Cheapest here2,954 reviews
2.5 hVenice: Street Food Tour with a Local Guide and Tastings
★ 4.8 · 2 954 reviews
- 2.5 hours
- Local Guide and Tastings
- Cheapest here
- Free cancellation
Guided tour Venice
Guided tour Venice gives travellers an easy way to compare Basilica and Doge Palace options. We compared 19 tours, with prices from $50, free cancellation, and a top tour rated 4.7 from 3,913 reviews. Cicchetti and bàcari shape the daily eating culture.
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Every guided tour of Venice, compared side by side
Nineteen tours, split between the two things people actually come for: the monuments on Piazza San Marco, and the food. The column to read is what each one includes — skip-the-line tickets, tastings, or a gondola.
Rated 4.9Bàcari
2.5 hVenice: Cicchetti Street Food and Sightseeing Walking Tour
★ 4.9 · 164 reviews
- 2.5 hours
- Guided tour
- Mobile voucher accepted
- Free cancellation
Rialto2.5 h
2.5 hVenice: Rialto Area Street Food Tour and Sightseeing
★ 4.8 · 10 reviews
- 2.5 hours
- Rialto Area Street Food
- Street Food Tour and Sightseeing
- Free cancellation
Rated 4.9Sights + food
2.5 hVenice: Guided City Highlights and Street Food Tour
★ 4.9 · 146 reviews
- 2.5 hours
- Guided tour
- Mobile voucher accepted
- Free cancellation
Skip the line905 reviews
1–1.25 hDoge's Palace Skip-the-Line Guided Tour
★ 4.4 · 905 reviews
- 1 hour - 75 minutes
- Guided tour
- Mobile voucher accepted
- Free cancellation
One hourPalace only
1 hVenice: 1-Hour The Doge's Palace Tour
★ 4.4 · 98 reviews
- One hour
- Guided tour
- Mobile voucher accepted
- Free cancellation
Our top pick3,913 reviews
3 hVenice: St. Mark's Basilica & Doge's Palace Tour with Ticket
★ 4.7 · 3 913 reviews
- Three hours
- Guided tour
- Likely to sell out
- Free cancellation
Rated 4.9Wine & spritz
3 hVenice: The Ultimate Food Tour with Wine & Spritz
★ 4.9 · 460 reviews
- Three hours
- Guided tour
- Mobile voucher accepted
- Free cancellation
With a gondola10 tastings
2 hVenice Food Tour: 10 tastings with a 30 Minute Gondola Ride
★ 5.0 · 1 reviews
- Two hours
- Day trip
- Mobile voucher accepted
- Free cancellation
1,607 reviewsAt sunset
3 hVenice: Sunset Walking Tour with Food and Wine Tastings
★ 4.9 · 1 607 reviews
- Three hours, Food and Wine Tastings
- Guided tour
- Mobile voucher accepted
- Free cancellation
Rated 4.9Small group
3 hVenice: Food Tasting Tour with Cicchetti and Wine
★ 4.9 · 559 reviews
- Three hours
- Guided tour
- Mobile voucher accepted
- Free cancellation
Both monumentsThe prisons
2–3 hDoge’s Palace, New Prisons & St. Mark’s Basilica Guided Tour
★ 4.7 · 950 reviews
- 2 to 3 hours
- New Prisons & St. Mark’s Basilica
- Guided tour
- Free cancellation
1,095 reviewsOff the Piazza
2.5 hVenice: Eat Like a Local Food Tour with Wine & Spritz
★ 4.8 · 1 095 reviews
- 2.5 hours
- Eat Like a Local
- Bestseller
- Free cancellation
Palace halls75 min
75 minStroll The Halls of Doge's Palace on a Guided Tour in Venice
- 75 minutes, on a Guided Tour
- Halls of Doge's Palace
- Guided tour
- Free cancellation
Rated 5.0Rialto market
4 hVenice: Rialto Market Food and Wine Lunchtime Tour
★ 5.0 · 390 reviews
- Four hours
- Food and Wine Lunchtime Tour
- Guided tour
- Free cancellation
$107
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Rated 5.0Hidden spots
3 hVenice Secret Food Tour
★ 5.0 · 9 reviews
- Three hours
- Guided tour
- Mobile voucher accepted
- Free cancellation
$111
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From Milan12.5 h
12.5–13 hFrom Milan: Venice Full-Day Guided Tour With Boat Ride
★ 4.7 · 315 reviews
- 12.5 to 13 hours
- Day trip
- Longest tour here
- Free cancellation
$164
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PrivateGondola
3 hVenice: Private Walking Tour with Gondola Ride
- Three hours
- Water activity
- Mobile voucher accepted
- Free cancellation
$317
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Highest price hereRated 5.0
4 hVenice Highlights: Private Tour with Doge and St. Mark
★ 5.0 · 3 reviews
- Four hours, Doge and St. Mark
- Private tour
- Mobile voucher accepted
- Free cancellation
$380
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Which Venice tour is yours?
Nineteen tours, and they come down to four decisions: whether you want inside the two monuments, whether you would rather eat your way across the city, whether the hour matters to you, and whether you want the guide to yourself. Pick what matters and the page picks the tour.
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What do these tours actually show you?
Three Venices, and your ticket decides which one you get: the gold interior of the Basilica, the state rooms and prisons of the Doge’s Palace, and the bàcari in the back lanes where the city eats standing up.
Side by side
Monuments, food, or both?
Almost every tour here is one of two things: a guided visit to the Basilica and the Doge’s Palace with the tickets included, or a walking food tour through the bàcari. A few do both, and those are the ones worth looking at twice.
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| OUR TOP PICKVenice: St. Mark's Basilica & Doge's Palace Tour with Ticket | Venice: Street Food Tour with a Local Guide and Tastings | Doge’s Palace, New Prisons & St. Mark’s Basilica Guided Tour | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price per person | $79 | $50 | $97 |
| How long | 3 hours | 2.5 hours | 2–3 hours |
| Cost per hour | $26.33 | $20.00 | $38.80 |
| Licensed guide | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| St Mark’s Basilica | Yes, ticket included | Outside only | Yes, ticket included |
| Doge’s Palace | Yes, ticket included | No | Yes, ticket included |
| The New Prisons | No | No | Yes |
| Food and wine | No | Tastings throughout | No |
| Rating | 4.7 · 3,913 | 4.8 · 2,954 | 4.7 · 950 |
| Best for | A first visit to Venice | Eating well for the least money | The palace in full, prisons included |
| Book this one→ | Check dates | Check dates |
OUR TOP PICK
Venice: St. Mark's Basilica & Doge's Palace Tour with Ticket
$79- How long
- 3 hours
- Cost per hour
- $26.33
- St Mark’s Basilica
- Yes, ticket included
- Doge’s Palace
- Yes, ticket included
- The New Prisons
- No
- Food and wine
- No
- Rating
- 4.7 · 3,913
- Best for
- A first visit to Venice
Free cancellation · Reserve now, pay later
Venice: Street Food Tour with a Local Guide and Tastings
$50- How long
- 2.5 hours
- Cost per hour
- $20.00
- St Mark’s Basilica
- Outside only
- Doge’s Palace
- No
- The New Prisons
- No
- Food and wine
- Tastings throughout
- Rating
- 4.8 · 2,954
- Best for
- Eating well for the least money
Doge’s Palace, New Prisons & St. Mark’s Basilica Guided Tour
$97- How long
- 2–3 hours
- Cost per hour
- $38.80
- St Mark’s Basilica
- Yes, ticket included
- Doge’s Palace
- Yes, ticket included
- The New Prisons
- Yes
- Food and wine
- No
- Rating
- 4.7 · 950
- Best for
- The palace in full, prisons included
Verdict
Check what the ticket includes, then book
Three hours through St Mark’s Basilica and the Doge’s Palace with the tickets to both included, and 3,913 ratings at 4.7 behind it. The reason to book something else is not the guide: it is whether you came for the two great buildings on the Piazza or for the bàcari in the lanes behind them.
Check dates and availability→Before you book
Read the review count, not just the score
One tour here carries 3,913 ratings and another 2,954. Several carry fewer than ten, because they are new listings where the sample is naturally tiny. Neither fact is a verdict by itself, but a score built on four thousand people and one built on three are different kinds of evidence, and it is worth knowing which you are reading.
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Which guided tour of Venice suits you?
Nineteen tours, and one thing that decides more than the price: whether you came to be inside the two great buildings on the Piazza, or to eat your way round the back lanes. Three answers narrow it to one.
What did you come to Venice for?This decides more than the price does
How long is Venice getting?Most people give it less than it needs
Who are you going with?The bàcari are small and they get loud
Answer the three questions above
You'll get the tour that fits your answers, the thing about it that catches people out, and an honest word about which tickets the price actually includes.
Six kinds of day
13,579 reviews across nineteen Venice tours
Ratings are the operators’ own numbers on GetYourGuide, shown as published. We do not write reviews and we do not average other people’s into a score of our own. The average across this page is 4.76, which is the highest of any niche in this network — small-group food tours rate very well.
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5 ★80%
4 ★14%
3 ★4%
2 ★1%
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All eighteen tours on this page, rated by the people who took them on GetYourGuide.
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Venice: St. Mark's Basilica & Doge's Palace Tour with Ticket
From $79 · 3,913 reviews
★★★★★
The one almost everybody books
Three hours through St Mark’s Basilica and the Doge’s Palace with the tickets to both included. 3,913 reviews at 4.7, and it removes the two longest queues on Piazza San Marco in a single booking.
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Venice: Street Food Tour with a Local Guide and Tastings
From $50 · 2,954 reviews
★★★★★
The cheapest good evening in Venice
A street food walk with a local guide through the bàcari, at the lowest price on this page. 2,954 people have rated it 4.8, and it is the tour we send anyone who says they have eaten badly in Venice before.
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Venice: Cicchetti Street Food and Sightseeing Walking Tour
From $50 · 164 reviews
★★★★★
The one about cicchetti
Cicchetti are what Venice eats standing up: small plates on a bàcaro counter, with an ombra of wine beside them. Rated 4.9. The value here is knowing which counters are worth the walk, which is not something a map tells you.
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Doge’s Palace, New Prisons & St. Mark’s Basilica Guided Tour
From $97 · 950 reviews
★★★★★
The one that crosses the Bridge of Sighs
The Doge’s Palace, the New Prisons on the far side of the bridge, and the Basilica. 950 reviews at 4.7. Walking the bridge from the inside is the part people describe afterwards, and almost nobody photographs it, because there is nothing to see through the stone lattice.
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Venice Highlights: Private Tour with Doge and St. Mark
From $380 · rated 5.0
★★★★★
The one where the guide is yours
A private guide for four hours with the Doge’s Palace and the Basilica. In a city where the lanes are narrow and a group of thirty strings out round two corners, a private tour changes more than it does in most places.
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From Milan: Venice Full-Day Guided Tour With Boat Ride
From $164 · 315 reviews
★★★★☆
The one for people who are not in Venice
Twelve and a half hours from Milan, with the transport and a boat ride on the lagoon included. 315 reviews at 4.7. A long day by any measure, and the only way on this page to see Venice without sleeping in it.
What it really costs
What does a guided tour of Venice cost?
A walking food tour starts at $50. The Basilica and the Doge’s Palace with tickets and a guide is $79. Adding a gondola or going private takes it to $89–$380.
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| What you are paying for | Price | What you get | Cancellation |
|---|---|---|---|
| A walking food tour | $50–$111 | Cicchetti, wine and the back lanes, two and a half to four hours | Free cancellation |
| The monuments, with tickets | $75–$99 | Basilica, Doge’s Palace, the Bridge of Sighs and the prisons | Free cancellation |
| With a gondola, or private | $89–$380 | A ride on the water, or a guide to yourselves | Free cancellation |
What the listing doesn’t show you
- Which Basilica add-ons are in the price. The Pala d’Oro, the treasury and the loggia with the bronze horses are each separate, and the title rarely says.
- That the palace ticket opens four buildings. It is the combined Piazza San Marco museums ticket, and most visitors use a quarter of it.
- That the Rialto fish market is shut on Sunday and Monday. A market tour on those days is a different tour, and a good guide reroutes rather than cancels.
- The dress code and the bag rule. Shoulders and knees covered for the Basilica, and large bags are refused at the door.
What is genuinely included
- A licensed guide throughout, and a radio headset on the larger group tours
- Skip-the-line entry where the listing says so — and the Basilica queue is the one that matters
- Tickets to the monuments on the monument tours, which is most of what you are paying for
- All tastings and drinks on the food tours, with the number of stops stated
- Free cancellation on all nineteen
The honest answer
Is a guided tour of Venice worth it?
For the two monuments, yes — mostly because the tickets are included and the queue on Piazza San Marco is the longest in the city. For food, the answer is different: you are paying for someone who knows which bàcaro is worth the walk.
What makes it worth it
- The tours to the monuments include the tickets, and the queue for the Basilica is the longest on the Piazza
- The Secret Itineraries inside the Doge’s Palace are guided-only — there is no ticket that lets you walk them alone
- A food tour is really someone choosing the bàcari for you, which is the one thing a map cannot do in a city this tangled
- Venice is genuinely hard to navigate, and a guide saves the half-hour everybody loses looking for an address
- Every one of the nineteen tours on this page cancels free
Keep in mind
- Basic entry to the Basilica is cheap — it is the Pala d’Oro, the treasury and the horses that cost extra
- The Basilica has a dress code and a bag rule, and both are enforced at the door
- Food tours run in the evening for a reason, and an afternoon one in August is hard work
- The Rialto fish market is shut on Sunday and Monday, which changes what a market tour can show you
- Two and a half hours is brisk for a city where getting lost is half the point
The tour, hour by hour
What happens on a Basilica and Doge’s Palace tour
Meet on or beside Piazza San Marco
Tours gather at a named spot on the Piazza or under the arcades rather than at the church door. Bring the voucher on your phone.
The dress code and the bag rule
Shoulders and knees covered for the Basilica, and large bags are not admitted — there is a free deposit a minute away that guides send people to.
Into St Mark’s Basilica
Straight in on the group ticket, past the queue that runs along the front of the church. Inside it is dim, and then the gold starts.
The Pala d’Oro and the horses, if included
The gold altarpiece behind the high altar and the bronze horses on the upper loggia are separate add-ons. Check which of them your tour carries.
Across the Piazza to the Doge’s Palace
Two minutes on foot. The palace ticket is a combined one that also opens the Correr Museum on the far side of the square.
The courtyard, the Scala d’Oro and the state rooms
Up the golden staircase into the chambers where the Republic was actually run, ending in the enormous hall of the Great Council.
The Bridge of Sighs and the New Prisons
You cross the bridge from the inside, which is the opposite of how everybody photographs it, and come out among the cells.
Finish by the waterfront
Most tours end on the Molo, beside the two columns. The vaporetto stop is thirty seconds away.
The one decision that matters
Which parts your ticket actually opens
Everything else on this page is a preference. This is the thing that decides whether you get the visit you pictured. St Mark’s Basilica sells access in layers: basic entry to the church is cheap and timed, and then the Pala d’Oro behind the high altar, the treasury, and the loggia with the four bronze horses are each a separate paid add-on. The Doge’s Palace works the other way round — its ticket is a combined one that also opens the Correr Museum, the archaeological museum and the monumental rooms of the library, and most visitors never use the other three. The Secret Itineraries are separate again: the administrative rooms and the lead-roofed cells under the eaves are guided-only, and no ordinary ticket admits you. Every listing on this page states what it includes. Anywhere else, find those words in the inclusions before you pay, because a cheaper ticket is cheaper for exactly this reason.
Four things worth crossing the city for
What these tours actually show you
The Basilica
Gold across the whole ceiling. Entry is cheap; the add-ons inside are not.
The Doge’s Palace
The state rooms, the Great Council hall and the staircase between them.
The Bridge of Sighs
You cross it from the inside, which almost nobody expects.
The bàcari
Small plates, an ombra of wine, and no chairs. This is how Venice eats.
Start here
What you actually need to know before booking
Here is the thing that decides whether your visit to St Mark’s Basilica is the one you imagined: the cheap ticket gets you through the door and no further. Basic entry to the church costs very little. The Pala d’Oro — the gold and enamel altarpiece behind the high altar — the treasury, and the loggia with the four bronze horses are each a separate paid add-on. Every tour on this page states which of them it includes, and it is the first line to read anywhere else.
The Doge’s Palace ticket is a combined one, and almost nobody knows this before they arrive. It opens the Correr Museum across the square, the archaeological museum and the monumental rooms of the Marciana Library as well. People do the palace, leave, and find out later that they had already paid for three more buildings on the same Piazza.
The Secret Itineraries are the palace’s equivalent of a back-stage pass: the administrative offices, the chancellery, the torture chamber and the lead-roofed cells under the eaves, from which Casanova famously got out. They are a separate guided tour on a fixed route, and there is no version of the ticket that lets you walk them alone.
On the food side, the word to learn is bàcaro — plural bàcari — the small wine bars where Venice eats standing up. What they serve is cicchetti: single mouthfuls on bread or skewers, ordered by pointing, eaten at the counter with an ombra of wine beside them. A food tour is really somebody choosing which counters are worth the walk, and in a city of six thousand alleys that is worth more than it sounds.
A practical warning that changes what you see: the Rialto fish market is closed on Sunday and Monday. Tours still run, and a good guide reroutes around it, but if the market is the reason you booked, check the day before you pay.
And the queue on Piazza San Marco. The line for the Basilica runs along the front of the church and round the corner by the middle of the morning in season. Tours that include the ticket walk past it, which is a large part of what you are paying for on the monument side of this page.
Finally, the top of this page, which exists so you can see the ceiling. A private walking tour with a gondola, and a private four-hour tour of both monuments. Neither shows you a room the seventy-nine-dollar tour does not, though for a party of four the arithmetic is less absurd than it looks. Most people should book the three-hour tour with both tickets in it and spend the difference on dinner.
If a standard group is not the point
Three tours at the top of the market
None of these opens a room the cheapest ticket does not. What they buy is a small party in lanes where thirty people string out round two corners, a guide who answers questions, and a pace that is yours. They are here so you can see what the ceiling looks like.
Practical
Plan the visit properly
Five things decide how it goes: the dress code, the bag rule, which day of the week you take a food tour, how far your hotel is from San Marco, and whether you left any time to be lost on purpose.
St Mark’s Basilica
Gold mosaics across the whole ceiling. Basic entry is cheap; three things inside are not.
The Pala d’Oro
The gold and enamel altarpiece behind the high altar. A separate ticket.
The loggia and the horses
The four bronze horses and the balcony over the Piazza. Also separate.
The Doge’s Palace
State rooms, the Great Council hall, and the golden staircase up to them.
The Bridge of Sighs
Crossed from the inside, on the route between the palace and the prisons.
The New Prisons
Cells on the far side of the bridge, and colder than anything else on the tour.
The bàcari
Small wine bars with no chairs, which is where Venetians actually eat.
Cicchetti
Single mouthfuls on bread or skewers, ordered by pointing at the counter.
An ombra
A small glass of wine. The name means a shadow, from selling wine in the shade of the Campanile.
The spritz
Venetian, not Milanese, and normally made with Select or Aperol rather than Campari.
The Rialto market
Produce and fish beside the bridge. The fish hall is shut on Sunday and Monday.
The back lanes
The real value: knowing which counter three turns off the route is the good one.
Dress code at the Basilica
Shoulders and knees covered, for everyone, and it is enforced at the door.
Bags at the Basilica
Large bags are not admitted. There is a free deposit a minute away that guides use.
Arrive twenty minutes early
Meeting points are on the Piazza and it is a confusing place to find anyone.
Comfortable shoes and no wheels
Venice is steps and bridges, and every bridge has them.
Book food tours for the evening
That is when the bàcari fill, and in summer it is the only bearable hour.
Carry a little cash
Some bàcari still prefer it for a two-euro cicchetto.
Check which Basilica add-ons are included
The Pala d’Oro and the horses are the two to look for.
Check whether the palace ticket is in the price
On the monument tours it usually is, and it is most of the value.
Check the day for market tours
The Rialto fish market is closed on Sunday and Monday.
Book ahead in spring and autumn
Small-group food tours cap at a dozen people and fill first.
Free cancellation on all nineteen
Which makes an early booking cost nothing.
Do not stack two tours in one day
Venice is walked, not driven, and the second one always suffers.
Best time
When is the best time to visit Venice?
Venice is walkable all year and nothing here closes for the season. What changes is the crowd on the Piazza, the heat in the lanes, and the chance of high water in autumn.
Apr – Jun
The best weeks
Long light, warm evenings and the canals at their most pleasant. Also the busiest: the queue for the Basilica runs round the Piazza by mid-morning, and the tours that include tickets are worth more in these months than in any other.
Sep – Oct
The other good window
The heat breaks, the day-trip crowds thin after the first week of September, and the light along the Grand Canal in the late afternoon is the best of the year. Rain is more likely and the first high water of the season usually arrives in late October.
Nov – Mar
Quiet and atmospheric
Fog on the water, empty lanes and the shortest queues of the year. High water is most likely between November and January: it lasts a few hours around the tide, raised walkways go out, and food tours reroute rather than cancel. Carnival in February is the exception to all of this and is extremely busy.
Jul – Aug
Hot and crowded
The lanes hold the heat and the Piazza has almost no shade. Food tours run in the evening for a reason, and an evening tour in August is far better than an afternoon one. Book tickets ahead: this is when the queue is at its worst.
Worth knowing
Six things that aren't in the listing
01
Basic entry to the Basilica does not include the gold. The Pala d’Oro, the treasury and the loggia with the bronze horses are each a separate add-on. Check the inclusions line rather than the headline price.
02
The Doge’s Palace ticket opens four buildings. It is a combined Piazza San Marco museums ticket: the palace, the Correr, the archaeological museum and the library rooms.
03
The Secret Itineraries are guided-only. The offices, the chancellery and the lead cells under the roof cannot be walked on an ordinary ticket at any price.
04
The Rialto fish market is shut on Sunday and Monday. Market tours still run and reroute, but if the market is why you booked, check the day first.
05
The Basilica enforces a dress code and a bag rule. Shoulders and knees covered, and large bags left at the free deposit nearby. Guides will tell you; the door staff will insist.
06
Evening is the right hour for a food tour. That is when the bàcari actually fill up, and between June and September it is the only comfortable time to be walking.
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Guided tours in Venice, answered
How much is a guided tour of Venice?
From $50 for a walking food tour through the bàcari. St Mark’s Basilica and the Doge’s Palace with both tickets is $79, and a private guide starts at $380.
What is the best food tour in Venice?
For most people the street food tour at $50, which is the cheapest here and carries 2,954 reviews at 4.8. If you want it unhurried and with the wine taken seriously, the cicchetti and wine tastings rate 4.9.
Can you visit the Doge’s Palace without a tour?
Yes, on an ordinary ticket — the courtyard, the state rooms, the Bridge of Sighs and the prisons are all on the standard route. The Secret Itineraries are the exception: those rooms are guided-only.
Is St Mark’s Basilica free to enter?
Basic entry to the church costs very little rather than nothing, and it is timed. What costs extra are the Pala d’Oro behind the high altar, the treasury, and the loggia with the bronze horses.
How long does it take to tour the Doge’s Palace?
An hour on a short guided visit, two to three hours if the tour includes the New Prisons and the Basilica as well. Left to yourself you could spend most of a morning in it.
Is the Secret Itineraries tour worth it?
If the machinery of the Republic interests you, yes. It opens the offices, the chancellery and the lead-roofed cells under the eaves, none of which are on the ordinary route, and it cannot be walked without a guide.
Is it worth doing a food tour in Venice?
In this city more than most. Venice has a genuine reputation for bad, overpriced tourist food, and what you are buying is somebody who knows which counter three turns off the main route is the good one.
What food should I try in Venice?
Cicchetti at a bàcaro counter, sarde in saor, bacalà mantecato on white polenta, fritto misto in a paper cone, and a spritz made the Venetian way. Most of the tours on this page walk you through exactly that list.
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Venice on one sheet
One PDF: all nineteen tours by price and length, which include the Basilica add-ons, which cover the palace, and the order to walk the city in so you are not crossing it twice.
- Every tour by price, length and what it includes
- The Basilica add-ons — which listings carry them
- Cicchetti, ombre and what to order without hesitating
- The dress code, the bag rule and the market days
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Checked, not guessed
Prices, durations and ratings are read off the live listings rather than copied from other affiliate pages. The access rules at the Basilica and the palace come from the published record.
We say what the ticket opens
The Pala d’Oro, the treasury and the horses are separate add-ons at the Basilica, and the palace ticket quietly covers three more buildings. Both are at the top of this page.
We print the awkward details
The dress code, the bag rule and the two days the Rialto fish market is shut. They change what you actually get, so they are not in a footnote.
Nobody pays to be featured
Nineteen tours, ranked on what the ticket includes, how large the group is and how much evidence stands behind the rating. We earn a commission when you book and it does not change what we recommend.
The answer
Book the Basilica and Doge’s Palace tour
If you are booking one thing in Venice, book the three-hour guided tour for $79. It carries 3,913 reviews at 4.7, it includes the tickets to both buildings, and it walks you past the longest queue on the Piazza. If you would rather eat your way across the city, the street food tour at $50 is the cheapest thing on this page and rates 4.8 across nearly three thousand reviews.
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