Morning Venice Walking Tour plus Doge's Palace Guided Visit
Overview
Available languages
3 hours 15 minutes
Mobile ticket
Take part in this 3-hour tour that combines a fascinating walk through the historic centre of Venice and a guided visit to the Doge’s Palace. You will pass through the gates of the thousand-year-long history of a unique city.
Additional Info
Public transportation options are available nearby
Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Please arrive at the meeting point at least 10 minutes before the tour departure time.
At the tour departure point you will meet a representative who will check your vouchers and give you information to do the tour.
During the winter period (from November 1st to March 31st) the tour is BILINGUAL, so explanations are provided in two languages if the audience provenience is mixed.
No credit or refunds will be given in the case of a no show (if you don't show up at the meeting point at the time indicated on your voucher)
This is a collective tour, which means there might be other participants going on the tour with you.
Please note that, due to the particular morphological structure of Venice and the logistic problems resulting from it, we cannot guarantee that the whole tour is accessible to people with limited mobility. This means that people with walking difficulties and wheelchair users could not be able to access some parts of the itinerary.
On certain dates, most travelers staying outside of Venice who are planning to visit for the day will be required to pay a €5 access fee. For further details (including exemptions) and to learn what days this fee is applicable, please visit: https://cda.ve.it
What To Expect
Piazza San Marco
Gem of Venice, Piazza San Marco is one of the must-sees places if you're visiting this beautiful city.
Palazzo Ducale
Seat of Venetian doges, hence the name Palazzo Ducale.
Options
Spanish
English
German
French
What‘s Included
Guided tour
Doge's Palace Admission
Gratuities
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Reviews
19 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
Very good experience, the...
Maximiliano G,May 2, 2026
- Review from Viator
5.00Very good experience, the walking tour we did early and it was better because there were not many people in San Marcos Square.
Manuella was...
Martin B,Jul 28, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Manuella was excellent. Interesting to have a guide from Venice. The Doge's Palace must definitely be visited
Take the morning tour to...
Amy S,Jun 29, 2025
- Review from Viator
5.00Take the morning tour to avoid the heat in the summer. It was a lot of information and I enjoyed learning about the city.
Okay Tour
Georgia M,Jun 20, 2022
- Review from Viator
3.00Wasn’t my favorite tour but wasn’t my least favorite. Overall, the walking tour section wasn’t too packed with information, but doge’s palace part was good.
Very nice guide and breathtaking impressions!
252linal,Dec 28, 2018
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We booked the German tour. We started with a walk through Venice, where we saw some sights we already knew and now got interesting information about them. Our guide, Veronica, was extremely sympathetic, spoke very good German and gave us nice insights into contemporary and historical life in Venice. In addition, we got to know many new points and sights that we would certainly never have found on our own. Thanks again to Veronica, that was a very nice tour! Then we went with Veronica to the Doge's Palace. This one is enormously impressive and defies contrasts. Power and pomp on the one hand in a wealth of detail that you feel you could spend a whole day in any room and then the dark prison rooms with the Bridge of Sighs in contrast.
Great visit. Interesting guides
Gaël B,Oct 5, 2018
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Walk and visit the palace of interesting dogs. We had 2 different guides for the two successive visits, and both were very interesting.
Excellent guide for a splendid visit
Flore B,Aug 31, 2018
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Very happy with this visit made at the end of August. The organization may seem risky at first. Meet under the clock tower with employees dressed in blue. Many groups meet in the same place at the same time, and receive an audiophone each. Each guide ends up with a sign indicating a number that we can easily find. The French group was very small compared to the other groups, we were 8 with the guide which was very comfortable. The guide, Gloria, was very comfortable in French, and very interesting. With great patience, managing to take cover despite the rain, adapting his step to children, teens and older. Rich in comments, being Venetian by origin, she made us discover her city with a lot of love and knowledge. We found ourselves in the starting place to leave with another group, this time larger, to visit the dog palace. We waited about 15 minutes for the new distribution of groups. Some of them go by gondola, or somewhere else. The Dog Palace is splendid, and Gloria once again shared with us her knowledge of the palace with great precision. Thank you to her for those 3 hours spent in her company.
Informative tour with nice guide and technical problems
920stephanie,Aug 3, 2018
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00The walking tour through Venice in the morning was informative and cosy in a small group of approximately 10 people. our guide was a venician woman, who also told us some free tourist hacks like cheap bars and free toilets. Also the tour in doges palace was nicely done. The only thing, that was not good about the tour was the broken microphone of the guide. Sometimes her voice was too low volume to unterstand.
This was a an enjoyable tour. The...
Ray M,Jun 18, 2017
- Review from Viator
4.00This was a an enjoyable tour. The guide was very knowledgeable and was good at avoiding the crowded areas.
Great way to see Venice <br/> Do...
Bdower68,Jun 13, 2017
- Review from Viator
4.00Great way to see Venice
Do this on your first day and get a great lay of the land and landmarks
Guide was very informative and kept an even pace during the tour
Many many groups meet in the square so get there on time and pay attention to who goes where
As groups get moved around and the second part of our tour the dodges palace was a different group of people.
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