Venice Doge's Palace & St. Mark's Basilica 3-Hour Guided Tour - Combined Ticket with Pala d'Oro, Museum & Terraces

See the Doge's Palace and St. Mark's Basilica
with a guide

Enter the Doge's Palace without waiting in line and see its highlights, then head with your guide to St. Mark's Basilica to admire its golden mosaics. You can choose a tour in English, German, Spanish or French, and it takes about 3 hours.

See the Doge's Palace masterpieces up close

The tour begins with a visit to the Doge's Palace, which was the residence of the doge and the seat of the local magistrates until the fall of the Venetian Republic.

Admire the palace's masterpieces up close, including the Giants' Staircase, the Golden Staircase and Jacopo Tintoretto's canvas "Paradise".

Cross the Bridge of Sighs to the New Prison

Cross the Bridge of Sighs and look around the New Prison, where criminals were held in the days of the Serenissima.

Admire the golden mosaics of St. Mark's Basilica

Next, your guide leads you to St. Mark's Basilica. Visit the ground-floor nave, admire the golden mosaics that decorate the domes and hear the fascinating history of Venice's most important church.

Entry to the Treasury and the Pala d'Oro, the St. Mark's Museum and the basilica terraces is also included.

※ On the tour departing at 11:45, there is a break of about 45 minutes between the Doge's Palace (11:45 to 13:00) and St. Mark's Basilica (13:45 to 14:45).