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Enjoy skip-the-line access to St. Mark’s Basilica and explore this architectural gem on a guided tour.
Enjoy skip-the-line access to St. Mark’s Basilica and explore this architectural gem on a guided tour.
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We really loved our sweet tourguide. The tour itself was interesting, informative and fun. Would recommend to anyone.
The Basilica was amazing. Beautiful, the view from the terrace is beautiful. If you have the Basilica and Doge tour together, you are no able to visit the terrace.
It was a bit difficult to find the right group in the beginning due to some confusion with the booking. The guide was very competent and friendly.
Tickets were easy to obtain. Guide was informative and very easy to understand. Each group participant had their own headset and it was clear, never lost contact with guide.
Fast track worked well, guide explained well Tour started 20 minutes too late because the agency had printed 2 tickets too few and we had to wait every 20 minutes, which was very tedious
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We loved visiting the basilica, the tour guide was very knowledgeable and friendly. We booked access to the terrace as well which was fabulous, we would definitely recommend this trip
Our guide was so sweet and very informative about the basilica and Venice itself. Would definitely recommend!!!!
The experience was good, but very expensive.
What I loved the most about this experience was the clock tower. Our guide really knew the history well.
Everything was very rushed, impersonal. No time for individual questions, poorly functioning technology.
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Small Group, quite good Tour guide.
Very attentive guide. Very good tour.
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The guide was very interesting and professional
The guide was excellent. Meeting place was hard to find.
Very knowledgeable guide and on busy days like Easter days having priority entry is essential
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Our tour guide Marco was great! Very knowledgeable.
Quality of tour and explanations. Fast-track tickets
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She explained everything very well, very friendly and willing to answer all questions.
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Great experience and wonderful guide!
Enthusiastic and knowledgeable guide
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St. Mark's Basilica
Doge's Palace
Our guide was absolutely wonderful, incredibly knowledgeable about the history of Venetian art, architecture, politics, and commerce. Tickets to both the Doge's Palace and St Mark's Basilica had already sold out by the time I thought to check, so I'm really glad I was able to see them this way. One tiny little thing - the meet up instructions said that the guide would be holding a particular sign, which they weren't, so I hung back for ages cause I couldn't tell which tour group was mine.
The experience was great, although finding the meeting location was a bit of a challenge ...our guide was very good...spent a good deal of time explaining and answering questions. She was very knowledgeable and threw in lots of stories and theories and susperstitions about the legends. Both St Marks and Doges Palace were worth the tour!
I like very much the tour guide. She was fantastic!
Our tour guide, Lorenzo, was fantastic! Extremely knowledgeable and created a setting where the history came back to life. I HIGHLY recommend booking the early morning tour before everything gets busy.
The highlight of my visit was the very informative guide, easy to understand , the tour flowed nicely and we were given plenty of time to take pictures
Lorenzo our tour guide was excellent and so knowledgeable, with humour thrown in, the early beat the line and the crowds made this an excellent experience
A bellisima experience in addition to what we visited, the guide was very knowledgeable, capturing our attention even in the moments of stalling in the short lines at the entrance.
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Great tour guide, she was very informative and funny as well. It was very busy so a great move to pre book and miss the queues
Gina was an amazing tour guide! She was very knowledgeable and gave a little extra detail we loved her and felt very fortunate to have her as our guide! I have a way better understanding and appreciation for Venice after experiencing this tour.
The tour was very well documented and explained by the local guide. The skip-the-line entry worked perfectly, but inside you cannot avoid the huge crowd of people. At the meeting point please look for the local partner ¨flag¨, that is shown at the bottom of your reservation.
While we managed to ovetcome issues with finding the tour operator- it wasn't through headout as oer instructions, it was with a different local partner. Once we got this out of the way our guide Cristina was absolutely amazing. Very knowledgeable, beyond expectations. It was delivered in a interesting, full of exciting & details . Highly recommend if you lucky to have Cristina ad your guide.
We had a very nice guided tour through the Doge's Palace and then through the San Marco Basilica. The guide explained all the details and provided us with lots of information. A tip was to attend mass on Sunday morning at 10am or 12pm. A really special experience.
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We were shown very little of San Marco. Other guided tours could be seen going up to the gallery level and doing a much more thorough tour of the church. Rather than one hour, we spent only about 20 minutes in the church. In the Doge's Palace, our guide did not give us much information on the art in each room. For instance, she did not mention names of artists, many of whom are quite famous. She gave us anecdotal stories, intended to be entertaining, but, on the whole, her information was quite superficial.
A little problem at the meeting point no Headour banner but was overcome Although we were given digital listening devices because U am slightly deaf found it difficult at times to understand guide. However. Both basilica and palace were extraordinary great experiance
Our guide was really passionate about the subject matter. Her story telling was very captivating and interesting. Thumbs up !!!
We devoted almost an hour to get into the Doge's House, another half hour to use the toilets. The tour was interesting but we felt we could have used more time and get more information at the Basílica. Needs improving.
Daniela is a passionate and fascinating guide. She's Italian but speaks French very well, with her "little" accent. terrific!
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Kind and knowledgeable guide, very engaging in explanations
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Our guide was fantastic! She was so friendly, kind, and SO knowledgeable
Guide (?Denisa) was great, very knowledgeable and funny. Good sized group, headphones worked well
The crew did not hold proper banner due to which we were waiting for long time.
Michelle's presentation was very interesting, he is an excellent tour guide.
Donata was a great guide and answered all my questions. I liked that we were a small.group.
Expertise of the guide and ability of the guide to hold the attention of visitors
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Very knowledgeable and helpful guide
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St. Mark's Basilica
Doge's Palace
Our tour guide, Virginia was very knowledgeable and shared history and facts in. Very interesting way. It was a great tour
Nice tour and lots of explanations. The guide was top notch!!!
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Take a guided tour of one of the most famous landmarks in Venice & enjoy a gondola ride after.
Take a guided tour of one of the most famous landmarks in Venice & enjoy a gondola ride after.
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The guide was dificult to keep up with and quite difficult to understand. The guide had no interest in assisting us with the next part of our booking - the Gondola ride. THe booking dstated that we had a 2.5 hour experience. It actually turned out to be about one hour in the Basicila follwed by a 3.5 hour gap before a 20 minute gondola ride. Nowhere were we informed that this gap existed - I had to ring hte service number to speak to a representative who informed me tha thte gondola ride was taking place miud afternoon. This required us to rearrange our plans for our group of 10 people for hte remainder of the day.
our guide speaks English but it was so hard for our party of 7 to understand him, he speaks so fast and his accent is strong, we were not able to ubderstand most if what he was saying. the head phones they provided are not the best either. for the price we paid, would be nice if we get our money's worth but did not.
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The group size
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great guide... interesting, memorable memories. You never get bored for a second.
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Guide was very good Nice to see inside without crowds
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We got the tickets well and were able to get into the Doge's Palace without waiting in line. Here there was much to discover and you go over the Bridge of Sighs.
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Getting tickets at the news stand was easy with no wait. No wait either at the skip the line entrance. The Doges palace was beyond incredible.
It was very good , but when I asked the lady for the audio guide she said I didn't purchase the audio guide even though the ticket said inglese , so I had to pay again money for the audio guides. I don't know what happened. Thanks
This is a great tour, if you don't want to spend a lot of time or money, but do want to see the inside of the Doge. It's also great because there is no set entry time. You can go anytime during the day. Which frees you up to doing other things. They also gave us a nice booklet of Vencie. Make sure you leave LOTS of time to find the location to pick up your tickets. They are at a newstand in the area, not at the ticket window. We're not from Italy, so it took us about 15-20 minutes to find the EXACT area, asking many people and walking in circles. Once finally there, we retrieved our tickets without any problem and entered without a problem. I'd do it again, worth it.
Der Dogenpalast und die Sonderausstellung von Anselm Kiefer waren uneingeschränkt Großartig. Wir fanden es allerdings ein wenig umständlich, dass man das Ticket nur an dem Tag für den der Museumsbesuch gebucht war, abholen konnte. Wir waren am Vortag am Zeitungskiosk und wurden wieder weggeschickt. Überdies ist es nicht verständlich, dass man mit dem per email zugesendeten BARCODE plus Ausweis nicht direkt am Museum Einlass erhalten kann. Wir waren weiterhin der MEinung eine geführte Tour gebucht zu haben- zu einem höheren Preis - dies stellte sich vor Ort anders da.
Great instructions to find the tourist contact. Great service. Lovely guide book provided. Very long queues to enter so being able to skip the line was really good...we went straight in. Well worth it. Super place to visit and access to the Bridge of Sighs too. Well done Headway!
La visita fue bien, pero para poder coger los billetes fue una odisea. No ponía claramente que había que recogerlos en un kiosko de periódicos. Solo uns coordenadas. Llamamos al teléfono que nos indicaron y estaba apagado. Perdimos bastante tiempo preguntando para conseguir los billetes físicos.
Venice has been a bucket list destination for me for decades and Doges Palace was high on my list as places to visit while I was there. The experience did not disappoint! It was absolutely amazing! And to go over the Bridge of Signs was a huge bonus as I thought that was only with a guided tour!
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The visit was well illustrated by our guide, a Spanish woman whose name I unfortunately do not remember, and we had an interesting tour of the interior of the Palace. After the guide's participation, we were able to tour the prison sector.
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Our guide, Valentina, was the best things about the tour. The Doge's Palace and associated history are fascinating. Every time I go, I learn something new. Valentina made the tour fun and engaging. Very interesting to learn more about Venice and it's governance over the ages, especially in light of where we find ourselves in the US these days. Would definitely recommend Headout.
The friendly lady who gave the tour was excellent. She took the time to answer visitors' questions and was humorous at the same time.
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I signed up for the mysteries and secrets tour, but I didn't feel like it was presented that way. We joined a tour that was already in progress coming from St Marc's cathedral.
Doges palace is truly spectacular and beautiful to walk around and admire the ceilings and paintings Very disappointed with our guide, rushed from area to area and felt impersonal and an effort to be there. Had specifically booked this trip to learn about the prisons and be taken through the whole palace, tour guide left and no explanation or guide like many other companies and tours were providing.
The guide who took our tour answered all questions and was so friendly
Lucia was a great guide. She is friendly and informative!
The tour guide was great, knew a lot and catered to the needs of the group.
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Find yourself amidst stunning buildings: St. Mark's Square is surrounded by magnificent architecture on all sides. The Doge’s Palace, the Bell Tower, and the Basilica San Marco are a few of the area's prominent attractions.
Do some café hopping: Caffe Florian and Caffe Quadri, the two famous cafés on the square, offer plenty of old-world charm and are the best places to soak up the ambiance of Venice.
Soak in some breathtaking views from the Campanile di San Marco: The brick Campanile di San Marco is the tallest structure in Venice, at 98.6 metres high.
Spot Horses & Lions: Visitors are likely to notice the four splendid bronze horses, known as the Cavalli di San Marco in Italian on the exterior of Saint Mark's Basilica.
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The Doge's Palace (Palazzo Ducale), a stunning Gothic building facing the Venetian lagoon, is situated next to St. Mark's Basilica. The Doge's Palace houses numerous works of art by famous artists like Bellini, Carpaccio, Veronese, and Titian. Your breath will be taken away by the Scala d'Oro in Sansovino, which is made of gold, and Tintoretto's enormous oil painting in the Sala del Maggior Consiglio will definitely entrance you.
St. Mark's Basilica, one of the city's most well-known churches, is a premier example of renowned Italo-Byzantine architecture. St. Mark's Basilica contains more than 85,000 square feet of mosaic, the majority of it in gold, and the effect is nothing short of magnificent. Since this basilica is one of St. Mark's Square's key draws, you may anticipate crowds there at all times of the year.
With a height of 98.6 metres, the well-known Campanile or Venetian Bell Tower is the tallest structure in Venice. Once a lighthouse, the tower now serves as the city's emblem and is referred to as "El Paron de Casa" (Lord of the house). St. Mark's Campanile, provides the greatest views of the city and its lagoon.
Opening Hours: 9:30 - 17:15.
Address- P.za San Marco, 30100 Venezia VE, Italy
There are 118 bridges linking the islands of Venice's floating metropolis. St. Mark's Square, known as "Europe's most beautiful drawing room" by Napoleon, is the centre of Venice.
It's quite possibly the world's most stunning open-aired square. The Basilica di San Marco, which is encircled on all four sides, inspired the name of the square.
1. Island of Burano: Located in the northern Venetian Lagoon, this gorgeous island, Island of Burano, is well known for its vibrantly coloured fisherman's shacks and neighbourhood food stands providing seafood from the lagoon.
2. Scuola Grande di San Rocco: Scuola Grande di San Rocco, an art museum located in Venice, northern Italy, features more than 60 works of art by renowned artist Tintoretto and his son Domenico.
3.Museo Leonardo da Vinci: As the name suggests, this interactive museum features works of art by Leonardo Da Vinci, a famously creative individual. The anatomical studies, interactive devices, and multimedia exhibits at the Leonardo da Vinci Museum provide each visitor with a distinctive experience.
4. Peggy Guggenheim Collection - In Venice, this modern art gallery is located on the Grand Canal in the Dorsoduro district. Peggy Guggenheim's collection of masterpieces from the 20th century, which includes works in the styles of Cubism, Surrealism, and Abstract Expressionism, by contemporary artists like Picasso, Pollock, and Calder draws tourists from all over the world.
A. Yes, St Mark's Square tickets are available online and it is recommended to book the tickets in advance to avoid long queues.
A. Entry to Venice's Square is free. However, to skip the entrance queue you can buy privilege tickets in advance. You can easily cut down on waiting time, ensure your spot is booked, and avail great deals on advance bookings.
A. You get to choose from a wide range of options from Skip the line tickets, and fast-track tickets to guided tours, combo tours and walking tour tickets depending upon your preference and requirement.
A. Entry to St. Mark’s Square is free of cost. Tickets are available for the other attractions at the Square like the Palace, and St Mark’s Basilica. The cost of tickets ranges from €20 TO €123.
A. St. Mark’s Square’s entry is free of cost. However, given it’s the prime attraction in Venice, you can purchase a privilege pass the beat the long queue at the entrance of the Square.
A. You can cancel the tickets and obtain a full refund up to 24 hours before the activity starts.
A. Once booked, you get instant confirmation and the tickets are valid for 2 hours.
A. Buy the tickets online in advance to get great deals and add-on benefits like guided tours and audio guides in many languages.
A. St. Mark's Square is known for stunning architecture, domes, and magnificent arcades. St Mark's Basilica. Doge's Palace, Correr Museum, St Mark's Museum, St Mark's Bell Tower, Caffe Florian, and Caffe Quadri are some of the highlights of St. Mark’s Square.
A. St. Mark’s Square is open for visitors all year round. The St. Mark's Basilica is open from 9:30 till 17:15 every day. Entry is only permitted after 2:00 PM on Sundays and other obligatory holy days. Weekends and holidays have shorter hours, so be sure to check the schedule before you go.
A. Early morning or late noons when the crowd is less are the best times to visit St. Mark’s Square to explore the attractions at your own pace.
A. Ramps are built in the Square to ensure wheelchair users and anyone with physical impairments can enter the Basilica through the Porta dei Fiori and gain access to the Treasury. In addition to the ramps, elevators, and stair lifts make wheelchair accessibility easier.