Venice Highlights: St Mark’s & Doge’s Palace Tour

Discover the wonders of Venice on a half-day walking tour. Skip the lines at St. Mark’s Basilica and the Doge’s Palace, and explore the city’s iconic landmarks with a knowledgeable guide.

Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 72 hours
Highlights
  • Piazza San Marco - Known as the heart of Venice, Piazza San Marco is the main public square and has been a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1987.
  • Campo Santa Maria Formosa - Situated in the Castello district, Campo Santa Maria Formosa is one of Venice’s largest squares, with nine calli and eleven bridges extending from it.
  • **Basilica dei…
What's Included
  • Guided walking tour
  • Skip the line access to St Mark’s Basilica
  • Guided visit to St Mark’s Basilica
  • Fast-lane entry tickets to the Doge’s Palace
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Entry ticket to the Treasure
  • Entry ticket to the Pala d’Oro
  • Entry ticket and access to the Museum and the Terrace
Additional Information

Discover the essence of Venice in a seamless half-day adventure. This “All-in-One” tour is perfect for those eager to explore the city’s highlights without the hassle of lengthy lines.

  • Guided Walking Tour: Wander through the enchanting maze of streets between St. Mark’s Square and the Rialto Bridge. Uncover hidden treasures and learn about the…
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 (Poste Italiane), behind Correr museum.
Cancellation Policy

If you cancel at least 3 full day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.
If you cancel within 3 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.

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Eileenr218
Oct 28, 2024
Excellent tour of highlights of Venice. - Highly recommend this tour. Our guide was very helpful and informative. Small size group of 12 then just 6 for the extended tour of the basilica and Doges Palace. We learned lots of history of the beautiful Venice. This tour hits all the highlights!
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Krista_b
Jul 14, 2024
Spectacular Trio Tour of Venice - Our tour guide Roseanna was fabulous - I learned so much about Venice. She was passionate about Venetian history and it came through. Highly recommend!
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Karin250197
Oct 1, 2019
Venice Walking Tour and Doge's Palace Tour - It is a very interesting visit , the guide spoke French , that is to say absolutely. Visit of the Basilica and Palace of the Dodes included
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Louisphilippe_g
Jun 28, 2019
Do not miss - If you do not Want to wait in line under à scorching sun, if you want to exprrience Venice like aVenetian, if you want to have à knowlageable guide, than don't miss this tour.
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I7639jbbrenday
May 9, 2019
Great Tour - The tour was great. Our tour guide was Rozanna. She's very knowledgeable about Venice's history. She made the explanation fun with her storytelling style. Too bad it was raining.
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Monica_m
Apr 26, 2019
good experience, - our guide was so good, she spoke fluent spahish, answered all the questions. very good, dont hasitate to take this tour
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Xxxshellxxx
Mar 11, 2019
Wonderful day - We were met promptly at our meeting place and divided into appropriate groups, ours was about 15 people so a lovely size. We then went on a walking tour around venice with our very informative and charming guide. You are provided with a headphone pack so you can clearly hear your guide if its noisy around you or you fall back a bit to look at something. The skip the line access was great and the Doges Palace was absolutely incredible. St Marks basilica is a work of art and the information our guided provided on both venues was outstanding. I thoroughly recommend this tour as you get to see the majority of Venice and its attractions in the one day. Little tip though is to research the flooding in st marks square according to the time of year you are visiting. Whilst they provide walkways to keep you dry I was just find in wellies.
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M
Sep 7, 2018
This tour and an ACTV ticket, that's all you need - First of all I have to say that I was a bit skeptical about the price of 80€ per person. But I can anticipate one thing. It was definitely worth it and I can only recommend it to anyone. The German tour consisted of about 8 people and lasted a total of about 4 hours. Our guide was an inveterate Venetian who told us a lot about your city. Boredom definitely didn't get by here The excursion started with a walk through San Marco, towards Castello and via Cannaregio back to St. Mark's Square. After a short break, we had to visit the Doge's Palace (also with guided tour, Fast Track entry). Our caregiver told us about many details that you can never know as a tourist. Finally we went to the Basilica (here again ticket and group admission). Our guide Nathalia shone with her knowledge here too and told us a lot about the history of Venice. My first thought was to book various attractions through Venezia Unica. However, you have to do without a guide here, which I personally like better. My girlfriend and I stayed 3 days in Venice. For this time we got a Citypass with Rolling Venice Ticket (under 29 years) for a slack 29€ per person. With this tour we discovered beautiful corners of Venice, visited two attractions that interested us. What more could you want. TOP
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Carol
Aug 27, 2017
Great tour. Our guide, Catarina... - <p>Great tour. Our guide, Catarina, was very knowledgeable and informative. Would recommend this to anyone who wants to have a quick overview of Venice, and more details and insight into the Doge's Palace and St. Mark's Basilica.</p>
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Jeff
Apr 1, 2017
Our guide was great! We saw so much and... - <p>Our guide was great! We saw so much and learned so much. A very well organized tour.</p>
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up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 72 hours before the start of your experience (local time).