Venice Skip the Line Saint Mark's Basilica and Doge's Palace Private Tour


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From $383.17

51 reviews   (4.61)

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Pricing Info: Per Person

Duration: 3 hours

Departs: Venice, Venice

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

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Overview

The tour will show you the most important institutional rooms of the Doge’s Palace and St. Mark's Basilica with its golden pala Oro and the Museum with the Horses Loggia The Doge’s Apartment, the Bridge of Sights, and the Prisons will be explored and you will admire the paintings by Titian, Giorgione and Tintoretto. The guide will also lead through the fast track entrance of St. Mark's basilica to admire its wonderful architecture and mosaics, Behind the main altar you can admire the Pala d'Oro, the only example in the world of large Gothic jewelery that has remained intact. You'll also have access to The Museum and the Horses Loggia The Museum exhibits the sumptuous works of Flemish and Medicean tapestry. The Horses are the arrival point of the entire museum itinerary, until 1977 on the loggia of the Basilica of San Marco, after restoration, were replaced by reproductions and hospitalized in the museum in 1982, for conservation needs.


What's Included

Private tour

Professional art historian guide

Skip the line Entrance to Doge's Palace

Skip the line St. Mark's Basilica, Pala Oro, Horses Loggia and Museum entrance fee

What's Not Included

Food and drinks

Gratuities

Hotel pickup and drop-off

Transportation to/from attractions


Traveler Information

  • INFANT: Age: 0 - 5
  • CHILD: Age: 6 - 14
  • ADULT: Age: 15 - 99

Additional Info

  • Child under 18 old must provide valid ID to have reduced price to museums
  • Face masks required for travellers in public areas
  • Gear/equipment sanitised between use
  • It is forbidden to enter the Basilica with luggage, backpacks or voluminous bags.
  • Regular temperature checks for staff
  • Service animals allowed
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Child under 18 old must provide valid ID to have reduced price to museums
  • Face masks required for travellers in public areas
  • Gear/equipment sanitised between use
  • It is forbidden to enter the Basilica with luggage, backpacks or voluminous bags.
  • Regular temperature checks for staff
  • Service animals allowed
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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.
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

What To Expect

Colonna di San Marco e San Teodoro
Meet your guide at the column with a lion on the top

• Admission Ticket Free

Basilica di San Marco
skip the line entrance to the basilica, visit to the Pala Oro : the only example in the world of Gothic goldsmith's work of considerable size that has remained intact, The Museum and The Marcian quadriga with the four horses which can be reached along the exhibition of a series of stone fragments and capitals from the late antique and mid-Byzantine era.
The four horses, until 1977 on the loggia of the Basilica of San Marco, after restoration, were replaced by reproductions and admitted to the museum in 1982 for conservation reasons.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Doge's Palace
the former site of the Venetian government, and have a preferential entrance into the building. Here your professional guide will walk you through important institutional rooms of the Doge’s Palace, where you will see the masterpieces painted by Titian, Tintoretto and Veronese.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Ponte dei Sospiri
Pass through the famous Sights bridge and learn why it was called like this

• Admission Ticket Free


Reviews

Wonderful Private Tour of Venice
marcc71, 24-10-2022
Our tour guide was very informative and friendly. She provided an excellent overall tour of both Doge's Palace and the Basilica. We would definitely rebook through this tour company.
Lovely in depth tour
Mary_W, 10-10-2022
We found this tour to be perfect for our needs. The guide was very kind in accommodating our mobility issues and minimized the amount of stairs we had to climb. She was very informative and took us to all the interesting places. St Marks Basilica is truly spectacular. Doges Palace impressive. I would highly recommend this tour.
Really beautiful tour, my...
Albert_B, 07-09-2022
Really beautiful tour, my tour guide was so knowledgeable on the area I learned so much. I would definitely suggest using Stefano if you need an English speaking tour guide he is a great man
Tour
Sanjeev_J, 26-08-2022
Great guide ! very Knowledgeable! highly recommend - we were a large group and she was absolutely great
Wonderful tour
Tricia_G, 08-08-2022
Our guide, Monica, was amazing. We had a wonderful tour and highly recommend the experience and her expertise.
We had an amazing tour...
Ina_G, 08-01-2023
We had an amazing tour with Ekaterina. The trip included a really special way of seeing the Palace of the Dodges and Saint Mark's Basilica, and having Ekaterina to tell us the fascinating story of these two places, and answer in depth our numerous questions made it very special. Strongly recommend both the tour and Ekaterina as a guide!




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