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Doge's Palace Tickets: Skip the Line and Explore with Detailed Guide Book
3.5
141 Ratings
Venezia
Skip the long lines and explore the Doge's Palace and Royal Palace in Venice with a detailed guide book. Admire stunning art, cross the Bridge of Sighs, and learn about Venetian history and lifestyle.
Duration:
4 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- gondola ride - Collect your tickets to Venice Tours Assistance Point, at the entrance of Piazza San Marco.
HOW TO REACH THE MEETING POINT
With Piazza San Marco and the arches of Museo Correr at your back and the Poste Italiane (Post Office) in front of you, look on the left and you will see a big grey newsstand (with many souvenir and newspapers): that one is the Venice Tours Assistance Point. Please, go there and ask for the ticket. You’ll see a sign “VENICE TOURS - ASSISTANCE POINT”.
- Doge’s Palace - A special ticket to skip the long line and save your time to enter in the marvelous Doge’s Palace: the old seat of the politician power during the Republic of Venice.
Enjoy fast track admission to the Doge’s Palace and be stunned in front of the wonderful halls of powers, corridors and rooms of the Doge, that are decorated by the most famous Venetian artists as Tiepolo or Tiziano! You will cross the Bridge of Sighs to go down to the Old Venetian prisons where also Casanova was held!
- Piazza San Marco - The Doge’s and Royal palace are in the most charming square of Venice: Piazza San Marco!
- Museo Correr - You may visit by yourself the other magnificent palaces around St. Mark’s Square under the name of Procuratie with the same ticket! You will discover the way of life of the venetians, with paintings, library, coinage, sculpture. You will be entered in the secrets of Venice Empire, with description of Arsenale who produced the famous battleship Galea. You will visit the area built by Napoleon and the rooms restored for Sissi Empress Austria.
What's Included
- Lunch or Aperitif (option dependent)
- Multilingual guide book (7 languages)
- Skip-the-line access to Doge’s Palace, Museo Correr, Biblioteca Marciana, and Archeological Museum
- Complimentary city map
What's Not Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Food and drinks
- Transportation to/from attractions
Additional Information
Bypass the lengthy queues and gain access to the magnificent Palazzo Ducale (Doge’s Palace) and the Royal Palace located at Piazza San Marco. Marvel at the exquisite art masterpieces accumulated by the Doge and the most eminent officials of the Venetian Republic over numerous centuries. Traverse the iconic Bridge of Sighs and take a look at the ancient Venice Prisons.
You’re also welcome to explore the Museo Correr (positioned opposite the Doge’s Palace) where you’ll unearth the fascinating history of Venice and the Venetian lifestyle of yore. Don’t miss out on the chance to see the regal quarters of Sissi and Napoleon.
An in-depth guide book, for a more personalized journey, is at your disposal. Make use of the comprehensive guide book - offered in your preferred language - to discover intriguing facts and the history of these splendid palaces.
- Collect the tickets starting from the same day of the visit, at 10:00 AM and NOT BEFORE at Campo San Gallo, San Marco 1093/B, Venice Tours office, close to San Marco Square
- For security reasons sacks, bags or knapsacks are not allowed inside the Doges’ Palace: FREE DEPOSIT INSIDE
- DOGES PALACE OPENING HOURS: From 09:00am to 6:00pm (last admission 5:00pm).
- Comfortable shoes and appropriate clothes suggested
- On certain dates, most travelers staying outside of Venice who are planning to visit for the day will be required to pay a €5 access fee. For further details (including exemptions) and to learn what days this fee is applicable, please visit: https://cda.ve.it
Location
Venice Tours
Calle San Gallo
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(141 Ratings)
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Kim
Mar 22, 2024
History of venice - It did what it says, skip the line tickets, collection from Venice Tours, perfect, very helpful and pleasant assistant. A great guide book about Venice, and the area. We skipped all queues and had a comfortable ramble around the Doges Palace in our time. You could purchase an audible guide, but we decided to read the boards. An extra bonus was the Museum of Correro, very interesting and lots to see. And an extra extra bonus was a VR experience, tour through the history of Venice, light and interesting.
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Inmam823
Feb 7, 2024
The new gondola museum is recommended for the virtual tour - The girls from Venice Tours did an excellent and professional job, especially Angelica Boris and Aurora, since we had a bad experience with a tour to St. Mark's Basilica with getyorguide and they tried to solve everything they could, inviting us to visit the museum of the Gondola, by the way highly recommended for the immersive virtual experience that takes you to ancient Venice.
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John
Mar 31, 2024
Doge's Palace Sort Of Skip-The-Line Self-Guided Tour - Price of €25 fit this self guided tour. The Doge's Palace was fascinating and a definite must-see. I recommend getting the audio tour, which is an additional fee. You still have to wait in line. The company that provided the tickets wasn't well organized, so I had to figure it out on my own. Also, as many others have commented, the staff at the Doge's Palace (separate from the ticket seller) was extremely rude.
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Annabel
Feb 27, 2024
Fantastic - The experience was wonderful but it was extremely hard to find the newstand to pick up the ticket. When I did find the stand it had no obvious signage to show it wad the right place. A little map to show the location would help a lot
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Heinrich
Mar 10, 2024
Attention: Tickets must be picked up elsewhere - It's a bit of a hassle that you have to get the tickets somewhere else. It's very tedious because it's not clearly described where exactly it is.
The museum itself is a "must see"
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Darusjuarez
Mar 17, 2024
Not a Tour - simply a ticket to get in. - I was very unhappy with this tour. First off, this is a skip the line ticket and not a tour, so it is partially my fault that I didn't read the description appropriately. I had a hard time finding where to get the ticket and it was NEXT to the place mentioned in the instructions. The lady gave me the tickets and told me "door 1". We did eventually find door 1 but in total, we asked 3 separate people to find out how to get our tickets and figure out where we were going. The guidebook isn't really about the palace but rather is a book about Venice. I have no idea what VR experience means, I did call the tour office to ask about this as I saw people listening to something on their phone, but the tour office had no idea what VR experience was either, so I'm not sure about that or why it's listed in this "tour". Anyhow, giving a two star because I prefer a tour to hit highlights and not read a bunch of signs which we had to do to understand what each room was about. The writing is also VERY SMALL, I'm in my 50s and do wear readers (but not a large prescription) and I had a hard time reading the boards that explained everything. I use TRIPADVISOR all the time to book tours and this is the first time I have been disappointed. I did ask for my money back or to rebook something else (even at higher cost) once I realized that this wasn't the experience I wanted but was told no.
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Companion785405
Feb 15, 2024
Attention. Once you have received your tickets, you will find a paper guide in a small booklet with 3 or 4 pages dedicated to the palace. Audio guides are paid separately - Remember to check for an audio guide. The paper guide and a booklet on Venice with some pages on the Doge's Palace.
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Happiness40255988322
Apr 16, 2024
Due to error and complexity in contacting human beings, I lost my tour and my money - I would have wanted to go, but I made the reservation on April 14 and the visit was on April 15, I wanted to do it for May 15, but I put the wrong date, we were in Mexico, I realized immediately, aware of the time difference I tried to locate them via Tripadvisor, Viator and Vence Tours, searching their pages for help, an email, WhatsApp, a telephone number and the only telephone number I found was Venice Tours, a recorder in Italian!!! (I am 73 years old, very clumsy for these things), Then the same 14 send an email to: marketing@venicecitytours.it from which to date I have not had a response!!!, explaining the situation/the error and asking them please and if it was possible to They recognized the payment as already made and moved the tour to May 15 (we will also be on the 16th).
Today I forwarded the same email to Venice Tours, and I found on their Tripadvisor page a telephone number from Spain that I will call tomorrow as a last attempt (+34 911776743)
I hope my message is useful to you
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Narimanb2024
Mar 1, 2024
Thieves! Avoid at all costs! - Thievery!!!!! They sell tickets for the tours that have already ended and won’t refund you. Money from thievery won’t end up well for you.
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Fearless35388004653
Feb 7, 2024
Unfulfilled trip no refund - Horrible experience would not recommend tried contacting guide Infront of the post office as listed in the instructions but was of no help, tried chat function within the app and it did not work
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