Private Doge's Palace secret itineraries tour:
The hidden palace, your group alone
Destination
Venice, Italy
Duration
2.5 hours
Tour size
Max 6
Language
English
Overview
Behind the Doge's Palace's grand halls is a world of locked doors most visitors never pass: torture chambers, secret archives, and the cell Casanova escaped from. This private Doge's Palace Secret Itineraries tour opens them for your group alone, with a guide who tailors the visit, then carries on through the state rooms and into St. Mark's Basilica.
- •Have a palace guard unlock the Secret Passages for your group only
- •Stand in Casanova's cell and the rooms where the Republic kept its secrets
- •Walk the Doge's apartments and the Hall of the Great Council
- •Cross the Bridge of Sighs to the New Prisons
- •Finish with skip-the-line entry to St. Mark's Basilica
What's included
- Special access to the Doge's Palace, including the Secret Passages
- Skip-the-line access to St. Mark's Basilica
- A private local English-speaking guide for your group only
- A guided walking tour
You will visit
- Casanova's prison cell
- The torture chamber and secret archives
- The Hall of the Great Council and the Doges' Apartments
- The Sala dello Scrutinio and the New Prisons
- The Bridge of Sighs
- St. Mark's Basilica
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The secret passages, privately
A palace guard unlocks the restricted areas for your group, and your private guide leads you into the hidden palace: the torture chambers, the secret archives, and the cell Casanova famously broke out of. Because it's just your party, you can slow down, ask anything, and weigh the visit toward whatever draws you, the politics, the architecture, the intrigue. Most visitors never see these rooms at all.
The grand rooms
From the shadows you step into the palace's public splendor: the Doge's apartments, the Hall of the Great Council, and the route across the Bridge of Sighs to the New Prisons. Your guide reads both sides of the Republic, the glamour it projected and the grit beneath it. It's the full story of Venetian power, paced to your group.
"On a private tour I can linger in Casanova's cell as long as you want, telling the whole escape story. In a big group you're moved along. Here, the room is yours."
Elena,
WalksDevour guide
"The Doge's Palace is glamour and grit in one building. A torture chamber, then a gilded council hall, then St. Mark's gold. Few places tell a city's story so completely."
Sylvia,
WalksDevour guide
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