Skip the Line Venice Doge's Palace and St. Mark's Basilica Tour | 2 hours 30 minutes

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Tour in Spanish
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Explore the exquisite city of Venice on a 2-hour walking tour that covers the most significant highlights of St. Mark’s Square, with entrance to the Doge's Palace and St. Mark's Basilica.
Tour in French
2 Adults x $110.24
$220.48
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Explore the exquisite city of Venice on a walking tour that covers the most significant highlights of St. Mark’s Square, with entrance to the Doge's Palace and St. Mark's Basilica.
Private Tour
2 Adults x $409.47
$818.94
Approx Total
$818.94
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Tour in English
2 Adults x $103.94
$207.88
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$207.88
Explore the exquisite city of Venice on a 2-hour walking tour that covers the most significant highlights of St. Mark’s Square, with entrance to the Doge's Palace and St. Mark's Basilica.

Inclusions / Exclusions

  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: German, English, Italian, French, Spanish
  • Professional guide
  • Headsets to hear the guide clearly (for groups larger than 10 people)
  • 2.5 hours tour
  • Guaranteed to skip the long lines
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off

Overview

The greatness of Venice has always been reflected in the richness of St. Mark’s Basilica, the perfect synthesis of Venetian art and a unique blend of Byzantine, Romanesque and Gothic elements. Five Oriental-looking domes crown the shadowy, mysterious interior gleaming with golden mosaics, coloured marbles, precious stones and pearls, and guarded by the four gilded bronze horses that stand proudly atop the central entrance. The glittering mosaics of the interior tell the story of St. Mark and episodes from the Bible. We enter the Doge’s Palace, the highest achievement of Gothic architecture in Venice, through the Porta del Frumento (Corn Door) on the waterfront. The monumental complex was the symbol and center of the political and administrative life of the Serenissima. At once the Doge’s residence, seat of government and court of justice and prisons, the Palace was for centuries the symbol of the wealth and power of the Venetian Republic.

Meeting points

Departure Point: Campo San Zaccaria 4683/g in front of the Church of San Zaccaria

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

  • Piazza San Marco (Pass By)

    The principal public square of Venice

  • Basilica di San Marco

    The most famous of the city's churches and one of the best known examples of Italo-Byzantine architecture. - Enter St. marks's Basilica through the St. Peter's Door - Visit the Basilica interior and hear a detailed description of the gold mosaics - Visit to the Museum and the Terrace

    1 hour 15 minutes

  • Doge's Palace

    The Doge's Palace is a palace built in Venetian Gothic style, and one of the main landmarks of the city of Venice in northern Italy. The palace was the residence of the Doge of Venice, the supreme authority of the former Venetian Republic, opening as a museum in 1923. Today, it is one of the 11 museums run by the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia.

    1 hour

  • Ponte dei Sospiri

    The Bridge of Sighs is a bridge in Venice, Italy. The enclosed bridge is made of white limestone, has windows with stone bars, passes over the Rio di Palazzo, and connects the New Prison to the interrogation rooms in the Doge's Palace. It was designed by Antonio Contino, whose uncle Antonio da Ponte designed the Rialto Bridge. It was built in 1600.

    2 minutes

  • Palazzo delle Prigioni

    A corridor leads over the Bridge of Sighs, built in 1614 to link the Doge's Palace to the structure intended to house the New Prisons. Enclosed and covered on all sides, the bridge contains two separate corridors that run next to each other. That which visitors use today linked the Prisons to the chambers of the Magistrato alle Leggi and the Quarantia Criminal; the other linked the prisons to the State Advocacy rooms and the Parlatorio. Both corridors are linked to the service staircase that leads from the ground floor cells of the Pozzi to the roof cells of the Piombi.

    5 minutes

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Additional Info

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • No shorts or sleeveless tops allowed. Knees and shoulders MUST be covered for both men and women. You may risk refused entry if you fail to comply with these dress requirements
  • Because of security checks you might experience a line to get inside the Doge Palace and St. Mark's Basilica. You will skip the line for non-reserved tickets but security check is mandatory.
  • Maximum of 25 people on each tour
  • On certain dates, most travelers staying outside of Venice who are planning to visit for the day will be required to pay a €5 access fee. For further details (including exemptions) and to learn what days this fee is applicable, please visit: https://cda.ve.it

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246 reviews

Total review count and overall rating based on Viator and Tripadvisor reviews
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  • 4 stars
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  • 3 stars
    35
  • 2 stars
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  • 1 star
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Reviews by TravelOne travelers

Showing 1-5 of 134 reviews with 5 stars

Outstanding.

Published on Dec, 2024

Elisa was outstanding in her knowledge, enthusiasm and connecting with my daughters in their 20s. ….

Brilliant history narrative !

Published on Aug, 2024

Brilliant tour of St Marks and Doges Palace. Rebecca was amazing, great local knowledge and knew all the best places to take photos and brought to life the history in such an interesting way. Whole trip was 2.5 hrs and we were gripped the whole way.

Beautiful

Published on Aug, 2024

St. Mark's basilica was beautiful and the four horses were amazing. The Doges Palace was over the top in beauty and grandeur!

Doge’s Palace, Basílica San Marco

Published on Aug, 2024

Again a wonderful experience! Amazing sites accompanied by the interesting narration of our knowledgeable tour guide -Rebecca- which put all we were seeing into historical context. Fabulous!!

Must do!

Published on Jul, 2024

Meeting Point easy to find. Our guide Donata was exceptional! She was able to answer many detailed questions about the palace and Basilica and was very attentive to our group's needs

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