🏨 Fabulous Venice: Doge's Palace, Golden Basilica, glassblowing & gondola ride Activity

Fabulous Venice: Doge's Palace, Golden Basilica, glassblowing & gondola ride

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Pricing Info: Per Person

Duration: 4 hours

Departs: Venice, Venice

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

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Overview

A complete tour (4 hours) to make you discover the best and most famous attractions of Venice!

It includes the guided visit to the Doge’s Palace and the St. Mark’s Basilica; a charming gondola ride (the only one with commentary) and an amazing glass demonstration by an expert artisan!

You can experience Venice in all its splendor! Un unmissable occasion!
The tour starts with the guided visit to the two main highlights of Piazza San Marco where the expert guide will explain history legends and tales of Doge’s Palace and the imposing Golden Basilica.

Later, you enter in a glass furnace to admire a glass-blower master creates unique artworks in front of your eyes

At the end, you’ll get on gondola to glide the Grand Canal with its stunning Palaces: along the route you’ll see Mozart’s House, Fenice Opera House Santa Maria della Salute Church and many other places! The guide will narrate you secrets and mysteries of the main highlights along the gondola route!

What's Included

30 minutes shared gondola ride with guide

Commentary on gondola by mobile app in German, French, Spanish, Japanese, Chinese, Hindi and Russian

Glass Craftsman at work close to Saint Mark’s Square.

Guided tour of Doge Palace and Basilica by a qualified guide.

Live commentary on gondola in English and Italian

Skip the line ticket to visit by yourself Museo Correr, Biblioteca Marciana & Archeological Museum.

Skip the Line”: Doge's Palace and the Basilica and Bridge of Sighs

What's Not Included

Food and drinks

Hotel pickup

Traveler Information

INFANT: Age: 0 - 1
CHILD: Age: 2 - 5
YOUTH: Age: 6 - 14
ADULT: Age: 15 - 99

Additional Info

All customer touchpoints are frequently cleaned, and the tour will leave with small groups.
Gear/equipment sanitised between use
Not recommended for pregnant travelers
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Please pay attention Our App, is totally independent from your the Viator App. On your device will appear Pop Guide icon.
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
The doge's Palace & Basilica visit is at 10:45 AM - Glassblowing at 3:10 PM and the gondola ride at 4:00 PM
The mobile app is supported by the followed system: Apple: from IOS 8; IPhone, Ipad and Ipod Touch Android: from the 4.1 version system
Transportation vehicles regularly sanitised
You will receive the QR code and the instruction to activate the mobile app by e-mail at the moment of reservation. Please download the app before to start the tour.

Due to the security reason, luggage and bags are not allowed inside the Basilica
Each gondola can host maximum 5 people; the seat aboard cannot be chosen but will be assigned by the gondolier depending of guests weight.
Guides required to regularly wash hands
Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
On Sundays, feast days and in case of unplanned religious celebrations the Basilica tour foresees the visit with direct access to the Terrace and to St. Mark's Museum situated on the first floor. Due to the Holy Mass taking place at the ground floor, in t
Public transportation options are available nearby
Services could be done in different days, please you should indicate the date for each tour
The customers health is the most important matter for us, the tour operates in according to the Covid-19 National directives in order to guarantee the experiences in a safe environment.
The Gondola Ride does not operate in case of exceptionally bad weather, high/low tide or local gondoliers strike (in these cases it can be postponed the days after otherwise it will be refunded)
Tour does not operate in case of exceptional high tide or in case of unplanned religious functions (in these cases it can be postponed to the day after otherwise it will be refunded)
We only ask the kindness to bring the own mask in case you need to wear it.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

What To Expect

Basilica di San Marco

After, you visit one of the most majestic cathedrals of the world! You will be escorted by a tour guide enjoying a full visit of the Golden Basilica. You'll have the pleasure to admire beautiful gold mosaics and marble inlays of the floors, sitting comfortably while our guide will show you the represented biblical scenes, the history and the particularities of this ancient basilica.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Doge's Palace

A guided tour in the Palazzo Ducale the old seat of the Venetian political power. In his splendid rooms, immersed in hundreds of masterpieces of painting, the Duke and his Council controlled the fate of a thousand-year history republic. You’ll live it together with a guide that will show you the halls of power and the bridge of Sighs to reach to the prisons.

You may visit by yourself the other magnificent palaces around St. Mark’s Square under the name of Procuratie with the same ticket!

1 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Vecchia Murano

The magic art of glass blowing!

In front of you a glass craftsman master will create a unique item explaining the ancient phases of the production. You will live this experience in Saint Mark's Square in an old Glass Factory Showroom where you will see the main objects are made with glass. At the end of your experience you will receive a little glass gift for each couple or each family, as a souvenir of this visit

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Canal Grande

Gondola ride with commentary

An exciting gondola ride in Venice that will take you along the canals of this magical city. Enjoy the gondola cruise through the Venice most romantic waterways passing under small bridges and along part of the Grand Canal! During your pleasant gondola ride you will admire the Mozart House passing by the worldwide famous La Fenice Theatre proceeding along the Rio (Canal) “De le Ostreghe” leading into the most charming part of the Grand Canal, where you will admire the Peggy Guggenheim Collection. At end you will enjoy a breathtaking view of St. Mark' basin with the splendid San Giorgio Island. Comfortably seated on your special boat you willlisten to the mobile-app narrating history and legends of the attractions around you: 10 points of interest described in your languages, so you can really know the soul of this incredible city.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Piazza San Marco

Panoramic Tour

A personal walking tour is the best way to discover independently the most famous and marvelous areas of Venice: Accademia, San Marco and Rialto! 31 points of interest spread across the itinerary, among them you will see the magnificent Theatre “La Fenice”, Rialto Bridge with its typical market and the majestic Accademia Bridge! Of course, the audio-guide will escort you through the endless-history of Saint Mark’s Square and its breathtaking basin! Download the app on your device and you won’t get lost in the city! You will be able to visit Venice, corner by corner, step by step, at your pace.

• Admission Ticket Free

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