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Skip-the-line Palazzo Ducale & Venice Highlights Tour
Skip-the-line Palazzo Ducale & Venice Highlights Tour
Skip-the-line Palazzo Ducale & Venice Highlights Tour
Skip-the-line Palazzo Ducale & Venice Highlights Tour

Skip-the-line Doge's Palace & Venice Highlights Tour

By Venice Tours
4.3 out of 5
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$146 per adult
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 3h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Skip the line
  • Instant confirmation
Overview
  • A visit to St. Mark’s Square & the surrounding area
  • Save time by skipping the line to the popular Palazzo Ducale
  • A walk across the stirring Bridge of Sighs
  • Up-close views of magnificent Italian masterpieces
  • Introductory city walking tour of piazzas & monuments

Activity location

    • 1 Piazza San Marco
    • 30124, Venezia, Veneto, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Doge's Palace Tour: Calle Larga de l'Ascension, at the brown wooden newsstand with the yellow sign where is written "MEETING POINT"
    • Calle larga de l'Ascension
    • 30124, Venezia, Veneto, Italy

Multiple meeting/redemption points available, see location information for full list

Check availability


Tour
  • Activity duration is 3 hours3h3h
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 9:00 am
Price details
AU$145.76 x 1 AdultAU$145.76

Total
Price is AU$145.76

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedShared guided walking tour of Venice with a qualified and experienced guide
  • What's includedWhat's includedShared guided visit to the Doge's Palace with a qualified and experienced guide
  • What's includedWhat's includedSkip-the-Line entrance to the Doge's Palace
  • What's includedWhat's includedSt. Mark's Square Museums Ticket valid at Museo Correr, Museo Archeologico, and Monumental Rooms
  • What's includedWhat's includedAudio - receiver devices in case of groups over 10 people
  • What's includedWhat's includedOptional Glass Craftsman demonstration close to Saint Mark’s Square.
  • What's includedWhat's included Mobile app with commentary for a self-guided tour of the 5 districts of Venice

Know before you book

  • Unfortunately, this tour is not fully accessible for wheelchair users or people with walking disabilities
  • The visit of Doge's Palace is monolingual
  • The tour does not operate in case of exceptional high tide (in these cases it can be postponed to the day after otherwise it will be refunded)
  • For security reasons suitcases, backpacks or large bags are not allowed inside the Doges’ Palace, the storage service is free of charge.
  • You will receive the audio guide with digital map by email. If you have any problems with this, please come to Venice Tours office (San Marco 1130) for assistance.
  • You must download the audio guide with digital map on your mobile phone.
  • ATTENTION: the walking tour is at 9:00 AM - the visit to the Doge's Palace is at 11:45 AM. Please consider the gap of time between the walking tour and the Doge's Palace.

What you can expect

Amazing walking tour of Piazza San Marco with guided tour of the imposing Doge’s Palace.

Meet your guide in Piazza San Marco and start the waking tour: a journey in the glorious past of Venice where you can admire the architectural masterpieces as St. Mark’s Basilica, Clock Tower, the Bridge of Sighs or the Bell-Tower. Listen to legends and stories about these historcial highlights.
The guide will escort you along the labyrinth of narrow streets to reach famous squares as Santa MariaFormosaandS.Giovanni and Paolo “the Pantheon of Venice”. At the end you’ll reachtheRialto Bridge with the picturesque markets and the marvellous San Giacometto Church.

Enter in the Doge’s Palace (skipping all the lines) and with its incredible rooms and artworks. The former residence of the Doge is full of architectural masterpieces as the Golden Staircase, the Parliament and the breathtaking Bridge of Sighs: you will cross the famous bridge to reach the dark Venetian Prisons where only Casanova managed to escape.

Finally, you will have the opportunity to join an optional glassblowing demonstration at a glass factory very close to Saint Mark’s square. Otherwise, after the end of your tour, you can use your museum ticket to explore a variety of venues, such as the Museo Correr, the Archaeological Museum, the area built by Napoleon, and the rooms restored for Sissi, the beloved Empress of Austria.

Later, enjoy the audio guide with digital map to discover the 5 districts of Venice with their best attractions and squares, day or night, on a self-guided tour.Listen to the automatic audio narration of the city’s highlights, with more than 200 points of interest including the glorious La Fenice theatre, Rialto Bridge, Jewish Ghetto, the Arsenale the majestic Accademia Bridge and much more.

ATTENTION: the walking tour is at 9:00 AM - the visit to the Doge's Palace is at 11:45 AM. Please consider the gap of time between the walking tour and the Doge's Palace.

Cleaning and safety practices

Enhanced cleanliness measures
  • High-touch surfaces cleaned and disinfected
  • Vehicles and venues cleaned with disinfectants
  • Vehicles and venues kept vacant between travellers
Social distancing
  • Contactless ticket redemption
  • Social distancing measures in place
  • Protective shields in place at main contact areas
Safety measures
  • Personal protective equipment worn by staff
  • Temperature checks given to staff
  • Masks required
  • Hand sanitiser provided
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Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIES
    • 1 Piazza San Marco
    • 30124, Venezia, Veneto, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEDoge's Palace Tour: Calle Larga de l'Ascension, at the brown wooden newsstand with the yellow sign where is written "MEETING POINT"
    • Calle larga de l'Ascension
    • 30124, Venezia, Veneto, Italy
  • PEOPLEPEOPLEWalking tour 2:00 pm - Venice Tours Assistance Point
    • 1257 Calle larga de l'Ascension
    • 30124, Venezia, Veneto, Italy