Venice Doge's Palace Guided Tour - Giants' Staircase, Golden Staircase & Casanova's Prison

Enter without waiting
and tour the Doge's Palace with a guide

This is a guided tour of about 75 minutes that lets you skip the long queue with a Doge's Palace priority entry ticket. Built in the Venetian Gothic style, the palace was the official residence of the Doge, the head of the former Venetian Republic. Your guide explains the palace's features and the history of "La Serenissima" (the Venetian Republic).

Choose the guide language by option: English, French, Spanish or German.

See the Doge's luxurious rooms and masterpieces

Travel back to the city's golden age and see the most important places of the time. Admire the Doge's luxurious apartments and the spacious courtyard, and see masterpieces by Titian, Veronese and Tintoretto on the way.

Pass the Giants' Staircase and the Golden Staircase

In the Opera Museum you see 14th-century capitals carved with allegorical sculptures that mix the sacred and the secular, history and legend, astronomy and astrology. You also see the palace's ancient entrance, the Giants' Staircase in the courtyard and the statues of Mars and Neptune.

Pass the atrium that served as an antechamber and climb the Golden Staircase, with its marble statues of Atlas and Hercules.

Cross the Bridge of Sighs and see Casanova's prison

Cross the legendary Bridge of Sighs from the inside. With your guide, see how the Doge's Palace was connected to the prison and find the cell where Casanova was held.

※ The route is for reference only and may change.