Venice Shared Gondola Ride & Doge's Palace 1-Hour Guided Tour - Skip-the-Line Entry

Cross the canals by shared gondola
and tour the Doge's Palace

Ride a shared gondola for 30 minutes from the San Moisè boarding point, then tour the Doge's Palace with a guide for 1 hour. Show your voucher separately for the gondola ride and the palace tour. The gondola ride is not a guided tour, and the palace tour is run in the language of the option you book (English, German, French or Spanish).

Glide along the Grand Canal by gondola

Board the gondola at the San Moisè boarding point (Campo San Moisè) and travel along the Grand Canal. The itinerary includes stretches near Punta della Dogana, Santa Maria della Salute, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection and Teatro La Fenice. Each gondola carries up to 5 people.

Skip the line to the Golden Staircase and the Great Council Hall

After the gondola ride, meet your Doge's Palace guide at the same place as the gondola meeting point. With skip-the-line entry you go in without waiting at the ticket office and pass through the large courtyard and the Golden Staircase.

You visit the halls where the Doge and his council decided the fate of the Republic and see works by leading Italian Renaissance artists, including a large oil painting by Tintoretto. You listen to the commentary through a personal audio system and headset.

Cross the Bridge of Sighs to the old prison

Cross the famous Bridge of Sighs to the New Prison. The bridge was named by the English poet Lord Byron and is said to refer to the sighs of prisoners who took a last look at the lagoon and Venice through its windows before being locked up.

The guided tour ends in the courtyard of the Doge's Palace, and afterwards you can stay longer inside the palace and explore on your own.

※ The gondola route and stops are for reference only and may change.
※ Backpacks cannot be taken into the Doge's Palace.
※ The tour runs in all weather.