Private Tour: Doge's Palace and Saint Mark's Basilica Walking Exploration

Embark on a private tour of Venice’s iconic sites, Saint Mark’s Basilica and the Doge’s Palace. Enjoy skip-the-line access, personalized attention, and breathtaking views.

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Piazza San Marco - Your Doge’s Palace and Saint Mark’s Tour will begin in beautiful Piazza San Marco, where you will meet your Private Tour Guide. Begin your adventure into two of Venice’s most famous sites in this most iconic and picture perfect square, learning all about its architecture, history and anecdotes. - Basilica di San Marco - Your…
What's Included
  • Private Tour Guide
  • Exclusive Skip the Line Access to Doge’s Palace
  • Exclusive Skip the Line Access into Saint Mark’s Basilica
  • Admission to Palace Great Halls, Prisons and Weapon Collections and Bridge of Sighs
What's Not Included
  • Food and Drink
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

With this Exclusive Experience you will enjoy a comprehensive and engaging Tour of Venice’s two most famous sites, Saint Mark’s Basilica and the Doge’s Palace, and all of it in your very own Private Group with your very own Private Guide! Savor the privileges of an intimate and personalized tour, which affords you the possibility of going at your own…

Location
Colonna di San Marco
Piazzetta San Marco
The meeting point is under the winged lion's column in Saint Mark's Square, closest side to the Grand Canal. Your guide will be holding a LivTours sign.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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323claudiud
May 3, 2025
Amazing attraction - The mosaics in San Marco Cathedral are absolutely magic! And Sabrina, our guide, was fantastic, passionate, so keen to share information!
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Mary_i
Apr 29, 2025
Outstanding private tour and guide! - Our guide, Tullia, was excellent and made this private tour a wonderful experience. It was important for us to understand the art, architecture and history of these two remarkable structures. Tullia is an expert historian of the medieval and Renaissance eras and also very knowledgeable as an art historian. We learned a great deal! She has excellent English language skills and is a pleasure to accompany us as a guide. We highly recommend this private tour! Ciao!
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Tobiasi2025
Apr 28, 2025
Brilliant Tour of the Doge's Palace and Saint Mark's Basilica - Our guide, Tullia, provided my family and I with a super interesting and enjoyable tour of the Doge's Palace and Saint Mark's Basilica. There's so much to see and to know -- it could've been overwhelming and exhausting, but Tullia did a superb job of balancing conveying information with time to just take in all the visual splendor. We were in excellent hands and had a truly unforgettable time.
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Matthu2290qm
Apr 25, 2025
Amazing and Educational - Such a great tour. Lots of great details you won’t hear anywhere else. All the highlights, didn’t have to wait in line. Francesca was a great tour guide. Highly recommend.
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634maryi
Apr 24, 2025
Outstanding Private Tour Experience - We enjoyed every aspect of our private tour of St. Mark's Basilica and the Doge's Palace. Having a private tour guide made for an exceptional experience. Our guide, Tullia, provided extensive explanations of the history of Venice and the centuries of art and architecture. She was our private historian and art historian for the entire tour! And she easily guided us past the long lines of visitors. Her English language skills are superb. We highly recommend Tullia and this tour experience! Ciao!
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Rogerstravels123
Apr 20, 2025
Great private tour that I would recommend - This was one of the best tours we did on our whole trip. Ottavia was an excellent guide and host. Her English was very good and easy to understand and she really took the time to explain the details of what we were looking at. I would highly recommend using her again.
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Tiffanymciver
Apr 18, 2025
The two best sites to understand Venice‘s history! - Pamela went above and beyond to answer all of our 1 million questions about Venice. Leaving the tour I felt like I had a complete grasp on the fascinating history of the city. Seeing both the basilica and the palace is a great combo. Thanks, Pamela and LivTours.
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Michellemh6377pz
Apr 14, 2025
Amazing day in Venice - Marie-Therese was amazing! She was incredibly knowledgeable, patient and fun! She answered all of our kid’s questions and we never felt rushed. It felt like we spent the day with a friend. I highly recommend Liv Tours and Marie-Therese.
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G4310xrmarkh
Apr 9, 2025
Great tour of basilica and palace - Tour was wonderful. Ottavia was very knowledgeable and personable. My wife and I had a great time and learned a lot. Would highly recommend this tour and tour guide.
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Funfamily619
Apr 27, 2025
Liv Tours excellent - T he private tour at night with the full basilica illuminated was educational and informative. We loved out tour with LivTours Martina.
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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).