Venice Gondola ride and Skip the line Doge's Palace Tour

Discover Venice from the water and enjoy a tour along the Grand Canal past the most beautiful sights of the city in a gondola, then follow your guide and discover the Doge's Palace, one of the most important symbols of Venice and for centuries.

  • Experience a 30-minute gondola ride through the lagoon city of Venice and admire the city built on stilts
  • Admire the world′s largest oil painting by Tintoretto
  • Visit the prisons of the Doge's Palace by crossing the Bridge of Sighs
Included

• Pre-reserved tickets for Doge's Palace
• Skip the line entrance and 1 hour guided tour to the Doge's Palace
• Live tour commentary provided in English, French, Spanish or German
• Professional local guide
• Personal audio system and headset for tour commentary
• Access to Bridge of Sighs
• Access to the Armory
• Access to the Correr Museum
• Access to the National Archaeological Museum
• Access to the monumental rooms of Marciana National Library
• 30 min shared gondola ride with max. 5 people per gondola

Not included

• The gondola ride is not a guided tour
• Hotel pick-up and drop-off
• Food and drink
• Optional gratuities
• Hidden itineraries in the Doge's Palace

Duration1 Hour 30 Minutes
Important information

MEETING POINT:
15 min before in Calle larga de l’Ascension - 30124 (behind the Correr museum on the opposite side of the Saint Marks Basilica).
Look for the TURIVE assistant next to the post office San Marco

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Show your voucher twice, one for the gondola and one for the Doge's palace tour 


- Arriving by boat (Vaporetto): Arriving close to the Saint Marks Square get off the boat ACTV (Vaporetto) No:1 or No:2 at the San Marco (Vallaresso) boat stop and walk directly down the street “Calle Vallaresso” passing Harrys bar on your right and the Hotel Monaco and Grand canal on your left. When you arrive at the end of the street turn right and walk towards Saint Marks square, before you pass under the arches turn left and you will find the post office and the Turive assistant. 

- Arriving by foot: Make you way into Saint Marks square, at the opposite side of the Saint Mark’s Basilica you will see the Correr Museum. Pass under the arches of it and you will find immediately the post office and the Turive assistant.


• Check-in is 15 minutes prior to booked tour start time
• This activity is not wheelchair accessible
• The gondola ride is not a guided tour
• Backpacks are not allowed inside the Doge's Palace
• Children are free until 5 years, from 6 they pay the full ticket (document required).
• Chance to visit with the same ticket: Museo Correr, Museo Archeologico Nazionale and Monumental Rooms of the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana in Saint Mark's square.


Emergency Number:
Office: 0039 041 5239979  Mobile: 0039 349 3054767

It is your responsibility to be at the meeting point punctually.
Late arrivals, no shows, NO REFUND!

Further information

A classic Gondola ride is the perfect way to appreciate the beauty, charm and colour of this unique city built on water. This traditional Venetian mode of transport, departs from campo San Moisè, where you will be invited to relax aboard this historic vessel.

You will be assisted in boarding the Gondola, one of the most recognized symbols of Venice - up to 5 people per Gondola- at the landing stage of San Moisè. Experience how the locals were transported by these beautiful black, elegant rowing boats, throughout history.


Meet your professional guide at the same meeting point of the gondola ride at the wooden kiosk in Saint Mark's Square who will escort you into this magnificent Doge's palace, to visit the halls of power, and immerse yourself in medieval Europe, among hundreds of masterpieces.
Dominating Saint Mark's Square, the heart of Venice, the Doge's Palace stands out for its size and its extraordinary structure, where Byzantine, European and Oriental architecture collide.


Immediately entering the Palace you will pass through the great courtyard and admire the wealth of detail on the famous Golden Staircase. Once inside the Palace, you will visit the halls where the Duke (Doge) and his Council controlled the fate of the Serene Republic, whilst surrounded by hundreds of artistic masterpieces and discover the political history of Venice and its people.
You will be able to admire the paintings realised by some of the most important artists of the Italian Renaissance, amongst them, the world's largest oil painting by Tintoretto.


Passing through the famous Bridge of Sighs, you will reach the new prisons. The bridge was given its name by the English poet Lord Byron, probably referring to the last breath of the prisoners, who had their last view of the lagoon and of Venice from the window of this bridge, before they were to be imprisioned. This guided tour concludes in the courtyard of the Doge's Palace.
Here it will be possible for you to stay longer inside the Palace absorbing the history and mystery of days gone by.

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