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Doge's Palace Guided Tour: Marvel at Venetian Art & History with Skip-the-Line Access
3.8
288 Ratings
Venezia
Experience the grandeur of Venice’s Doge’s Palace on a guided tour. Marvel at exquisite art, skip the line, and delve into the city’s captivating history.
Experience the grandeur of Venice’s Doge’s Palace on a guided tour. Marvel at exquisite art, skip the line, and delve into the city’s captivating history.
Duration:
1 hour
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Doge’s Palace - The duration of the Doge’s Palace tour in Venice will be about an hour, during which you can admire the Opera Museum, the Lodge Atrium, the famous Golden Staircase, the Institutional Chambers
- Doge’s Palace - The duration of the Doge’s Palace tour in Venice will be about an hour, during which you can admire the Opera Museum, the Lodge Atrium, the famous Golden Staircase, the Institutional Chambers
What's Included
- Experienced guide included
- Experienced guide included
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Gratuities
Additional Information
Bypass the queue at the Doge’s Palace and explore the core of Venice’s political authority during its glory days. In this 1-hour journey, you’ll see splendid works by artists like Titian, Veronese, and Tintoretto, and witness grandly adorned rooms, lavish sculptures, and ornamental details. With an expert guide, you’ll plunge into Venice’s intriguing…
Bypass the queue at the Doge’s Palace and explore the core of Venice’s political authority during its glory days. In this 1-hour journey, you’ll see splendid works by artists like Titian, Veronese, and Tintoretto, and witness grandly adorned rooms, lavish sculptures, and ornamental details. With an expert guide, you’ll plunge into Venice’s intriguing past, going over the renowned Bridge of Sighs and visiting the cells where Giacomo Casanova was held captive. Choose a departure time at the time of reservation.
- Please arrive at the meeting point at least 15 minutes before tour departure time
- At the tour departure point, you will meet a representative who will check your voucher and give you information to do the tour
- No credit or refunds will be given in the case of a no-show (if you don’t show up at the meeting point at the time indicated on your voucher)
- This is a group tour, which means there might be other participants on the tour with you
- Please note: Due to the particular morphological structure of Venice and the logistical problems resulting from it, it cannot be guaranteed that the whole tour is accessible to people with limited mobility. This means that those with walking difficulties and wheelchair users might not be able to access some parts of the itinerary
- On certain dates, most travelers staying outside of Venice who are planning to visit for the day will be required to pay a €5 access fee. For further details (including exemptions) and to learn what days this fee is applicable, please visit: https://cda.ve.it
Location
Calle larga de l'Ascension
The meeting point is ten to fifteen minutes before the start of the tour at the TURIVE meeting point, located on Calle larga de l' Ascension, near the post office.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
3.8
(288 Ratings)
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Elizabeth_w
Oct 1, 2025
Very good information on... - Very good information on the history of the palace and of Venice in general. Going later in the day was good because it was less busy.
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Terri
May 29, 2025
Excellent guide. - The tour guide was excellent. Very knowledgable and found places for my disabled husband to sit throughout the tour. The palace has a lot of history.
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Rob_d
Apr 13, 2025
Great!! - Great tour ! Very informative , was on time and the audio guide was very helpful to hear
our in-person guide. We learned a lot!
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Richard_g
Oct 28, 2024
Perfect tour - We had a wonderful time exploring the Doge’s Palace and learning about the great history. Our guide was fantastic.
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Ruth_b
Oct 14, 2024
Fabulous, highly recommend - It was amazing the knowledge shown by our guide was incredible. The palace was fabulous, the tour was a little rushed, as my husband did not have the time he wanted to look at everything, but we thoroughly enjoyed it and would recommend as a must see/do.
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Susan_h
Sep 28, 2024
Doges tour - The guide was informative and fun. Thought there would be a bit more to the torture room than just using your imagination.
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Michael_s
Oct 21, 2024
Disappointed in customer service - Disappointed that the tour guide did not call, email, or text to see where we were as we were running 15 minutes late due to lack of info as to meeting site.
Missed the tour and still no follow up.
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Michaela_l
Sep 3, 2025
Our tour was not as advertised! Waste of money. - This tour was not what we paid for. It did not deliver what was advertised or what we paid nearly AUD$275 for. The tour inclusions said this included walking over the Bidge of Sighs and the Cells (where Casanova was held). The older woman turned up late, then at 4pm walked us into the courtyard of Doge Palace where we stood outside in the sun until 4:20pm. She wasted so much time in headsets & lockers. Once inside she gave the most boring tour of 3 rooms of Doge Palace and as we entered the 4th room and the hour was nearing an end we asked if she was taking us to the Bridge and Cells (which is were the main things our kids wanted to see) and she said “no” that we would need to get separate tickets and take ourselves there! WHAT! We were very annoyed that we wasted this hour with her. Finding this out at 5pm was frustrating. Honestly this did not deliver as advertised and we’d like our money back!!
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Janieyo
Jun 15, 2025
Tour time changed without proper notification. - We did not get to go on the tour because the tour time changed and I was only notified via email, not text and I did not have Wi-Fi access while walking around Venice so we weren’t aware of the fact that our tour changed from 4:15 to 3:45. We were at the meeting point at 4 o’clock, five minutes ahead of the time that we were supposed to be there. The tour operator was not open on the weekends and by Monday, our last day in Venice, there was no time to reschedule the activity. So we not only missed the tour and didn’t get to do it at all, we were not refunded the monies we paid for the tour. I will not use Viator moving forward, as I have used them many many times in the past. NEVER AGAIN. I will be sure to share it from the rooftops for people to avoid Viator at all costs.
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908laraz
May 12, 2025
Watch out - complete scam. $250 paid and tour guide did not show up. - This was a complete scam. The tour guide did not show up and the number provided for contact was not reachable. We arrived on time as indicated on our ticket, and waited for 30 minutes at the designated meeting point. The tour guide was not where to be found. We called the contact number and the office appeared to be closed.
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