Guided tour of the Doge's Palace and St. Mark's Basilica

Join us on an essential guided experience that brings together Venice’s two greatest landmarks: the shimmering Byzantine splendour of St. Mark’s Basilica and the seat of power of the Venetian Republic inside the Doge’s Palace, home to some of the city’s greatest artistic treasures.

Highlights

The Doge's Palace

The Bridge of Sighs

St. Mark's Basilica

Shimmering Golden Mosaics

The Doge's Palace

The Great Council Chamber

Hidden Gems

The Pala d'Oro
The Doge’s Private Apartments
The Armory and Prisons

Tour Includes

Skip-the-line tickets
Expert English-speaking private guide
Complete tour of Doge's Palace and St. Mark's

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This guided tour offers the perfect introduction to Venice by pairing its two defining monuments in a single narrative. Begin at St. Mark’s Basilica, where gold mosaics, ancient relics, and Eastern influences reveal Venice’s unique identity as a bridge between worlds. As your guide deciphers the imagery of the basilica – from its soaring domes to endless array of shimmering golden mosaics – the story of a city built on faith, trade, and spectacle comes sharply into focus. Continue next door into the Doge’s Palace, skipping the lines to explore the political engine that powered Venice’s maritime empire for centuries. Here, monumental halls and Renaissance masterpieces by Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese and others provide the stunning backdrop to tales of governance, diplomacy, and imprisonment. Together the basilica and palace reveal how Venice fused religion and power to project authority, creating one of the most extraordinary urban ensembles in Europe.

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St. Mark's Basilica

Known as the Golden Church for the glittering gilded mosaics that adorn its every surface and built to house the remains of the apostle, Saint Mark's basilica is the most important landmark in Venice.

The Doge's Palace

The nerve center of Venetian power for centuries, the sprawling Doge's Palace offers up an intriguing mix of stunning art and architecture which formed the backdrops for the shadowy politics that kept the bureacratic machine of the Serenissima running.

The Bridge of Sighs

The Bridge of Sighs once carried prisoners from the courts of the Doge’s Palace to their cells, offering a final, fleeting glimpse of Venice through its narrow windows - hence the sighs.