The Original Doges Palace Tour

Experience the pomp and pageantry of the magnificent Doges whose wizened exteriors masked a combined steel will to control international market forces.

The Doges palace embodies one of the grandest propaganda campaigns ever seen in history. Its superb gothic facades also masked a sinister style of government developed to carefully drive the commercial interests so important to Venice's history.

Learn about the Doges bizarrely cloistered lifestyles which were strictly interwoven into the very fabric of Venice and followed fascinating archaic rituals. Hear how the Doges orchestrated one of the greatest tragedies for the history of western culture and then profited from it. Follow in the footsteps of the condemned as we walk though history and see their poignant tracings engraved into the palace prison walls...

We have designed the Doges Palace tour to avoid the tourist hordes

After this tour you have time to take our Grand Canal Tour at 6:30pm.

When: 4:45pm on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays

Length: One Hour and 15 minutes

Meeting Point: Exit to Doges Palace, just to the right of the church of St Marks. Our guide will be holding our brochure.

Includes: Guided Tour, small group guarantee, audio head phones if over 10 people, Doges Palace entry ticket (13 euro)

Excludes: Optional gratuities

Weather: This tour runs rain or shine

Notes: Public Venice Tours are available in 2010 from Available from April 12th to July 31st and from August 30th to October 30th. These tours are not available in the month of August but private tours are available all year round exclusively for you.  Please see our Private Venice Tours for more information.

Participant Minimum: 4 persons

Maximum: 18 persons

Tour ends in the Doges Palace-you can stay until closing time at 7:30pm if you wish

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On rare occasions, our tours do not meet their minimums.  If this happens, we would be happy to run the tour just for you at our cost price to ensure that you do not miss it.  You can simply pay the difference between what you have paid and our cost for running the tour, which you see below.  We will contact you the evening before your tour if your tour has not met the minimum number of participants, so please remember to include your hotel or cell phone contact information if you will not have email access in your booking notes and let us know if you are interested in this option.  This option is valid only for tours booked at least 7 days in advance.

Cost to run the tour just for you:    80.00 Euro       Guide cost minimum excluding museum tickets