Venice Highlights Tour: St. Mark's Basilica & Doge's Palace

Immerse yourself in the beauty and history of Venice on a small group guided tour of St. Mark’s Basilica and Doge’s Palace. With pre-reserved tickets and an expert local guide, you’ll discover the city’s major highlights and gain insider knowledge for the rest of your visit.

Duration: 3 hours, 10 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Venice - Join a 3-hour guided tour in Venice to see the major highlights of the city led by an expert guide. The tour includes two must-see sites: Doge’s Palace and Basilica of St. Mark, both with pre-reserved tickets.
What's Included
  • Expert local guide offering inside knowledge
  • Enjoyable 3-hour walking tour at your own pace
  • Included tickets to the Correr Museum
  • Admission to the National Archaeological Museum & Biblioteca Marciana
  • Pre-reserved entry to the iconic Doge’s Palace
  • Intimate small group tour for a personalized experience
  • Pre-reserved access to the stunning St. Mark’s Basilica
What's Not Included
  • Guided Tour of Correr Museum, National Archeological Museum, and Biblioteca Marciana
  • Transportation to/from the meeting point
Additional Information

Discover Venice in a unique way with an exclusive small group guided tour, crafted for a more personalized and enriching experience. Bypass the queues with pre-booked tickets and make the most of your valuable vacation time as you explore the city’s most famous landmarks, including the stunning St. Mark’s Basilica and the renowned Doge’s Palace — all…

Location
Colonna di San Marco
Piazzetta San Marco
We meet in Saint Mark’s Square near the waterfront by the two large columns. Our guide will be under the one with the winged lion on top. Your guide will have a signboard that says, “Walks In Europe.”
Cancellation Policy

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

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H9603eglauram
Jun 8, 2025
A must see! - Beautiful architecture, incredible paintings and a fascinating history. An absolute must see for anyone visiting Venice. Claire our guide was bursting with enthusiasm and knowledge and kept it entertaining throughout.
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Jeffery
Jun 8, 2025
Great tour of St Marks and Doge Palace - Excellent guide; added insightful information that we would never know. Long tour but good pace. Hillary (our guide) was very good!
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Radmila_k
Jun 7, 2025
Sandra, our guide, was... - Sandra, our guide, was delightful and so knowledgeable. Really felt like she told the history of the sites in a way that was interesting and relatable.
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Allen_p
Jun 6, 2025
Lots of walking and... - Lots of walking and steps. There is a break and a chance to use the toilette. The pace is fast but the information provided brings the places to life.
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Etiennette_s
Jun 5, 2025
Definitely made seeing... - Definitely made seeing the Basilica more enjoyable having such a knowledgeable guide. Highly recommend Walking Tours
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Waranha2023
Jun 5, 2025
Great Tour and history lesson. - Gina was a great tour guide and very knowledgeable and passionate about the history of Venice. Great tour and just the right length of time.
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Deborah_g
Jun 4, 2025
History of Venice - This is a great excursion for those that love history. Our guide, Carol, was super knowledgeable and you could tell she loved explaining the history to us., with a spark of enthusiasm and humor. We saw a lot of the Doge palace, including the prison and council halls, some incredible art, and St. Mark’s Basilica was beautiful. The group was well organized and had some private time to check out things on our own. All in all a great time and we highly recommend! Just a heads up…make sure you wear something to cover your knees and shoulders to get into the Basilica. This was explained but buried in our info and we missed it (from Viator, not Walks in Europe) so had to buy scarves from the vendors to wear. Highly recommend this tour!
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Arthur_s
Jun 4, 2025
Doge’s Palace was... - Doge’s Palace was wonderful. St. Mark’s Basilica is a must see, especially if you are Catholic. Carolina is an amazing tour guide. The history of Venice, St. Mark and the Lion was told wonderfully by Carolina. Gracie Mille!
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Brian_h
Jun 4, 2025
Worse tour so far - While Anna was a very experienced historian we found the commentary far too detailed for a tour like that. She was also very difficult to understand
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Gurik_v
Jun 4, 2025
Misleading information on website of Viator - Misleading information on your website : instead of a balanced visit of the Basilica and the Palace, we got a much to long visit of the Palace and only a very short visit of the Basilica, just before closing time, so it was not possible to visit this beautiful monument in a satisfactory way (even though we paid almost 100 € pp). Our guide was excellent but she couldn’t change the strict timing. This has to be mentioned on your website, so that people are properly informed and know precisely what to expect ! Also the audio system was of bad quality, so we had problems to follow the explanation. Sorry for this comment but we were really disappointed… Gurik Vroom Belgium
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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).