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Legendary Doge’s Palace Skip-The-Line Live Guided Tour + Gondola Gallery

1 hour and 15 minutes

Very easy

Guided tour inside the imposing Doge’s Palace with skip-the-line entrance! Follow your guide through the Doge’s rooms.

🏛️✨ Discover the Secrets of Venice — Ducal Palace, St. Mark’s Museums & Virtual Reality Experience ✨🏛️

Begin your adventure at the majestic Doge’s Palace (Palazzo Ducale) — once the seat of political power in the Venetian Republic. Step inside its grand halls, where gilded ceilings and masterpieces of painting frame the place where the Doge and his Council ruled a thousand-year empire.

🟢 The Golden Staircase & the Art of Power
Marvel at the opulence of the Scala d’Oro, a golden staircase worthy of visiting dignitaries. Stroll through richly decorated chambers where stunning artworks by Venetian masters bring the city’s glorious history to life — with epic scenes of battles, diplomacy, and mythology.

🟠 Museums of St. Mark’s Square & a Journey Through Time
With your ticket, continue exploring the Procuratie museums surrounding St. Mark’s Square. Visit the Correr Museum, the Marciana Library, and the National Archaeological Museum to discover rare books, ancient coins, sculptures, and insights into daily life in the Venetian Empire. Walk through Napoleon’s additions and restored rooms once dedicated to Empress Sissi of Austria.

🔵 A Virtual Reality Time Machine
End your visit at the History Gallery, where a virtual reality experience transports you back through centuries. Slip on your VR headset and witness Piazza San Marco as it once was — with the Basilica as the Doge’s private chapel and the Palace as a medieval fortress. History has never felt so real.

Highlights:
✅ Explore the grand halls, chambers, and council rooms of the Doge’s Palace
✅ Admire the magnificent Golden Staircase and masterful frescoes
✅ Visit the Correr Museum, Marciana Library & Archaeological Museum with one ticket
✅ Discover Venetian culture, architecture, and naval legacy in the Procuratie
✅ Travel back in time with a thrilling VR experience of ancient Venice
✅ Ideal for lovers of art, history, architecture, and immersive storytelling

Book your Ducal Palace & Museums experience today and unlock the living legacy of Venice — where every room, book, and brushstroke tells a story.

What's included?
    • Doge’s Palace shared guided tour
    • Skip-the-line ticket to Doge’s Palace
    • Skip the line ticket to visit by yourself the Museo Correr, Biblioteca Marciana and National Archeological Museum in St.Mark’s Square
    • Virtual Reality Journey: Explore St. Mark's Square over the centuries
    • The Yard of Venice Gallery: St. Mark's Square history dedicated circuit
    • Audio-receiver devices (for groups over 10 people)
    Exclusions
      • Food and drinks
      • Guided tour of Royal Palace, Marciana Library, and National Archeological Museum
      • Hotel pickup and drop-off
      Please note
        • The tour is NOT private but is shared with other participants.
        • Royal Palace (Correr Museum) ticket is included and can be used on the same day of the Doge's Palace guided tour or on the following day.
        • The Marciana Library is closed on Sundays.
        • This tour is not fully accessible for wheelchair users or people with reduced mobility
        • For security reasons sacks, bags or knapsacks are not allowed inside the Doges’ Palace (Free deposit available inside).
        • Digital and printed vouchers are accepted (to be shown to the staff)


        • No penalty for cancellation within 24 hrs before the tour. On line customer service 7 days a week, 9.30 am – 5.30 pm
        • The tour does not operate in case of exceptionally bad weather or exceptionally high tide (in these cases it will be rescheduled for the following day or refunded)
        • Please be at the meeting point 15 minutes before the starting time.
        What to bring

          Comfortable shoes