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Absolute Venice: 4-Hour Guided City Highlights Tour

By Venice Events Srl
9,6 out of 10
Free cancellation available
Price is €134 per adult
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 4h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Skip the line
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages
Overview
  • Take a 4-hour city guide to see the highlights of Venice;
  • Guided visit of the Doge's Palace & its fascinating prisons;
  • Combine super saver includes 3 of the best-selling tours
  • Expert guide leads the way & offers interesting commentary
  • Cross the bridge of Sighs

Activity location

  • Walking tour in Castello, Saint Mark's square, Doge's Palace & Saint Mark's Basilica
    • 30100, Venezia, Veneto, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Look for the yellow sign "Meeting point" on the wooden kiosk.
    • Calle larga de l'Ascension
    • 30124, Venezia, Veneto, Italy

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Absolute Venice: 4-Hour Guided City Highlights Tour
  • Activity duration is 4 hours4h
    4h
  • English
Starting time: 09:00
Price details
€134.00 x 1 Adult€134.00

Total
Price is €134.00
Until Wed, 16 Jul
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What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedGuided 4-hour tour walking city tour of the areas of Saint Mark's Square and Castello;
  • What's includedWhat's includedGuided tour of St Mark's Basilica and the Doge's Palace;
  • What's includedWhat's includedAdmission fees;
  • What's includedWhat's includedLive tour commentary provided in English, French, Spanish, German
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedMeals and drinks;
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedHotel pick up and drop off;
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedService charge (optional).

Know before you book

  • Children 5 and younger are complimentary (document required);
  • This activity is not wheelchair accessible;
  • Backpacks are not allowed inside the Basilica or the Doge's Palace;
  • Check-in is 15 minutes prior to the booked tour start time.
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

What you can expect

Set out on a comprehensive tour of The Floating City's most famous places and buildings. Explore the area around St. Mark's Square and Castello, and then skip the lines at the extraordinary St. Mark's Basilica and Doge's Palace.

Your local guide meets you under the 15th-century clock tower of St. Mark's Square. Survey the grand piazza, which opens out onto the scenic lagoon, and then embark into the narrow streets to the Castello district. Scope out the stunning churches of Santa Maria Fermosa and San Giovanni e Paolo before strolling past the house of famous merchant Marco Polo. Pass the Teatro Malibran, which has hosted great musicians like Händel and Scarlatti.

After returning to St. Mark's Square, pass up the lines at the magnificent Doge's Palace. As you wander these stucco halls, once the seat of power of the Republic of Venice, learn about the hundreds of paintings painted by masters of the Italian Renaissance. Marvel at the world's largest oil painting, and then venture into the infamous prisons, dating back to the 12th century.

End your day with a visit to the interior of the Saint Marks Basilica, you will be able absorb the atmosphere whilst listening to your guide who will describe the biblical scenes represented throughout the building, together with history and particularities of this ancient Basilica.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESWalking tour in Castello, Saint Mark's square, Doge's Palace & Saint Mark's Basilica
    • 30100, Venezia, Veneto, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLELook for the yellow sign "Meeting point" on the wooden kiosk.
    • Calle larga de l'Ascension
    • 30124, Venezia, Veneto, Italy