Venice St. Mark's Basilica & Doge's Palace Combo Ticket - Guided Tour, 30-Min Shared Gondola & Rialto Bridge

A full-day guided tour of Venice
starting at Piazza San Marco

This 6-hour tour covers Venice's signature sights from Piazza San Marco: St. Mark's Basilica, the Rialto Bridge, a gondola ride and the Doge's Palace. The basilica and palace are entered with timed tickets, and an English-speaking guide explains their history.

After the gondola ride there is free time to rest and have lunch, and the group meets again in the afternoon for the Doge's Palace.

Enter St. Mark's Basilica with a timed ticket

You enter at your assigned time, pass through security and step inside St. Mark's Basilica. Built in the 11th century, the basilica is known for its gold mosaics, Byzantine domes and the relics kept inside. The guide explains the history of the basilica.

Under attraction rules, the tour inside the basilica generally lasts about 20 minutes.

Walk the back alleys to the Rialto Bridge
and the gondola

After the basilica, you head into Venice's quiet back alleys. Following narrow lanes and crossing small stone bridges, you reach the Rialto Bridge, the oldest of the four bridges across the Grand Canal.

Then you board a traditional gondola with up to 5 people per boat and glide along the canals for 30 minutes, passing old palazzi and low bridges before reaching the Grand Canal. The guide does not accompany you on the gondola ride.

See the Doge's Palace and the Bridge of Sighs

In the afternoon you meet again to explore the Gothic Doge's Palace, which was the center of the Venetian government for centuries. You pass through grand council rooms and cross the Bridge of Sighs, following the route taken by people sentenced in the old Venetian Republic into the atmospheric old prison.

Near the end of the day, you hear local tips on good places for cicchetti in the evening and quiet spots to explore.

※ Lunch and guide tips are not included.
※ Stops and schedule are for reference and may change.