Doge’s Palace & St Mark’s Basilica Tour
2 hours

Visit the two main monuments of Venice Doge’s Palace (Palazzo Ducale) and St. Mark’s Basilica with this beautiful walking tour. You will fist visit the Doges’s Palace that represented for centuries the seat of the Venetian political power. In his splendid rooms, plastered and immersed in hundreds of painting masterpieces, the Duke and his Council controlled the fate of a thousand-year old republic. You will relive the anguish of the prisoners crossing the famous Bridge of Sighs, and entering the Venetian prisons, famous for hosting Giacomo Casanova. Continue with a tour guide through St. Mark’s Basilica, one of the most majestic cathedrals in the world and the magnificent palaces around St. Mark’s Square. Enjoy a full visit of this masterpiece of byzantine art, unique of its kind in Italy, you’ll have the pleasure to savor beautiful gold mosaics and marble inlays of the floor. Admire The Pala d’oro, exquisite example of the byzantine art with its thousands of gems and precious stones; enjoy the view of the Treasury, a splendor of the religious art collected along the centuries