Fabulous Venice: Doge’s Palace, Golden Basilica, glassblowing & gondola ride

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A complete tour (4 hours) to make you discover the best and most famous attractions of Venice!

It includes the guided visit to the Doge’s Palace and the St. Mark’s Basilica; a charming gondola ride (the only one with commentary) and an amazing glass demonstration by an expert artisan!

You can experience Venice in all its splendor! Un unmissable occasion!
The tour starts with the guided visit to the two main highlights of Piazza San Marco where the expert guide will explain history legends and tales of Doge’s Palace and the imposing Golden Basilica.

Later, you enter in a glass furnace to admire a glass-blower master creates unique artworks in front of your eyes

At the end, you’ll get on gondola to glide the Grand Canal with its stunning Palaces: along the route you’ll see Mozart’s House, Fenice Opera House Santa Maria della Salute Church and many other places! The guide will narrate you secrets and mysteries of the main highlights along the gondola route!

Additional Info

Duration: 4 hours
Starts: Venezia, Italy
Trip Category: Cruises, Sailing & Water Tours >> Gondola Cruises



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A complete tour (4 hours) to make you discover the best and most famous attractions of Venice!

It includes the guided visit to the Doge’s Palace and the St. Mark’s Basilica; a charming gondola ride (the only one with commentary) and an amazing glass demonstration by an expert artisan!

You can experience Venice in all its splendor! Un unmissable occasion!
The tour starts with the guided visit to the two main highlights of Piazza San Marco where the expert guide will explain history legends and tales of Doge’s Palace and the imposing Golden Basilica.

Later, you enter in a glass furnace to admire a glass-blower master creates unique artworks in front of your eyes

At the end, you’ll get on gondola to glide the Grand Canal with its stunning Palaces: along the route you’ll see Mozart’s House, Fenice Opera House Santa Maria della Salute Church and many other places! The guide will narrate you secrets and mysteries of the main highlights along the gondola route!

Itinerary
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Stop At: Doge’s Palace, Piazza San Marco, 1, 30124 Venice Italy

A guided tour in the Palazzo Ducale  the old seat of the Venetian political power. In his splendid rooms, 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 and the bridge of Sighs to reach to the prisons.

You may visit by yourself the other magnificent palaces around St. Mark’s Square under the name of Procuratie with the same ticket! 

Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes

Stop At: Basilica di San Marco, Piazza San Marco 328, 30124 Venice Italy

After, you visit one of the most majestic cathedrals of the world! You will be escorted by a tour guide enjoying  a full visit of the Golden Basilica. 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. 

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Vecchia Murano, Castello, 4392/a 300 metri da Piazza San Marco, 30122 Venice Italy

The magic art of glass blowing! 

In front of you a glass craftsman master will create a unique item explaining the ancient phases of the production. You will live this experience in Saint Mark’s Square in an old Glass Factory Showroom where you will see the main objects are made with glass. 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

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Canal Grande, 30100 Venice Italy

Gondola ride with commentary

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. At end you will enjoy a breathtaking view of St. Mark’ basin with the splendid San Giorgio Island. Comfortably seated on your special boat you willlisten to the mobile-app narrating history and legends  of the attractions around you: 10 points of interest described in your languages, so you can really know the soul of this incredible city. 

Duration: 30 minutes

Pass By: Piazza San Marco, 31024 Venice Italy

Panoramic Tour

A personal walking tour is the best way to discover independently the most famous and marvelous areas of Venice: Accademia, San Marco and Rialto!  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! 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.



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