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
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

Participate in a small group tour for an intimate and engaging journey.
Utilize pre-booked tickets to maximize your precious holiday period.
Experience the main attractions of the city, St. Mark’s Basilica and Doge’s Palace through one 3-hour tour.
Discover Venice and its significant landmarks with a local guide possessing comprehensive knowledge about…

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.

Customer Ratings
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Linda
Jan 2, 2025
Great tour and introduction to history of Venice - Such a lovely guide (Carolina) - she was very knowledgeable and entertaining. The tour was well worth the money. Highly recommended.
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Hawkharkins
Jan 2, 2025
Walk around - Clar was fantastic! So energetic and informative. Great experience. Perfect timeframe with a break and great coffee. Venice is special this time of year.
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Awhina_t
Jan 1, 2025
Awesome tour, many unique historical insights - This was an awesome tour. Super informative and interesting. Our guide had a huge amount of energy and enthusiasm. We found out many things we would have had no idea about if we had gone by ourselves. So glad we did this tour. Recommended to all!
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Sanat_g
Dec 26, 2024
Stuck in the age - Must visit, professional and knowledgeable guide. Spell bound architectural marvel. We got a lot of time inside and the way the guide explained everything was superb.
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Marie_m
Dec 24, 2024
A must see on your trip to Venice - Alyessia/Alex was super informative, very patient and very pleasant..easy to understand..we give her a 5 ☆
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Bonnie_p
Dec 16, 2024
Enjoyable dinner on the go. - Our guide Gi was wonderful. She was aware of each persons likes and dislikes and took care for everyone to have the choices they favored. Very knowledgeable and and had me eating foods I never would’ve tried and enjoying them.
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Diane_m
Dec 14, 2024
Highly recommend. - Our guide, Christina, was excellent and gave us an in depth knowledge of Venice, the Doges Palace and the Basilica. She was very interesting and injected the right level of humour into her talks. The buildings are awesome inside and well worth a visit or two. Highly recommended.
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M4217wztimh
Dec 21, 2024
Interesting look at city's famous sights - Really enjoyed this, but would have liked a little less of the time in the Doge's and a little more of the time in St Mark's Basilica.
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Imme4
Jan 8, 2025
Great places to see but tour guide talks non stop - Good tour but tour guide talks all the time and we missed going to Musso corner which was part if the tour. She gave us tickets to go on our own later. Not ideal when your itinerary is already planned. Nice lady but accent is very heavy and difficult to understand.
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David_s
Dec 31, 2024
My guys, it was not good. - Well, my guys, what can I say? During this three hour two, my tour guide actively spoke for at least two hours, my guys, and said “my guys” on average once per minute or so. Thus, my guys, I mainly heard, “well my guys,” these men did this or that and then this happened and they did this or that, my guys. My guys, I’ve never had a tour ruined by the constant repetition of a phrase, but there’s a first time for everything my guys.
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