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Venice: Walking Tour with Doge’s Palace and Basilica Entry

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Activity provider: VENICE TOURS S.R.L.
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    Venice: Walking Tour with Doge’s Palace and Basilica Entry

    Activity provider: VENICE TOURS S.R.L.
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    From US$ 166.84 US$ 133.47 per person

    See the main landmarks of Venice in one day. Visit Doge’s Palace and the Golden Basilica, and join a walking tour through the heart of the city.

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    Duration 3.5 hours
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    Skip the line through a separate entrance
    Live tour guide
    Spanish, English, French, German

    Experience

    Highlights
    • Be guided through the historical center of Venice
    • Admire Doge's Palace and the Basilica
    • Learn about the Golden Basilica with its mosaics of pure gold
    Full description

    Meet your guide and enter the breathtaking Doge’s Palace. The guide will escort you through its stunning rooms where the Doges lived and decided the fate of the glorious Venetian Republic.

    Admire the Golden staircase and incredible artwork by famous Italian artists such as Tiepolo and Tiziano. Next, the guide will bring you to St. Mark’s Basilica, also known as the Golden Cathedral, thanks to its stunning mosaics made of pure gold. Here, you will discover its long history.

    The beauty of this five-dome Basilica will certainly impress you. Visit the Basilica's terrace with a copy of the famous horses, the St. Mark's quadriga, and admire the most beautiful view of the heart of Venice: St Mark’s Square.

    Discover St. Mark’s Museum and admire objects of various kinds and origins belonging to the Basilica, including the original quadriga which was moved from the terrace after the last restoration. After a break for lunch, join a guided walking tour departing from St. Mark’s Square. Admire the city's main monuments such as the Clock-Tower, Procuratie Vecchie, and the Bell Tower.

    Then, visit the famous Campo (square) Santa Maria Formosa, the house of Marco Polo, The Church of San Giovanni and Paolo, and the Rialto Bridge with its traditional market. Visit the other magnificent locations around St. Mark’s Square such as Museo Correr, Museo Archeologico Nazionale, and the Monumental Rooms of the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana.

    Includes
    • Shared guided walking tour with commentary by a qualified and experienced guide
    • Skip-the-line access to Doge’s Palace and the Basilica
    • Access to the Basilica Terrace and St. Mark's Museum
    • Audio receiver devices are included in case of groups over 10 people
    • Entrance ticket valid to visit various points of interest around St. Mark’s Square (Museo Correr, Museo Archeologico Nazionale and the Monumental Rooms of the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana)
      Not suitable for
      • Wheelchair users

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      Meeting point

      The meeting point is at the brown wooden newsstand with the yellow sign that says 'MEETING POINT', Calle Larga de l'Ascension, St. Mark’s Square, in front of the post office.

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      Important information

      What to bring

      • Comfortable shoes

      Not allowed

      • Pets
      • Smoking
      • Luggage or large bags

      Know before you go

      • This tour is not fully accessible for wheelchair users or people with walking disabilities
      • Tour does not operate in case of exceptional high tide or in case of religious functions (in these cases it can be postponed the day after otherwise it will be refunded)
      • The tour is not considered private but it is shared with other guests not belonging to the same part
      • Due to security reasons, luggage and big bags are not allowed inside the Basilica
      Customer reviews

      Overall rating

      4.7 /5

      based on 56 reviews

      Review summary

      • Guide
        4.8/5
      • Value for money
        4.2/5
      • Service
        5/5
      • Organization
        4.5/5

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      Our guide was really great! Born in Italy and speaks German quite well. He was extremely knowledgeable about Venice and the history behind the city. His knowledge is incredibly versatile and very interesting to listen to. Worth every penny! The tour begins with an approx. 1.5 hour city tour in which you can see the most important places such as St. Mark's Square, Rialto Bridge etc. visited. Then to the Basilica (he knew the story behind every picture and every painting and could answer every question)... and then to the Doge's Palace. Incredibly impressive and imposing. It was very worth it! Total duration of the tour approx. 4 hours (9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.). The only thing that was a little stupid is that the description says "cover your knees and arms (long pants & t-shirt)" that doesn't matter to them, I hardly saw anyone there without shorts/t-shirt, so if it's a warm/hot day don't be intimidated and just come with shorts+shirt. Otherwise everything

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      August 21, 2022

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      GetYourGuide traveler – Austria Verified booking

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      We were a small group with only 4 participants. Our group leader was very nice, she passed on a lot of interesting information that we would never have found out otherwise. The length of the tour is good, so you can do everything in one tour. The tour of Venice was exciting, many small streets and bridges, away from the tourists, the Doge's Palace and St. Mark's Basilica was very exciting, we got a lot of interesting details about the buildings. The tour can only be recommended.

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      May 22, 2022

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      GetYourGuide traveler – Switzerland Verified booking

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      Our tour guide was Venetian and spoke perfect German. She also gave us lots of tips and information that are not typically part of a city tour. This ultimately led to the tour being much longer than planned. Unfortunately, this left little time at the end to enjoy the view from the terrace of St. Mark's Basilica.

      April 27, 2022

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