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Special Early Entrance Doge's Palace - St. Mark's Basilica and its Terrace

By Wander Italy Srl
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$199 per adult

Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 2h 30m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Skip the line
  • Instant confirmation

Overview

  • Special Early Entrance Doge’s Palace
  • Skip-the-line – Guided tour of St. Marks Basilica
  • Audio Headsets
  • Legally licensed, English-speaking tour guide
  • Small group

Activity location

  • Column of Saint Mark, 30100 Venezia VE
    • Venice, Veneto, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Column of Saint Mark, 30100 Venezia VE
    • Venice, Veneto, Italy

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Early Entrance Combo Tour: Doge’s palace & St. Mark’s Basilica- Terrace
  • Activity duration is 2 hours and 30 minutes2h 30m
    2h 30m
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 8:30 AM
Price details
AU$199.41 x 1 AdultAU$199.41
Total
Price is AU$199.41

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Entrance and reservation fees for the Doge’s Palace and the St. Mark’s Basilica + Rooftop
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Professional local guide
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Headsets
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Food and drinks
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Pick-up and drop-off
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Service charge (optional)

Know before you book

  • All participants who are over 12 years old must present one of the following: EU Digital COVID Certificate, proof of full vaccination, or a negative test taken no more than 48 hours before the activity starts.

What you can expect

Gain early priority access to the Doge’s Palace, before the normal public access times, allowing you the chance to admire this wonder in a whole new light. Then, take on a Skip-the-line priority access guided tour to St. Mark’s Basilica and its terrace.

Get on bord this two and a half hours tour that will surely leave you mesmerised with the beauty and luxury of this enchanting world-famous floating city of Venice.

Take part in this tour, to discover the uniqueness and the unparallel beauty of this floating city of Northern Italy. Go back in history and marvel at the creativity and the sophistication of the Venetians and get lost in the interesting and the quite peculiar stories narrated by your local Professional guide that is sure to leave you with goosebumps.

This small group tour will, let you experience two of the most iconic monuments/ architectural pieces of Venice. You will get the privilege of a priority entry to the Doges Palacebefore the normal public entrance.

Your highly qualified local professional guide will firstly accompany you to the Doge’s Palace or “Palazzo Ducale”. This Venetian Gothic architectural masterpiece is said to have been built in 1340 and extended and modified throughout the following centuries. Being one of the main landmarks of Venice, this was the residence of the Doge of Venice, the supreme authority of the former Republic.

After having experienced the grandiosity and the opulence of the Doge’s Palace, you will make your way towards one of the most imposing and important monuments of the city.

St Mark's Cathedral (Basilica di San Marco) is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic diocese of Venice. It is one of the best-known examples of Italo-Byzantine architecture.

The access to the Basilicas terrace will surely top of this marvellous experience of witnessing the majestic and luxurious cathedral below. The panoramic view of Piazza San Marco, the island of San Giorgio, the Campanile and the Clock Tower will surely be a sight to behold.

This guided tour will give you the chance to immerse yourself in the beautiful, rich Venetian history and indulge in the interesting stories and anecdotes narrated by your guide on the Doge’s Palace and the St. Mark’s Basilica, two architectural marvels that symbolises and depicts the wealth, sophistication, culture, religion, and the politics of the city of Venice to the entire world.

Location

Activity location

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    Column of Saint Mark, 30100 Venezia VE
    • Venice, Veneto, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Column of Saint Mark, 30100 Venezia VE
    • Venice, Veneto, Italy