Skip the Line: Best of Venice Private Tour Including San Marco Doges' Palace and Gondola Ride
Venice, Italy
Trip Type: Skip-the-Line Tours
Duration: 6 hours
Enjoy a private and exclusive guided tour of the best Venice has to offer. Led by a top-rated tour guide you will visit the highlights of the city on water including San Marco Basilica, Rialto Bridge and the Doges' Palace. Entrance fees are included in the package with skip the line privileged access to the attractions. The tour will end with an enchanting ride on a private gondola through the canals and the beauty of Venice.
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Enjoy a private and exclusive guided tour of the best Venice has to offer. Led by a top-rated tour guide you will visit the highlights of the city on water including San Marco Basilica, Rialto Bridge and the Doges' Palace. Entrance fees are included in the package with skip the line privileged access to the attractions. The tour will end with an enchanting ride on a private gondola through the canals and the beauty of Venice.See the very best Venice has to offers in one day private walking tour. Explore historic sites, including an extended visit to St Mark’s Basilica with our very knowledgeable English-speaking guide. No queuing and VIP treatment all the way with this exclusive package.
You will be immersed in Venetian culture as you meander through Venice’s’ 'vicoli' discovering hidden gems and stopping on the way to admire the city’s many wonderful masterpieces.
The tour starts in Piazza San Marco, perhaps Venice’s most famous landmark. Here you can admire the magnificence of the Doge’s Palace and with 'skip-the-line' tickets you will soon be inside discovering the beautiful ceilings with frescoes by Tintoretto and walls adorned with paintings by Veronese. You will see the wooden slot where accusations of treason were passed to the Secret Police and of course the infamous Bridge of Sighs. Did you know that Casanova, Venice’s famous lover and writer, was imprisoned in one of the palace attics before managing to escape?
Next is the highlight of the tour; the spectacular Basilica San Marco. The guide will point out how eastern architecture and western design have come together to create the Basilica’s 'onion dome' – a phenomenon unique to Venice. In a special extended tour of the Basilica you will hear how St Mark’s remains arrived in Venice illegally and see a myriad of treasures, some made in the city and others plundered during the crusades. Of particular interest are the 11th century mosaics, some of the few treasures that have survived the Basilica’s floods and fires over the centuries.
This carefully designed guided tour includes many other famous sites including Campo San Giovanni e Paolo, Santa Maria Formosa, Fondamenta Nova, Church of Holy Apostles, Marco Polo's House and of course the Rialto Bridge. This famous marble bridge was a Venetian folly, running well over budget when built but now loved and admired by Venice’s residents who like to watch as the sunlight dances on the smooth stone surface and the bridge is reflected in the river below. It was worth every penny spent!
Your day ends with something only Venice can offer; a gondola ride. As you wish a fond farewell to your guide you will begin a peaceful and intimate trip along Venice’s famous canals with your very own gondolier.
On this unique day tour you will have seen the 'real' Venice that many tourists never get the opportunity to see - amazing!
You will be immersed in Venetian culture as you meander through Venice’s’ 'vicoli' discovering hidden gems and stopping on the way to admire the city’s many wonderful masterpieces.
The tour starts in Piazza San Marco, perhaps Venice’s most famous landmark. Here you can admire the magnificence of the Doge’s Palace and with 'skip-the-line' tickets you will soon be inside discovering the beautiful ceilings with frescoes by Tintoretto and walls adorned with paintings by Veronese. You will see the wooden slot where accusations of treason were passed to the Secret Police and of course the infamous Bridge of Sighs. Did you know that Casanova, Venice’s famous lover and writer, was imprisoned in one of the palace attics before managing to escape?
Next is the highlight of the tour; the spectacular Basilica San Marco. The guide will point out how eastern architecture and western design have come together to create the Basilica’s 'onion dome' – a phenomenon unique to Venice. In a special extended tour of the Basilica you will hear how St Mark’s remains arrived in Venice illegally and see a myriad of treasures, some made in the city and others plundered during the crusades. Of particular interest are the 11th century mosaics, some of the few treasures that have survived the Basilica’s floods and fires over the centuries.
This carefully designed guided tour includes many other famous sites including Campo San Giovanni e Paolo, Santa Maria Formosa, Fondamenta Nova, Church of Holy Apostles, Marco Polo's House and of course the Rialto Bridge. This famous marble bridge was a Venetian folly, running well over budget when built but now loved and admired by Venice’s residents who like to watch as the sunlight dances on the smooth stone surface and the bridge is reflected in the river below. It was worth every penny spent!
Your day ends with something only Venice can offer; a gondola ride. As you wish a fond farewell to your guide you will begin a peaceful and intimate trip along Venice’s famous canals with your very own gondolier.
On this unique day tour you will have seen the 'real' Venice that many tourists never get the opportunity to see - amazing!
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