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Skip the line: Doge's Palace Guided Tour
Duration: approx. 1 hour Location: Venice
- Per person
- € 34.00
Why choose this tour? |
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| 1 | Because it will allow you to get in touch with the fascinating history of Venice during a visit to the sumptuous Doge’s apartments and the rooms where the history of Venice was decided |
| 2 | Because you will admire the works of the great artists who have graced its interior, such as Titian, Veronese, Tintoretto, and many others |
| 3 | To cross the famous Bridge of Sighs and visit the dungeons of the Republic of Venice, where Giacomo Casanova was imprisoned |
Inside the majestic Palazzo Ducale in Venice, Italy a tour of Doge's Palace to discover the precious rooms where, for centuries, the history of the powerful Republic of Venice was determined.
Our fascinating Palazzo Ducale Venice Tour takes you to the most important places of the ancient Republic of Venice, the richly decorated rooms of the Doge's Apartment with its large enclosed courtyard, up to the Armoury, the terrible dungeons and the famous Venice Bridge of sighs: a complete visit to learn and fully appreciate the splendid Doge's Palace in Venice, Italy.
Thanks to this fascinating Venice Doge's Palace tour, you will be transported back in time to the centuries when Venice was at its golden age and the Doge's Palace was the centre of the political power of the Serenissima.
A detailed guided tour that will show you the treasures hidden in the Doge's Palace in Venice, from the masterpieces of the great artists who helped to enhance the splendour of the Republic of Venice to the sumptuous details of the sculptures and decorative elements.
The duration of the Doge's Palace tour in Venice will be about an hour, during which you can admire the Opera Museum, which houses the ancient capitals of the porch and portico of Doge's Palace, which form a fascinating allegorical 'speech' balanced between the sacred and the profane, history and legend, astronomy and astrology in a kind of poem in stone with human figures, animals, plants, symbols and signs of the zodiac, the ancient honour entrance of the Doge's Palace, the Giant's Staircase, with the two statues of Mars and Neptune sculpted by Sansovino, the Lodge Atrium, from which you can admire the picturesque views of the courtyard of the Doge's Palace and St Mark's Square, the famous Golden Staircase, with marble statues dedicated to Atlas and Hercules, elegant surroundings where the history of the Republic of Venice was determined, the Institutional Chambers, outlined by a decorative program that celebrates the functions and virtues of Venice.
Our tour also includes a visit to the famous Sighs Bridge Venice, Italy, which connects the Doge's Palace to the New Prisons. Built in 1614, the Bridge of Sighs was later covered and divided into two parallel corridors connected to a stair that leads from the Wells to the Piombi (the Leads). Its sad nickname refers to the convicts who, when crossing it, exhaled their last breath in freedom before serving their sentences in the prisons of Venice.
There are many itineraries which explore Doge's Palace, Venice: but our tour, facilitated by an expert Venetian tourist guide, wants you to discover the magic of this age-old building that has witnessed firsthand the development of the troubled history of Venice.
Venetoinside offers you the opportunity to book your visit to the Doge's Palace in Venice at fixed times and conveniently online, so that you can enjoy this unique journey in a tranquil manner to discover the treasures in the ancient Doge's Palace of Venice.
Important info
all year
Departure point:‘Yex’ Change Office - Under the Clock Tower in St. Mark's Square (only for 2.15 pm tour from 1 April to 31 October 2015: Main entrance of Palazzina Selva, a white building with a central dome next to ACTV public trasport stop 'San Marco Giardinetti' in St. Mark's Royal Gardens)
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Departure time
Daily From 1 April to 31 October 2015 From 1 November 2015 to 31 March 2016 From 1 April to 31 October 2016 |
Languages available
From 1 April to 31 October From 1 November to 31 March |
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Prices
Full: €34.00 |
Duration
approx. 1 hour |
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Please arrive at the meeting point at least 10 minutes before the tour departure time.
At the tour departure point you will meet a representative who will check your vouchers and give you information to do the tour.
During the winter period (from November 1st to March 31st) the tour is BILINGUAL, because explanations will be provided in two languages if the audience provenience is mixed.
No credit or refunds will be given in the case of a no show (if you don't show up at the meeting point at the time indicated on your voucher)
This is a collective tour, which means there might be other participants going on the tour with you.
Please note that, due to the particular morphological structure of Venice and the logistic problems resulting from it, we cannot guarantee that the whole tour is accessible to people with limited mobility. This means that people with walking difficulties and wheelchair users could not be able to access some parts of the itinerary.
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