Public Tour: Gondola & Doge's Palace - Venice's Waterways and History

Highlights

• Gondola Ride
• Doge's Palace Tour
• Piazza San Marco to Rialto

What's included

Itinerary

1. 1

   Stop 1

   30min

   There is no doubt that Venice was built to be seen from the water where it is at its most spectacular and magnificent. Board a gondola for an amazing tour along the Grand Canal and minor canals. Get carried away by this ancient Venetian way of transportation, while a professional gondolier rows through canals.

2. 2

   Palazzo Ducale

   1h 15min

   The Doge’s Palace 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. The halls of power, plunging visitors in a very particular historical context: the European Middle Ages and the immediately following centuries. Be surprised of the rich details of the gold staircase, of the realism of the scenes depicted by many artists who have decorated this building, relive the anguish of the prisoners crossing the famous Bridge of Sighs, and entering the Venetian prisons, famous for hosting Giacomo Casanova.

Before you go

Location