm

TERRACES
Daily 9.00 am – 7.00 pm
Last admission 6.10 pm

How to get there

Tram 15 or 23 : stop Piazza Fontana
Tram 2 or 14 : stop Via Torino
Tram 16, 24 or 27 : stop Via Mazzini
Tube MM1 or MM3: stop Duomo