My wife and I enjoyed visiting the cathedral. Current cost is 7EUR/person and includes a great audio guide with approximately 15 stations. Each station on the audio guide provides about two minutes of information - total audio guide is 34 minutes long. The audio guide is outstanding - you must download it to your smart phone after scanning a QR code given to you after purchasing a ticket. The audio guide is as good, if not better, than several walking tour guides we have taken for substantially more cost. The ticket to cathedral offers each person a 2EUR discount to visit Palazzo Viti (5EUR instead of 7EUR). The cathedral is not a component of the Volterra Card. Again, great audio guide that brings to life the many great paintings and sculptures within...
Read morePay 7 euro and enter to the cathedral church!!! I entered and is beautiful. Now it's run by a private association. Iis it good to use Church for income? I don't know... Interesting. 🤣😂. Whoever built this Church had never thought of this way 🤣😂. But at least they should allow if anyone asks for a sec for prayers. Even if they are tricky. Show them that the Church never asks you money to pray. I could see that someone came and asked them 2 minutes for prayers. Unfortunately they couldn't. Because no money no pray. I had 7 euro so I could pray and visit. I have visited many churches in Italy, but this was strange.🤭. Do really the bishop knows about it that his cathedral entrance is under...
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