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Venice Doge's Palace & St Mark's Basilica Skip-the-Line Tour

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Activity provider:Very Viva Venice Srl
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Venice Doge's Palace & St Mark's Basilica Skip-the-Line Tour

Activity provider:Very Viva Venice Srl
4.4  / 5
5102 reviews

From US$ 89.28 per person

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Join this walking tour that covers the most significant highlights of St. Mark’s Square, with skip-the-line entrance to the Doge's Palace and St Mark's Basilica.

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Duration 2.5 - 5 hours
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Skip the ticket line
Live tour guide
Italian, English, German, French, Spanish, Japanese
Private or small groups available

Experience

Highlights
  • Enjoy priority entrance to the Doge's Palace and St Mark's Basilica
  • See the impressive halls of Sala del Maggior Consiglio
  • Walk over the Bridge of Sights
  • See the Museum and the Terrace of the Basilica of St.Mark's
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Set off on a guided walking tour of St. Mark’s Square, the Doge's Palace, and St Mark's Basilica with skip-the-line entry.

Meet your guide at St. Mark’s Square and head for Doge's Palace, the extraordinary palace that served as the seat of Venetian political power for centuries. Enter the splendid rooms, with hundreds of painted masterpieces.

Explore where the Duke and his Council controlled the fate of a 1,000-year republic and admire the details of the medieval gold staircase. See the famous Bridge of Sighs. Enter the notorious Venetian prison that held Giacomo Casanova.

Visit St Mark’s Basilica and enjoy a guided tour of this Byzantine masterpiece, with its beautiful gold mosaics and marble floor inlays. See the treasure and the terrace of the Basilica of St.Mark's

Includes
  • Guided tour
  • Entrance ticket to Doge's Palace
  • Entrance to the St. Mark's Basilica with access to the museum and terrace
  • Glassblowing demonstration (if option selected)

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Not allowed

  • Shorts
  • Short skirts
  • Sleeveless shirts

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  • The tour will enter inside St. Mark’s Basilica. Tours will also visit the basilica's Terrace and its Museum
  • A maximum of 20 people are permitted on each tour
  • From November to March, tours can be bilingual

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4.4 /5

based on 5102 reviews

Review summary

  • Guide
    4.6/5
  • Transportation
    4/5
  • Service
    4.5/5
  • Organization
    4.2/5

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Zippped around the basilica and dodges palace, but you did have enough time to take them in. Guide spoke English well and was very informative, there was not much time to ask questions though due to the pace of the tour. You do have an option to go back around the palace following the tour if you want.

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September 22, 2023

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Haydn – United KingdomVerified booking

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We were happy to visit the basilica of St Marks and also Doges Palace but our tour guide walked pretty fast and didn’t give much time for us to stop and view things. Also the audio wasn’t very good at all unless you were standing right next to him. Feel like we didn’t hear a lot of the information shared.

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September 3, 2023

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Katelyn – United StatesVerified booking

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The assistants at the meeting point were very helpful, Diana our tour guide was extremely knowledgeable & entertaining. Our lunch was superb at a local friendly restaurant. The owners of the glass factory were informative, very proud of their work & not pushy at all to try & sell you something. Overall a fantastic tour which set us up perfectly for our mini break in Venice

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