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Highlights
- Cover Venice's seat of power and city cathedral in one guided visit, using priority entry and narration to see more while spending less time waiting.
- Meet your expert guide, then use skip-the-line entry at both sites; groups of 10 or more receive headsets so you never miss a word.
- In Doge's Palace, walk with your guide through chambers, then cross the Bridge of Sighs to reach the New Prisons and picture lives held there.
- At St. Mark's Basilica, your guide leads you through the interior, pointing out details and helping you take in the scale of this church.
- Upgrade to the secret itineraries option for access to secret prisons, archives, and a torture chamber, with expert guides available in six languages.
Your Experience
Explore St. Mark's Basilica and the Doge's Palace with skip-the-line entry, a multilingual guide, and access to the Bridge of Sighs and New Prisons.
Getting started
Begin by meeting your expert guide at the designated meeting point close to St. Mark's Square. Join your group, collect your headset if you are in a group of 10 or more people, and follow your guide toward the entrances. Use your skip-the-line access to move past the regular queues and head straight inside the first monument on your itinerary.
What to expect
Doge's Palace
Step inside the historic seat of the Venetian Republic, where politics, justice, and ceremony once shaped the city.
Features
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Walk through grand audience rooms and halls as your English, Italian, German, Spanish, French, or Portuguese-speaking guide explains how the Doge and councils governed Venice.
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Cross the famous Bridge of Sighs to reach the New Prisons, seeing the enclosed passage that once linked courtrooms to cells.
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Hear your guide clearly with included headsets for groups of 10 or more people while you explore the palace interiors and prison areas.
St. Mark's Basilica
Continue to Venice's most important church, known for its rich decoration and blend of Eastern and Western influences.
Features
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Use skip-the-line entry to access the basilica, avoiding the general admission queues at this busy landmark.
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Learn about the basilica's treasured relics and artworks as your guide, speaking one of six available languages, explains how many of these objects arrived in Venice.
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For groups of 10 or more, headsets are provided so you can comfortably follow your guide's commentary inside the crowded basilica.
Secret itineraries at Doge's Palace (optional)
If you select the Secret Itineraries option, your experience inside the Doge's Palace extends into restricted areas that reveal a more hidden side of Venetian history.
Features
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Enter parts of the palace that most visitors never see, including secret prisons, archives, offices, and a torture chamber, with a professional guide.
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Visit cells associated with figures such as Casanova and hear about escapes, investigations, and how the Republic protected its secrets.
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This option still includes skip-the-line entry to Doge's Palace and St. Mark's Basilica, access to the Bridge of Sighs and New Prisons, and headsets for groups of 10 or more people.
Inclusions & Exclusions
- Skip-the-line entry to Doge's Palace and St. Mark's Basilica
- Expert English, Italian, German, Spanish, French, or Portuguese-speaking guide (as per option selectd)
- Access to Bridge of Sighs and New Prisons
- Headsets for groups of 10+ people
- Secret Itineraries tour at Doge's palace with access to secret prisons, archives, torture chamber \[as per option selected\]
- Hotel transfers
- Audio guide
This product offers multiple ticket options. Some items above (like transfers or fast-track access) may only apply to specific options — confirm what's included when you select yours.
Ticket Delivery
- Your voucher will be emailed to you shortly.
- Display the voucher on your mobile phone with a valid photo ID at the starting point.
- Please check your final voucher for the starting point details & specific instructions.
Cancellation Policy
These tickets can't be rescheduled or cancelled.
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