Venice Express Day Tour with Gondola Ride & Doge's Palace
4 hours
Max 20
Why take this tour?
Highlights
- Check all of Venice's must-see sights off your list in half a day, with all logistics handled.
- Glide through Venice’s canals on a traditional gondola ride.
- Skip the line at the Doge’s Palace.
- Immerse yourself in local life at the bustling Rialto Market.
- Hear the stories of the Doge’s Palace and cross the Bridge of Sighs.
- Sites Visited
- Rialto Fish Market
- Rialto Bridge
- House of Marco Polo (exterior)
- Santa Maria dei Miracoli (exterior)
- Gondola ride
- St. Mark’s Square (Piazza San Marco)
- St. Mark's Basilica (exterior)
- Doge’s Palace
- New Prisons
- Bridge of Sighs
- Tour Includes
- Pre-reserved Doge's Palace ticket
- 30-minute gondola ride
- Local English-speaking guide
Iconic sites, insider stories, and a quintessential gondola ride: the perfect half-day in Venice.
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Latest reviews
Excellent
Our guide Moses was excellent!
GetYourGuide customer · South Africa · Aug 17, 2025 Excellent
Carla did a great job as our guide and she gave us a wealth of information! The itinerary was planned nicely to spend time outdoors and on the gondola first before going indoors when the temperature soared after noon! This was a great tour to catch the top sights in Venice in a day including an awesome gondola ride for 30 minutes with a brief stint in the grand canal.
GetYourGuide customer · Aravind · United States · Aug 16, 2025 Excellent
Our guide, Shannon was amazing! We thoroughly enjoyed our time with her.
GetYourGuide customer · Elizabeth · United States · Jul 05, 2025 Great
Allesandro was an amazing guide, so knowledgeable and interesting. He pointed out where and what and what NOT to buy. The government had changed the rules with regard to the basillica entry for tours and I had to run back to the hotel to book this on line at an additional E20.00 As the tour company knew of the change from the previous day, t would have been good to have been advised before the meeting point. Would I recommend this tour, definitely if can secure Allesandro.
GetYourGuide customer · Sammi · South Africa · Jul 04, 2025 Great
The listing includes “skip the line for st marks basilica” but this tour did not take us into the basilica at all, so for that reason I feel we overpaid a little for it. However we did see doge’s palace and had a nice gondola ride, and our guide was absolutely wonderful- friendly, very knowledgeable, and kind. We had four children ages 7-12 on the tour with us and while it’s quite a bit of walking, it was very doable for them and they were fine.
GetYourGuide customer · Kate · United States · Jul 03, 2025You Can Also Experience These Similar Tours
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