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

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

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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

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