Doge's Palace and the Golden Basilica skip-the-line and guided tour with gondola ride and glass blowing art
Enjoy a complete Venice Experience with the Doge's Palace and the Golden Basilica skip-the-line and guided tour, associated with Venetian waterways and Grand Canal by Gondola, and a Saint Mark and Rialto self-guided tour.
Enjoy a guided tour in the Palazzo Ducale which represented for centuries the seat of the Venetian political power. In his splendid rooms, plastered and immersed in hundreds of masterpieces of painting, the Duke and his Council controlled the fate of a thousand-year history republic. You’ll live it together with a guide that will show you the halls of power, plunging you in a very particular historical context: the European Middle Ages and the immediately following centuries.
You will visit one of the most majestic cathedrals in the world! On this tour, escorted by a tour guide you will enjoy a full visit of the Golden Basilica, unique of its kind in Italy, you'll have the pleasure to admire beautiful gold mosaics and marble inlays of the floors, sitting comfortably while our guide will show you the represented biblical scenes, the history and the particularities of this ancient basilica.
You may visit by yourself the other magnificent palaces around St. Mark’s Square under the name of Procuratie with the same ticket!
You will also discover the magic art of glass blowing, historical art came from Romans! In an old Glass Factory Showroom, in Saint Mark's Square, a glass craftsman master will create a unique item explaining the ancient phases of the production, just in front of you. At the end of your experience, you will receive a little glass gift for each couple or each family, as a souvenir of this visit.
After this, you will live an exciting gondola ride in Venice that will take you along the canals of this magical city. Enjoy the gondola cruise through the Venice most romantic waterways passing under small bridges and along part of the Grand Canal!
During your pleasant gondola ride, you will admire the Mozart House passing by the worldwide famous La Fenice Theatre proceeding along the Rio (Canal) “De le Ostreghe” leading into the most charming part of the Grand Canal, where you will admire the Peggy Guggenheim Collection.
Venice Goes App, a mobile-guide will explain the magnificent palaces and attractions around you! This innovative mobile app could be downloaded easily on your mobile.
This audio-guide will also escort you in a personal walking tour through Accademia, Rialto, and the endless-history of Saint Mark’s Square and its breathtaking basin! Download the app on your device and you won’t get lost in the city! You will be able to visit Venice, corner by corner, step by step, at your pace. 31 points of interest spread across the itinerary, among them you will see the magnificent Theatre “La Fenice”, Rialto Bridge with its typical market and the majestic Accademia Bridge! Of course, the audio-guide will escort you through the endless-history of Saint Mark’s Square and its breathtaking basin!