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The guide was very well informed, and obviously really enjoyed taking the group round. The fast tracking into the basilica was an added bonus

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

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

Tour guide great - the new regulations with the balcony unfortunately very opaque and difficult to understand.

Our guide was fantastic, knowledgeable and kind.

Efficient and effective. Excellent guide

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.

Small Group, quite good Tour guide.

Very attentive guide. Very good tour.

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

Our tour guide Marco was great! Very knowledgeable.

Quality of tour and explanations. Fast-track tickets

She explained everything very well, very friendly and willing to answer all questions.

No issue picking up tickets , the church is beautiful

Nice guy handed us our tickets and told us to do. Don't wait for the last moment, as this guy could be at lunch. :)))

even though the description says it included the audio guide at the basilica the lady at the audio guide booth said my ticket did not include one I had to pay another 28 euros can i claim this back ?

The ticket was available at the posted location and it allowed me to use the shorter line. But the quality of the audio guide was poor for St Mark's. I did not know there were different versions of the Audioguide. This one was put out by the tour company and only gave a summary, no details. I wish I had bought the one sold at the door.

The basilica was beautiful and worth it but wish I would have known we had to go to an entirely different location to get our actual tickets, about 5 minutes past the basilica after already walking 25 minutes to get there with 2 teen daughters

The basic audioguide is not worth the price of 20.euros vs. 6 for buying just.the.row saver which, however, is impossible to find because all slots are bought from agencies :( And the on-site audioguide costs much.less

No barcode on the ticket, so I had to go to a store to get a valid ticket. bad experience.

Picked up tickets easily and showed where to go, skipping all the queues. The basillica was awesome, a must go experience. Granddaughters climbed to the dome after a small queue and cost.

It should be specified that inside the basilica to see more you have to pay an additional €5 ticket to access the Golden Pall.

The "skip the line" type ticket is fine because even though it is chosen by several people anyway it allows access (at least in my experience during a late morning Saturday in May where there were many tourists present) in a few minutes compared to the ordinary line which was very long and slow.

The basilica is beautiful, but it was very crowded. I don't recommend buying tickets online, you have to go and exchange the vouchers 12 minutes from the venue, plus the time you have to queue in the store to get your ticket, that's the time it takes to get into the basilica with the queue. And you save 30€ per person on each ticket.

Unfortunately, we were unable to download our audio guide. On-site support was not possible as the meeting point to collect the tickets was too far away. Nevertheless, the visit was worthwhile

I didn't realize that I had to go to another vendor to get my entrance ticket. It was not like my other time using head out.

It was perfect to book online, and with the "skip the line" service, we didn't have to wait before lighting up at St. Mark's Basilica, which is a marvel 😍

Skip-the-queue tickets well worth it - very long queue otherwise and as it was raining heavily day we visited we were very glad we didn't have to wait to get inside

The cathedral is a highlight! Incredibly beautiful. And with the ticket from Crown we were inside immediately. :-). Great. Gladly again :-).

Unfortunately, the audioguide lasted only a few minutes. For the price we paid, we expected a more substantial audioguide

The cathedral was unique. The artistic representations are something very special. The architecture too.

Easy access. Well organized. Recommend buying tickets in advance.

Nice however with the ticket paid 20 euro mo I expected fi more.

Got right into the basilica! Reallyvavoided a long line!

No wait whatsoever!! The regular line was past the Dogue!!!

The highlight of my visit was the fact that, thanks to the queue cutter, there was very little waiting to enter the basilica.

St. Marcos Basilica is impressive and we could access with no lines.

It's a wonder to think what they were doing and the difficulties they must have had.

Our guide was very knowledgeable and kind. We really enjoyed the tour. I would definitely recommend the early access tour since it gets super busy after 9. Five Stars!!!

Rita was brilliant and so knowledgeable!!! We loved it and would recommend to anyone. Do this tour on your first full day so you can embrace the rest of Venice with more knowledge in your back pocket.

Very well organised, meeting place easy to find. The best part, though, was our tour guide - Gina. She was engaging, witty, informative, thorough and incredibly knowledgeable. She made the tour unforgettable!

The guide was very pleasant and the explanations were very interesting. However, the people at the ticket office before starting the guided tour were not very pleasant with tourists.

Our tour guide was awesome. Our tour began at 8:00 and we entered Doge palace around 8:30 and we were the first group in and we had no crowds at all. Our guide was very knowledgeable and knew a great detail of history. On to St Mark basilica and although it was crowded inside we made our way to the 2nd floor and was able to take great pictures without any crowds. We then when outside for a beautiful view of the piazza. Was fantastic and highly recommend this tour and tour guide and company.

Denise was a superstar guide. Professional, knowledgable and fun. Also well known so entry was quick!! Highly recommend !!

We purchased the tickets to "skip the line" and still waited 70 minutes to get inside. The tour guide was very knowledgeable which was great and the palace is worth seeing but expect a significant wait time

What was included was really nice but the ticket missed some things like the museum and seeing the horses of the basilica from the terrace.

It was excellent to be able to go early before it was open to the public. The tour guide was great. She was very knowledgeable and helpful.

In general it was worth the price, but we had a small issue with tickets and out sightseeing was delayed for 30 min. The guide we had was amazing, very professional and answered all the questions. Thank you

Our guide was really good. She was able to share stories about living in Venice, as well as the history of the island and the sites. Weeks later, I still remember her stories. What a great way to learn about history and a new area.

Our tour leader was superb - a great sense of humor plus in depth knowledge which was well communicated kept the group's attention and left us well informed. One of the best tour guides I've encountered.

Rebecca our tour guide was a passionate Venetian who loved her country and its history. Her knowledge about the palace and st marks was excellent , but she was also very charming offering anecdotes about life in Venice - and somehow she managed to engage my entire family in the tour (hard to do as 2 are teens!)

The prison tour and the arsenal room was a great part of the tour but the best part was the biblical mosaics in the church, just amazing. The tour helped point out details that could have otherwise been missed.

Lot of crowd at the venue made it difficult to identify and location of the venue and reach it.

Our guide was fantastic. Gave us a total understanding of the development of Venice.

Walking across the bridge of signs was the highlight for me.

Excellent tour guide, shows knowledge and experience!!. Service needs more organization for the package requested.

My guide was wonderful. Very knowledgeable

The quality of the guide (Martine), really top-notch!

Tour guide was very knowledgeable and gave us many interesting facts about Dogs's palace and St Mark's.

Beautiful sights made more memorable with your knowledgeable and engaging tour guide!

Comprehensive and entertaining presentation by the guide in German!!!

The tour guide was ace... funny and knowledgeable...

The architecture and history of this building

We are very happy we decided to book this tour. Our guide was extremely knowledgable and very easy to understand. We found it so much better than trying to do it on our own.

Martina is an attentive and passionate guide who described Venice and its history through her Venetian eyes. She shared her knowledge and anecdotes throughout our visit.

Avant toute chose, je tiens à souligner l énorme professionnalisme de Stefania, notre guide française du jour. Elle a été d une grande clarté, précise dans ses présentation, à l écoute, douce et nous a présenté avec passion les joyaux de Venise (Palais des Doges et la basilique Saint-Marc). Nous avons tellement apprécié les visites que nous n avons pas vu le temps passé (3h tout de même). Quel bonheur !! Ma compagne et moi sommes heureux et enchantés d avoir pris ce combo de visites avec Stefania. A faire aveuglément !! (Ma compagne et moi avons la 40ène).

Valentina was fantastic! She is so knowledgeable and knows so much about the history of Venice! We really enjoyed her tour and would like to have her as a guide again.

The ticketing experience was great. It was easy to get tickets and reserve what we wanted to do along the tour. Separating the walking tour and the guided tours ended up causing some confusion and our group for the guided tour was too large for the tour guide to manage in the crowds in the Basilica. She did an excellent job, but the company placed too many people in her group (she complained about it before we got started) and it distracted from the tour in several situations along the way.

I loved my experience. I believe my tour guide's name was Katarina. She was fantastic, very knowledgeable, and made sure the group stayed together so no one was left behind. Ten out of ten for Katarina specifically.

Achat sur headout sans souci. Prix un peu élevé pour une famille avec 2 enfants mais on ne regrette pas l'expérience (plus de 3 heures). Une visite guidée est incontournable pour profiter pleinement des lieux. Je recommande.

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.

First of all, it should be mentioned that you have to be covered up to enter the basilica when accompanied by a guide (because the other tourists didn't get any comments despite their shorts). That would avoid having to buy a scarf at the activity stand, and the guide wasn't very pleasant - I think there are different ways of putting it! Then it should also be mentioned that the activity lasts about 2h but not to follow! I had an appointment at 10:00 a.m. I thought I'd finish at 12:00 p.m. as registered... But no because the gondola tour (which doesn't even last 30 min) is at 3 or 5 pm !!! I think the whole thing is a rip-off, and if I had any advice to give, it would be to do things yourself, because it's not worth it at all... A gondola ride costs 90 euros in Venice for 1 to 5 people and entrance to the basilica 15 euros. You can take audio guides at the entrance...

I had to call customer service because it was not clear the meeting point and the area was overcrowded, with the guide Bianca everything was great and the lady was charming and very well explained. The gondola ride we had to cancel it because of the inclement weather and the storm.

It worth money. Very recommended.

Very poor and overpriced no audio very slow with tickets

We only received one guide book despite paying for two The lady at the entrance who was scanning tickets was incredibly rude & unhelpful Frankly it ruined it for us

The visit went well. But the fact that we had to go to the kiosk to exchange the voucher, and that this exchange had to take place on the day of the visit, was not at all satisfactory, not to say unacceptable.

lors de la conversion de ma réservation en billets pour la cathédrale ,j'ai demandé si la conversion de mes billets au palais des doges ce faisaot là .on m'a répondu après lecture de mes réservations qu'il n'y avait pas de problème ,que je me présentais a la porte concernée où évidemment nous avons été refoulés.je suis donc retourné voir cette équipes d'assistance qui finalement m'a indiqué l'autre point de conversion des billets et ou j'ai pu recevoir les billets nécessaires qui m'ont permis d'entrer sans faire la file d'attente.

le palais des doges a faire absolument , le livret n'est pas necessaire, il ne contient rien de reellement pertinent , prenez juste le coupe file pour ne pas a avoir faire la queue

Alles war spannend. Vor allem die Infos vom Audioguide. Vlt sollte man die Rückgabe von der Ausgabe in den Sommermonaten abtrennen, falls dies nicht der Fall ist

the person at the newstand where we collected the tickets was a grumpy old man, just plain rude and disinterested, the palace itself was amazing

I can't complain regarding the art, and also the explanations where really useful and informative. But, the explanations are always so small, somewhere next to the art piece, and since there are so many people, it's hard and annoying to get there. And for me it's important to read it. There's so much space next to the paintings that you could use to display the explanation in a bigger font and also at a better height. Furthermore, temperatures are inconsistent across the rooms and halls.

When in Venice, a visit at Doge's Palace is a must. Booking Skip the Line: Doge's Palace Tickets and Guide Book from Headout made the experience very easy. The historic palace is magnificent and there are so many things to see inside (Great ceiling and wall paintings, old swords, armors and weapons). Also, you visit the prison which is connected with the palace with the Bridge of Sighs. It was an excellent choice to book these tickets and get the guide book too!

It was confusing that I had to go somewhere else to get the tickets when I used the official website to buy them, and I was being told that those are vouchers. At first I was told to wait in another line at the museum and then we were told to go somewhere else to get the tickets. Other than that, excellent experience, all the staff really polite and helpful.

Bonjour Malheureusement au vu de la fermeture du palais le matin, énormément de monde à 14h en même temps que nous, donc pas facile d'apprécier vraiment le billet coupe fil. Oui je pourrais vous recommander à l'occasion

Very simple online booking but although the details appear simple when put to use things start to be a little confusing. When on the reply WhatsApp you go to "View Tickets ",you are shown s QR code which i presumed was the entry ticket this was not the case and we were turned away from the entrance. I have to be clear that the reply did give instructions for collecting the actual printed tickets but i mistakenly believed that with the QR code they were not required. On trying to find the address given for the collection of the tickets the Google maps option given in the reply was helpful, an option i think more companies should adopt ,but a little more confusion occurred once again as we searched for the address not knowing that the actual location was a newspaper stand, not a shop or office. Overall quite happy the service although a little more detailed information would have been useful.

Very well organized. Our guide explained the history of the Doges' palace with passion. It was interesting. I recommend it.

Phillipo was a terrific guide and we learnt lots from him about Venice and its history. It was great in a smaller group and to be in the palace with not too many other people. Going from the bottom prisons through to all the levels of government was a great way to understand the system

My wife and I, having arrived in Venice by train only ninety minutes earlier, at the height of our excitement already along the water cab ride to the landing on the Riva degli Schiavoni, at fifteen o'clock on May 18, 2025, move from the nearby hotel to the place agreed upon when we purchased tickets online for direct access to the magnificent monument. One of the efficient and courteous young people at the Tour Shop in Campo San Zaccaria escorts to the southern portico of the Doges' Palace the group of those who, like us, had booked the tour and entrusts them to the various experts, depending on the nationalities of those present. Professional and clear, our Italian guide begins by telling us about the symbolic value, for the city, of Mars and Neptune, whose statues stand in the courtyard at the top of the Scala dei Giganti: the two classical deities are expressions of Venice's power both on land and sea. We ascend to the Gothic loggia, then to the first piano nobile-formerly the Doge's residence-along the Golden Staircase, so named for the gleam of the gold-leaf coverings of its stucco decorations. We continue our visit to the second piano nobile and contemplate the sumptuous vaulting of the Sala del Collegio, embellished with paintings by Paolo Veronese, completed in 1578. Between the two figures of Mars and Neptune is painted the winged lion of St. Mark, symbol of the lagoon city. The "Venetian blond" that characterizes the hair of female figures is highlighted, for example in the allegory of Dialectic, shown in the act of weaving a spider web. "Venetian terrazzo" is the mixture of cement and stone fragments that has been used in the city for floors over the centuries; our guide tells us about it as we stand in the enormous Great Council Chamber. Here, on an entire wall we admire Jacopo Tintoretto's Il Paradiso (Paradise), completed in 1592, crowded with characters, painted - the guide explains to us - on a single 24-and-a-half-foot-long canvas, specially made to be woven by the master. The black panel in the frieze of the doges represents the "damnatio memoriæ" of Marino Faliero, who was beheaded in 1355 for having wanted to conspire against the city's patriciate, aiming at the establishment of a tyrannical regime. During the passage in the Bridge of Sighs - in which in the past the condemned from the court to the prisons called the Wells passed - our escort tells us about the escape of Giacomo Casanova in 1756 from the Piombi, cells located higher up, under the roof of the palace. I am convinced that it would have been difficult to receive a warmer and more competent "Welcome to Venice!" than the one Headout reserved for my wife and me upon our arrival in the Serenissima.

The welcome at the meeting point was good and friendly. We are very satisfied.