Doge's Palace: Priority Ticket & GuideBook

Skip the long lines and explore the Doge’s Palace and Royal Palace in Venice with a detailed guide book. Admire stunning art, cross the Bridge of Sighs, and learn about Venetian history and lifestyle.

Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Venice Tours - Collect your tickets to Campo San Gallo, San Marco 1093/B, Venice Tours office, close to San Marco Square
    HOW TO REACH THE MEETING POINT
    The office is located close to San Marco Square. Having the Basilica of San Marco behind you, stay on the right side of the square and go under the arches. Find Olivetti Museum, turn right passing…
What's Included
  • Venice Gallery: a unique VR experience of Venice in the past
  • Handy guide book in 7 different languages
  • Lunch (if option is selected)
  • Priority Ticket for Doge’s Palace & St. Mark’s Square Museums
  • Bell Tower Priority Entry (if option is selected)
  • City Map
What's Not Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Food and drinks
  • Transportation to/from attractions
  • Guided Visit (available only if the option is selected)
Additional Information

Skip the long lines to enter in the imposing Palazzo Ducale (Doge’s Palace) and the Royal Palace in Piazza San Marco. You will admire the stunning masterpieces of art collected by the Doge and the highest dignitaries of the Republic of Venice over many centuries. Cross the Bridge of Sighs and admire the old Venice Prisons.
You can also enter in the Museo…

Location
Venice Tours
Calle San Gallo
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Janene_c
Oct 10, 2025
Magnificent! - Very good tour! Beautiful palace! Lots of information! We thoroughly enjoyed it. The history was very interesting.
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Rachel_b
Sep 26, 2025
Easy place to find with... - Easy place to find with google maps. Given a lovely book and my ticket to get into the palace. All Easy to organise and get to myself.
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Mve_m
Sep 22, 2025
Would prefer $12 cheaper and not get the book - Priority entry, $12 venice generic general guide book (not specially for the palace) & tickets to the museum. Offered no option for the Bell tower.
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R7248etdavidk
Sep 10, 2025
And don’t forget campanile to get birds eye view or palazzo - Booking is difficult but actual access to palazzo is easy allow 1.hr45 m It’s across between a museum and art gallery Recommended you do campanile visit
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Irene_l
Aug 15, 2025
Very efficient service.... - Very efficient service. Made entry to the exhibit very simple. Operative was very efficient and pleasant
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Pierre_c
Aug 11, 2025
What to do - First the negative to not come back to it .the modification of the day of the visit a week before the understandable but average visit,but when you are told instead of appointment that you must also go to another agency and that this one does not have an outside sign we pass several times without finding, tearing our hair in the way.thanks to the visual acuity of my daughter who saw the name in the shop ... now the visit particularly interesting and captivating by our guide (moreover helpful and attentive) by the sum of details lavished.the visit of the sumptuous palace, the description of the political, artistic, military and economic world of this period is rich and fascinating,contrast with the glaucous and sordid visit of the ducal jails.Barely camouflaged by the exterior beauty of the bridge of sighs.magnificent, imposing, luxurious, of the dream in the footsteps of history.delighted with this discovery.Care a little more the organization and everything would be Perfetto.
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Nabila_n
Oct 4, 2025
Audio guide does not work properly, you meed at least 2 hr for the palace and prison - The voucher redeem point was quite far.The people there were not helpful. The guide required an app...then too it did not work properly. The rooms has rnough description, no need for the guide, google/wiki is enough. At least two hour is needed for the palace and prison alone. Museum correr is also big, one needs another at least two hours.
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Kim_n
Oct 8, 2025
Rip off - We were very disappointed that we weren't able to go in directly at the gate at the venue and had to walk around to try to find some tourist office which also couldn't print up our voucher for an hour after we purchased it. It implied we were getting a guide but we didn't get a guide. We paid over $50 for something that would have cost us $25 to just book on our own. Very inconvenient and makes me wonder if I would use them for the future tours. Recommend just booking it yourself not through by your website as it looks like they just doubled the price
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Bridget_l
Sep 10, 2025
Very frustrating audio guide. - We feel that this was a waste of money. The Doge Palace offers it's own audio guide that is more informative and sequential with the tour. We had problems downloading several links on this tour and we were constantly having to figure out which ones to listen to since they didn't follow the Palace tour route. The audio guide links were informative when we could figure out what to listen to do that is why the two stars review.
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Jasmine_p
Jul 26, 2025
Palace=Beautiful, this Package =Disappointing - The palace itself was beautiful, but the experience around it was really disappointing. I really wish I read the reviews more carefully. The “guidebook” included was just a generic book of Venice, not very helpful for a self-guided tour of the palace. The app for the audio guide didn’t work. This was after having mobile data and pre downloading the app and guide at the collection point for the tickets. Then trying using data at the Palace, and then trying with WiFi at the palace. We contacted the provider on Viator app to have an AI answer encouraging us to go back to the collection point, except we had already entered the palace. We resorted to buying the official Doge’s Palace audio guide as well. I followed up again the following day, then again 1 week later, only to receive chatbot replies saying my case was “escalated.” It’s been two weeks and I've not hears from the provider/company directly. I recommend buying tickets directly and using the official audio guide or tour. This was overpriced and not worth the hassle.
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up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).