Skip-the-line access to Venice's biggest landmarks, finished with a private gondola ride.
A private, exclusive six-hour tour tracing Piazza San Marco to the Doge's Palace and Bridge of Sighs, through churches and landmarks, ending with a private gondola ride through Venice's canals.
A private, exclusive skip-the-line tour from Piazza San Marco to the Doge's Palace and Bridge of Sighs, continuing through a series of churches and landmarks, and finishing with a private gondola ride through Venice's canals.
A popular starting point — every Voyzo itinerary is fully customizable, so we'll shape the order and stops around your group.
Meet your private guide at Piazza San Marco, Venice.
Exclusive access to San Marco and the Doge's Palace.
End the day gliding through Venice's iconic canals.
Your guide walks you back to a convenient point near your hotel.
A private, exclusive six-hour tour tracing Piazza San Marco to the Doge's Palace and Bridge of Sighs, through churches and landmarks, ending with a private gondola ride through Venice's canals. A private, exclusive skip-the-line tour from Piazza San Marco to the Doge's Palace and Bridge of Sighs, continuing through a series of churches and landmarks, and finishing with a private gondola ride through Venice's canals.
The Venetian Republic's political history runs deep enough to fill a single day on its own: the first doge was traditionally elected in 697, and the role endured through an evolving system of nobles and councils for roughly 1,100 years, until Napoleon forced the last doge, Ludovico Manin, to abdicate on May 12, 1797. That's the backdrop for Piazza San Marco and the Doge's Palace — a seat of government built to outlast individual rulers, which, for most of its existence, it did.
From there, the six-hour route moves through the Bridge of Sighs, connecting the palace to its own prison across a narrow canal, and on through a series of churches and landmarks most single-day visits don't have time to cover, with skip-the-line access removing the waiting that usually eats into a tour like this.
The day closes with a private gondola ride through Venice's quieter canals — a slower, calmer note to end on after a six-hour day spent largely on foot covering more than a thousand years of Venetian history.
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