Venice Castello District Walking Tour - Doge's Palace & St. Mark's Basilica Combo Ticket

Start at Piazza San Marco and walk
to the Doge's Palace and Basilica over 4 hours

This is a walking combo tour that takes you through Venice's old town with a guide and inside the Doge's Palace and St. Mark's Basilica. Entrance fees and priority access for both sites are included, and the live commentary is given in the language you book: English, French, German or Spanish. A personal audio system and headset are provided so you can hear the guide well.

Walk through Castello and past Marco Polo's house

The tour starts at the TU.RI.VE. Meeting Point. With your guide, you head past Piazza San Marco into the residential Castello district and visit Campo Santa Maria Formosa.

Next, at Campo Santi Giovanni e Paolo, you see the famous church and the equestrian statue of the mercenary captain Bartolomeo Colleoni, and you pass the former home of Marco Polo.

Hear the history of the Venetian Republic in the Doge's Palace

Back at Piazza San Marco, you go inside the Doge's Palace. You walk through the halls where the Doge and his council decided the fate of the Venetian Republic, and your guide explains the city's political history.

You can see works by Italian Renaissance artists, including Tintoretto's huge oil painting, then cross the Bridge of Sighs to the New Prisons.

Sit in the central nave of St. Mark's Basilica for the commentary

Finally, you enter St. Mark's Basilica, once the private chapel of the Doge of Venice. This tour has a special permit to sit in the central nave of the basilica.

Seated inside, you listen to explanations of the biblical scenes shown throughout the basilica. The tour ends outside the basilica in Piazza San Marco, and afterwards you can visit the Correr Museum on your own with the same ticket.

※ The Doge's Palace Secret Itineraries, the Pala d'Oro, and the ground-floor museum and Loggia dei Cavalli are not included.
※ High tide may affect the tour.