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Doge's Palace & St. Mark's Basilica - skip the line

2 hours

Easy

Visit the Doge’s Palace and discover its most hidden stories on a guided tour. Explore iconic areas, including the Bridge of Sighs and the Palace Prisons.

Two of Venice's greatest monuments on a single ticket — with no queues, and with the freedom to change your mind: your booking can be modified or cancelled up to 24 hours before your visit.

Begin at St. Mark's Basilica, where fast-track entry takes you past the line and straight inside the "Church of Gold." A guide accompanies you through the visit, so you know what you are looking at as you go: more than 8,000 square metres of golden mosaics laid over nine centuries, a marble floor whose gentle waves record nine hundred years of settling on Venetian mud, and an interior modelled on Constantinople — Venice presenting itself as heir to the Eastern Roman Empire.


You then continue to the Doge's Palace, seat of the Venetian Republic for a thousand years, entering with priority access. Cross the courtyard past the Giants' Staircase, climb Sansovino's Golden Staircase, and move through the institutional heart of the Republic: the Doge's Apartments, the Chamber of the Great Council with Tintoretto's Paradise — one of the largest canvas paintings in the world — the chambers of the Council of Ten, the armoury, and finally the Bridge of Sighs leading to the prisons, where graffiti left by inmates is still visible on the walls.


The ticket also includes entry to the former Royal Palace., the prestigious Correr Museum, where you can walk through Empress Sissi's splendid apartments and the Napoleonic Ballroom, as well as the Marciana National Library and the National Archaeological Museum — four more collections around St. Mark's Square, all on the same ticket.

An audio guide to both St. Mark's Basilica and the Doge's Palace is included, so you can take your time and go deeper wherever you like.

What's included?
    • Priority entrance ticket to St. Mark's Basilica, escorted by an english speaking guide 
    • Priority entrance ticket to Doge's Palace (Prisons & Bridge of Sighs included)
    • Doge's Palace and St Mark's Basilica Audioguide 
    • Skip the line ticket to visit by yourself the Museo Correr, Biblioteca Marciana and National Archeological Museum in St.Mark’s Square
    Exclusions
      • Entry to Pala D'Oro
      • Entry to St. Mark's Museum
      Please note
        • Meeting Point Calle larga de l'Ascension, 1257, 30124 Venezia VE; 
        • A valid ID document is mandatory for security checks at the entrance to the Basilica.
        • The price is per person.
        • This tour is not fully accessible for wheelchair users or people with reduced mobility
        • Your entry ticket gives you access to the ground floor of the Basilica. Entry tickets for the Pala D'Oro and St. Mark's Museum are not included
        • For the visit to the Basilica, proper clothing is required (no shorts or tank tops)
        • The ticket includes single admission to the Doge’s Palace and entrance to other museums
        • Royal Palace (Correr Museum) ticket is included and can be used on the same day of the Doge's Palace tour or on the following day.
        • The Marciana Library is closed on Saturdays and Sundays.
        • For security reasons sacks, bags or knapsacks are not allowed inside the Doges’ Palace (Free deposit available inside).
        • Digital and printed vouchers are accepted (to be shown to staff)
        • The official St. Mark’s Basilica ticket price is €12.00 per person (standard) or €24.00 with terrace access; the remaining part of the price covers assistance at the meeting point, accompanied entry with a certified guide,the audio guide and sales costs.
        What to bring