Doge's Palace & St. Mark's Basilica with Terrace Access Tour

Marina is knowledgeable and accommodating. Very professional and guided us very smoothly through the tour. We were late arriving and she kindly waited for us. As I was late, Instructions were given by email and phone to enquire about our tickets at the Alilaguna ticket booth, but when I showed my voucher on the app, the ticket person said he did not know nothing and told me to wait for the guide. A few minutes later, I found Marina and we showed the same voucher to the same ticket person , and while avoiding my eye, he gave us the tickets etc. It was a little confusing, but alls well because Marina took care of us afterwards. Anyway, we walked through St Mark’s square , St Mark’s Basilica and museum , the Terrace, then the Doges palace as well as a walk through the Bridge of Sighs over to the prison, and Marina very patiently answered all our questions. We enjoyed the tour very much.

My guide was excellent! She was very efficient and helpful and knowledgeable about all of my questions. She had a strong Italian accent, but that added to the charm of the whole experience. The audio quality on the headsets was not as good as I would like, and the overall cost was more expensive than I would prefer to have paid. I have almost never used a guide because I like visiting on my own with high-quality audio guides that I’ve downloaded from reputable sources. I do find it frustrating that the guide services buy up a lot of the Timed entry tickets so we have no choice but to buy an expensive guided tour instead. Regardless overall, the tour was very enjoyable and informative.