VENICE MUST-SEE: DOGE'S PALACE, GOLDEN BASILICA AND ST. MARK'S AREA-GUIDED TOUR

ABOUT THIS EXPERIENCE

• Travel with an experienced guide through the Serenissima Republic.
• Admire the Piazza San Marco with the history of the main monuments in this area including the Basilica San Marco, Palazzo Ducale, Bell Tower, Clock Tower and Procuratie.
• 1 hour of guided walking tour
• 1 hour of  guided tour at Doge's Palace
• 1 hour of guided tour at the Golden Basilica
• Visit by yourself the other magnificent palaces around St. Mark’s Square under the name of Procuratie with the same ticket
• Walking tour

Walk trought Campo Santa Maria Formosa, Campo SS. Giovanni e Paolo (the “Pantheon” of Venice), the Great school of Charity before viewing Marco Polo’s House and the Malibran Theatre. Return to San Marco through the main shopping area, Mercerie. Move to the front of the entry line and take a guided tour through Doge’s Palace (the Palazzo Ducale).

• Doge's Palace guided tour

The Palazzo Ducale represented for centuries the seat of the Venetian political power. In his splendid rooms, plastered and immersed in hundreds of masterpieces of painting, the Doge and his Council controlled the fate of a thousand-year history republic. You’ll live it together with a Guide that will show you the halls of power, plunging you in a very particular historical context: the European Middle Ages and the immediately following centuries.

• The Golden Basilica guided tour

Follow a tour guide through St. Mark's Basilica, one of the most majestic cathedrals in the world. Learn about byzantine art and its religious background while taking a glimpse at the gold mosaics and marble floors.
On Sundays, feast days and in case of unplanned religious celebrations the visit to Pala d'oro is not available and the tour foresees the visit to the Terrace on the first floor to admire the mosaics. In those festivity days the mosaics' contemplation is limited due to the Holy Mass taking place at the ground floor.

• Special Ticket

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.
Entrance ticket valid to visit yourself the palaces around St. Mark’s Square Museo Correr (Old Royal Palace) , Museo Archeologico Nazionale and Monumental Rooms of the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana.