Private Night Tour of Doge's Palace and St Mark's Basilica for Exclusive Access

Experience the exclusive Private Night Tour of Doge’s Palace and St Mark’s Basilica for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to explore these iconic landmarks after hours. Discover the rich history, opulent rooms, and hidden stories with a private guide. Be mesmerized by the stunning light show and sacred art in the basilica. Book now!

Duration: 3 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Piazza San Marco - Your Private Night Doge’s Palace and St. Mark’s Tour starts in one of the most beautiful and famous squares in all of Venice – St Mark’s Square – which has stood through wars, flooding, changes in governments for over a millennium. As you admire the square’s romantic, historic and powerful atmosphere, your guide will give you a…
What's Included
  • Exclusive after-hours access to St Mark’s
  • Expert local tour guide
  • Visit to Pala d’Oro and St Mark’s crypt
  • In-depth tour of Doge’s Palace, including prisons and apartments
  • Experience a light show of Golden Mosaics in St Mark’s Basilica
What's Not Included
  • Food and Drink
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

This Exclusive Evening Tour of Doge’s Palace and St Mark’s allows you a rare opportunity to experience two of the city’s most renowned landmarks. Your adventure begins at St Mark’s square, where the extensive history of this famed square will unfold before you as you head towards the Doge’s Palace. Your personal guide will enthrall you with tales of…

Location
Colonna di San Marco
Piazzetta San Marco
The meeting point is under the winged lion's column in Saint Mark's Square, closest side to Grand Canal. Your guide will be holding a LivTours sign.
Cancellation Policy

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

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Footprints680080
Sep 3, 2024
Wonderful guide and private tour - Philippo was wonderful. Incredibly knowledgeable with fascinating stories. He responded to all sorts of questions with many details. What an amazing tour. It left us wanting more.
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Rogi8
Aug 23, 2024
Great evening with Nico! We learned a lot!! - Nico was very informative and answered all of our questions and our kids questions. He took his time and never made us feel rushed. He couldn’t have been nicer and we had a lovely experience would highly recommend Nico!!
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Excursion94152
Aug 6, 2024
Thumbs up - Ottavia did a stellar job, combining great knowledge of Venice and a happy going personality. Highly recommend the tour
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A4975blaaronk
Jul 19, 2024
Best tour in Italy. - This was the best tour that we had in our 2 weeks in Italy. Sabrina was amazing and very knowledgeable. It was incredible to experience the church without the 100’s of people that are in the church during the day and to be able to take time to marvel at the golden altarpiece. Sabrina was very passionate about the buildings and everyone in our group loved it from our youngest at 9 years old all the way up to the adults. Thanks for a wonderful experience on our last day in Italy.
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Samoh692
Jun 23, 2024
Extremely interesting and well done - Romy was a fantastic tour guide who was extremely knowledgeable and did an amazing job. The opportunity to see the St Marks at night with the lights lit up and to see the ceiling mosaics was special
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S2711bobriank
Jun 17, 2024
Awesome Private Night Tour! - We had an amazing time. Our tour guide Nico was just outstanding. He met our family right outside the Doge's palace and off we went. He was very informative and kept things interesting for the 5 of us. To see it at night was pretty spectacular. I would highly recommend this tour to avoid the crowds and see both sights unrushed. Thank you Nico!
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Rachel
Jun 14, 2024
Spectacular Tours Venice - Our tour with Ottavia was wonderful. She gave us a good understanding of what we were seeing at both places toured. St. Mark’s Basilica was spectacular at night, truly not to be missed. The evening private tours were relaxed and enjoyable with day crowds gone. I highly recommend this as a Venice highlight. Liv Tours is a great tour provider and the best we used on our multi city vacation in Italy.
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K9363fedeniseh
May 12, 2024
Having a good tour guide is the way to go! - Our guide, Pamela was fantastic. She was knowledgeable, kept us moving and kept our small group together and engaged. Highly recommend!
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Skalondon
Mar 30, 2024
Private Tour St Mark’s at Night - Go - We don’t often do tours but after coming to Venice for more than 30 years we decided to visit St Mark’s. We didn’t fancy the crowds there now are during the day so chose this. Ottavia was our guide. There was one other private tour and two group tours and the other tours didn’t impact our tour. The tour started with a tour of the square where Ottavia gave a bit of history on the square, Venice and the architecture. Some we knew some we didn’t. Then it was into the basilica for an hour. Yes you had to wait at mosaics pointed out to all tours or the Pala d’Oro but it never felt like waiting in a queue as Ottavia gave some history or pointed out something of interest. During the tour all the lights were turned out and then relit one by one. You see the Pala d’Oro - generally only revealed for mass and the crypt which has a system to clear water and is used for services during tourist visits. A first for us.
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Journey16387134170
Mar 29, 2024
Thank you Grazia! - We had a lovely time with Grazia on our first tour (of 5) with LivTours and I can't recommend enough! We learned so much about the history and values of Venice at Doge's Palace. And it was amazing to be able to see St Mark's Basilica in private at night with little other groups/people, a stark difference from how busy and crowded the square was during the day. Thank you to Grazia for sharing funny anecdotes along the way as well, especially about the Bridge of Sighs. Would 100% recommend!
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From $116
up to 15 guests
2 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).