Explore Venice: Guided Doge’s Palace Tour & Shared Gondola Ride

Name: Explore Venice: Guided Doge’s Palace Tour & Shared Gondola Ride
Start: 2025-11-01T11:00:00.000+03:00
End: 2025-11-01T13:00:00.000+03:00
Location: Venice

A tour to explore the Venice of the Doges through its symbolic palace and a pleasant gondola ride. The tour is composed of two parts: the first one consists of a gondola ride on the Grand Canal and hidden canals around St. Mark's area, while during the second part of the tour you will visit the famous Doge’s Palace.

2 hrs

Group size up to 15 persons

Mobile ticket

English

Full refund for cancellations up to 24 hours

Cancel up to 24 hours in advance to receive a full refund

What is included in activity

Boarding assistance for the gondola

30 minute shared gondola ride

Skip the line entrance ticket to the Doge's Palace

Personal headsets

Qualified guide for the Doge's Palace part

What is not included

Hotel pick-up/drop off

Food and beverages

Any commentary during the gondola ride

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A tour to explore the Venice of the Doges through its symbolic palace and a pleasant shared gondola ride.

The tour is composed of two parts: during the first one, you will explore Venice from the water with a 25/30 min. ride on a shared gondola. The gondola is one of the main symbols of Venice, as emblematic of the famous water city as mysterious in its origins.

After that, you will visit the famous Doge’s Palace, one of the most important symbols of Venice. For centuries, it has represented the seat of the Venetian political power. In its majestic rooms, the Duke and his Council for centuries controlled the fate of the Serenissima surrounded by hundreds of masterpieces of painting art. Strolling among its majestic halls and paintings, it will be like going back to the time of the Republic of the Serenissima.

Important Info

• Please note that no refund will be accepted for no shows or late arrivals.
• The gondola ride is shared, so it might be shared with other people (up to 5 people per gondola).
• The tour will take place also with rain, in the event of exceptional high tide it might be cancelled and refund will be provided.
• Please be aware that on certain dates, registration and payment of an access contribution will be necessary to visit the city of Venice. We encourage you to check all the information and procedures for registration or payment on the dedicated website of Comune di Venezia.

Online Booking

Price
Adult (Age 15-99)	€103 per person
Youth (Age 6-14)	€88 per person
Child (Age 3-5)	€41 per person
Infant (Age 0-2)	€0 per person

For any payment method you must book a ticket through the booking form below and receive confirmation by e-mail and (or) SMS.

Places you will see

• Saint Mark's area
• Doge's Palace

Activity book period

You can book tour up to 1 hour in advance.

Activity languages

English

How long your tour will be

2 hrs

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Reviews by travellers

4.8 out of 5

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John

Interesting, comprehensive and enjoyable

7 months ago

Leroy M.

This tour was fantastic. The guide was very informative about the history and complimented this with a friendly and entertaining personality.I would highly recommend if you want to see the sights and get a great local feel of the history of Venice

4 months ago

Brenda M.

this was an amazing experience specially with our tour guide, Elena. She was amazing, funny and very experienced with lots of information. 100% recommend this tour. you will learn a lot about the city and its history. All the staff were very friendly and helpful which was a plus! Very satisfied!

4 months ago

Gabriella

The tour was informative, but for an English tour we did have some difficulty understanding our guide. She was a lovely person and very knowledgeable. The second guide who took us to the gondola was much easier to understand. The gondola ride gave us a beautiful water perspective of Venice. The app to hear the tour for the ride did not work for us. Unfortunately, if you don’t have data on your phone, it won’t work…although it may have worked for those people who were able to download it. If you only have a day in Venice, this tour gives you the perfect overview and even without the app working, the gondola ride is totally worth it. No matter how big the group, there are never more than 4 people per gondola.

5 months ago

Tony

Good combination on foot and by gondola

5 months ago

Alessandro

Everything was perfect. The guide Francesco was very knowledgeable and also funny. He made us discover places that we would never have seen on our own. The gondola ride was beautiful with explanations of the places along the way. We highly recommend it.

5 months ago

Rachel

The guide was knowledgeable and showed us our way around in Venice.

5 months ago

Gavin

More historical facts and less information about the artists and sculptors.

5 months ago

Zuzana

Very good guide, good organization.

5 months ago

Megan

It was all brilliant. One of the most beautiful palaces I’ve ever seen and I’ve seen plenty.

5 months ago

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