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Skip the Line Venice Doge's Palace and St. Mark's Basilica Tour

By Very Viva Venice Srl
8.2 out of 10
Very good
Free cancellation available
Price is NZ$227 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

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 storey 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 centre 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.

Activity location

  • Basilica di San Marco
    • Piazza San Marco 328
    • 30124, Venice, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Campo S. Zaccaria, 4683g
    • 4683g Campo San Zaccaria
    • 30122, Venezia, Veneto, Italy

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Tour in English AM
  • Activity duration is 2 hours and 30 minutes2h 30m
    2h 30m
  • English

Tour in English: 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.

Language options: English
Starting time: 11:00 AM
Price details
NZ$227.40 x 1 AdultNZ$227.40
Total
Price is NZ$227.40
Until Mon, 16 Mar
Tour in French AM
  • Activity duration is 2 hours and 30 minutes2h 30m
    2h 30m
  • French

Tour in French: 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.

Language options: French
Starting time: 11:00 AM
Price details
NZ$227.40 x 1 AdultNZ$227.40
Total
Price is NZ$227.40
Until Mon, 16 Mar
Tour in Spanish AM;
  • Activity duration is 2 hours and 30 minutes2h 30m
    2h 30m
  • Spanish

Tour in Spanish: 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.

Language options: Spanish
Starting time: 11:00 AM
Price details
NZ$227.40 x 1 AdultNZ$227.40
Total
Price is NZ$227.40
Until Mon, 16 Mar

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Professional guide
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Headsets to hear the guide clearly (for groups larger than 10 people)
  • What's includedWhat's included
    2.5 hours tour
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Guaranteed to skip the long lines
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Hotel pickup and drop-off

Know before you book

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transport 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 travellers 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

Activity itinerary

Piazza San Marco (Pass by)

The principal public square of Venice

Basilica di San Marco

  • 1h 15m
  • Admission ticket included
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

Doge's Palace

  • 1h
  • Admission ticket included
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.

Ponte dei Sospiri

  • 2m
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.

Palazzo delle Prigioni

  • 5m
  • Admission ticket included
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.

Location

Activity location

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    Basilica di San Marco
    • Piazza San Marco 328
    • 30124, Venice, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Campo S. Zaccaria, 4683g
    • 4683g Campo San Zaccaria
    • 30122, Venezia, Veneto, Italy

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