Absolute Venice: walking tour, St Mark’s Basilica and Doge’s Palace from Venice

About this tour

On this tour you can explore the political and religious heart of the Venetian Republic: the Doge’s Palace and the stunning St Mark’s Basilica. Enjoy also a guided tour to Venice most iconic landmarks!

The tour starts in PIAZZA SAN MARCO, where our local guide will reveal all the secrets about the origins and the history of its main monuments: the St Mark’s Basilica, the Doge’s Palace, the Bell Tower and the Procuratie. Then we plunge into one of the most majestic cathedrals of the world: ST MARK’S BASILICA! Here you can feast your eyes on the Byzantine mosaics and drink in the magic. From the sacred to the profane – the tour ends in the DOGE’S PALACE, for centuries the seat of the Venetian political power. In its splendid rooms, plastered with literally hundreds of masterpieces of paintings, the Duke and his Council controlled the fate of a thousand-year history republic. A tour to see the two faces of Venice.