Venezia Trip Overview
Dive deep into Venice’s history with a 2-hour guided tour of St. Mark’s Basilica and the Doge’s Palace.
* Venice: Doge’s Palace Priority Ticket (skip the line) option available for self guided tour. Visit the attraction and discover the hidden gems at your own pace.
✔ Immerse yourself in the history of the Floating City with the help of your expert local guide (if selected)
✔ Miss the hordes with priority entrance for the Doge’s Palace and skip-the-ticket-line entry for St. Mark’s Basilica
✔ See Venice’s Lagoon from the usually off-limits terrace at St. Mark’s Basilica
Take in views of the canal from the Bridge of Sighs
✔ Hear anecdotes about how and why Venice was built on a lagoon in the 5th century and other fascinating facts
✔ Ticket for the first-floor terrace at St. Mark’s Basilica
✔ Priority entrance to the Doge’s Palace
✔ Skip-the-ticket-line access to St. Mark’s Basilica
Additional Info
Duration: 2 hours
Starts: Venezia, Italy
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Venezia, Veneto, Italy
Dive deep into Venice’s history with a 2-hour guided tour of St. Mark’s Basilica and the Doge’s Palace.
* Venice: Doge’s Palace Priority Ticket (skip the line) option available for self guided tour. Visit the attraction and discover the hidden gems at your own pace.
✔ Immerse yourself in the history of the Floating City with the help of your expert local guide (if selected)
✔ Miss the hordes with priority entrance for the Doge’s Palace and skip-the-ticket-line entry for St. Mark’s Basilica
✔ See Venice’s Lagoon from the usually off-limits terrace at St. Mark’s Basilica
Take in views of the canal from the Bridge of Sighs
✔ Hear anecdotes about how and why Venice was built on a lagoon in the 5th century and other fascinating facts
✔ Ticket for the first-floor terrace at St. Mark’s Basilica
✔ Priority entrance to the Doge’s Palace
✔ Skip-the-ticket-line access to St. Mark’s Basilica
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: St Mark’s Campanile, P.za San Marco, 30124 Venezia VE, Italy
The Patriarchal Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark, commonly known as St Mark’s Basilica, is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Venice, northern Italy. It is the most famous of the city’s churches and one of the best-known examples of Italo-Byzantine architecture. It lies at the eastern end of the Piazza San Marco, adjacent and connected to the Doge’s Palace.
Start by exploring St. Mark’s Square with your guide before heading into the busy cathedral with skip-the-ticket-line entry.
You’ll see the Pala d’Oro altarpiece in person before heading to the limited-access first-floor terrace. From here you’ll admire views across the lagoon and see the famous bronze horses up close.
Next, you’ll use the priority entrance to reach Doge’s Palace, formerly the residence of the leader of the Republic of Venice.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Doge’s Palace, Piazza San Marco, 1, 30124 Venice Italy
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. It was founded in 1340, and extended and modified in the following centuries. It became a museum in 1923, and is one of the 11 museums run by the Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia.
Duration: 1 hour
