Doge's Palace Tour: Unveil Mysteries and Secrets of Venice's Political History

Uncover the mysteries and secrets of Venice’s political history on our engaging Doge’s Palace tour. Explore the iconic Bridge of Sighs and delve into the opulent halls of the Royal Palace. Join us for an unforgettable journey!

Duration: 1 hour
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Doge’s Palace - Discover the majestic Doge’s Palace.
What's Included
  • Licensed English-speaking guide
  • Skip-the-line ticket to Doge’s Palace
  • Audio-receiver and headphones for clear guidance
  • Skip-the-line ticket to Royal Palace & Correr Museum
What's Not Included
  • Hotel pick up
  • Photographic equipment
  • Development and post production of photographs
Additional Information

Join us for the Enigma and Secrets Tour of the Doge’s Palace, crafted meticulously to offer you an immersive experience. Our guides, who are both knowledgeable and enthusiastic, will walk you through captivating tales of political intrigue, shadowy plots, and cryptic characters that were instrumental in molding the fate of Venice. Unravel the mysteries…

Location
Venice Tours
Calle San Gallo
Having the Basilica of San Marco behind you, stay on the right side of the square and go under the arches. Find Olivetti Museum, turn right passing under the archways, cross the little bridge and go straight on to “Campo San Gallo”, Venice Tours Office is in the square, San Marco 1093/B.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Loni_s
Jul 13, 2024
Great tour. Our guide was... - Great tour. Our guide was informative and witty. Easy to understand and hear with headset. Highly recommend!
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Beth_w
Jul 6, 2024
Great tour with interesting information about the Palace. - Our tour guide was a great storyteller. This was my second time to the Doge's place and it was great to hear information I had not heard before. The mysteries and secrets were very interesting and unexpected. Additionally, we were able to go down and see the prisons which was interesting as well.
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Ariane_k
Oct 23, 2024
Good and concise tour - Good and concise tour as I had only limited time. Meeting point was a bit difficult to find initially but found it at the end - I was early, not an issue on the description - just Venice has a lot of small streets, to visitors to navigate around
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Sandra_t
Nov 3, 2024
Not as described - Booked this tour because it looked like additional tickets were needed to access the prison and bridge off sighs. Turned out the normal entrance ticket would have been enough. There were no “mysteries” or “secrets” on the tour. It was a general history of Venice with some references to the paintings in each room. In fact, when we looked around on our own there was more information on the in room displays than was provided by the guide.
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Jill_s
Aug 31, 2024
Doges palace worthwhile but should investigate options besides tour guides. - Guide was very soft spoken. We didn’t get to the palace until 10:20 for a 10 am tour that we had to arrive at 9;45 for. Tour guide was so soft spoken, even outside, very difficult to hear or understand much of anything..
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George
Jun 18, 2024
Fair - Not the best. While i realize that there is so much tourism that there must be sick of us I still think they should be more courteous. The staff was disorganized and less than clear on their instructions. The guide was rushed and unenthusiastic hard to listen to didn't wait for us
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Photog11
Oct 18, 2024
Not good, can't recommend - We were informed this trip would last 50 minutes and one and a half hours into the tour we were only halfway and had to leave. The tour guide was very slow but informative. It took 30 minutes just to reach the palace from the starting point. The tour is labeled mysteries and prisons, and we were told we would get exclusive access to the prison but never got to see the prisons as this tour took us through the majority of the courtrooms. We were told we would cross the bridge of sighs but had to find it on our own after we left the tour guide. The tour guide spoke very slowly, quietly, and did not engage the group. It was a large group, and we were not given opportunities to ask questions. I would not recommend this tour and feel like we were misled on the contents of the trip.
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Madeline_s
Aug 14, 2024
Money back - The woman have a huge accent did not understand a word, would really want my money back. She talk too fast which was worst
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Michel_b
Jun 30, 2024
Overcrowded tour: avoid this cattle tour. - Viator offers visits to Doge palace with small groups (6-8). In reality groups consist of some 35 people. Bad value for the money.
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Dunpheyaa
Jun 22, 2024
Canceled and gave no notice - Canceled with no notice or message. Luckily I got on TA a few days before my tour or I would not have had enough time to find another tour. Very unprofessional.
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