VENICE
The best of Venice and the lagoon.
The 15 most popular skip the line tours in Venice. The ones worth carving a morning out for, with what each costs, how long it runs and who walks you through it.
Skip the line into St. Mark’s Basilica via St Peter’s Door, then see mosaics, museum horses, and the terrace view of Venice for about an hour.
Most Popular“Learning the details of the church and its history was memorable. Our guide, Pamela, was extremely knowledgeable”
Skip-the-line guided tour of Doge’s Palace and St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice, with audio headsets and small-group pacing.
“Zoe was absolutely wonderful. A great storyteller. An expert. A kind person. We found every minute fascinating.”
Skip the line at Venice’s Doge’s Palace, then cross the Bridge of Sighs and see Casanova’s prison. Guided 75-minute tour.
Skip the line into Venice’s Doge’s Palace, cross the Bridge of Sighs, and add museum entries plus a VR history stop at St. Mark’s.
Skip-the-line guided tour of Doge’s Palace in Venice, with optional Museo Correr ticket included. Learn the Doges, prisons, and art.
Venice skip-the-line guided tour of St Mark’s Basilica and Square with headset commentary and terrace views; 1 hour in a small group.
“Silvana was a wonderful tour guide. So knowledgeable on the history of St Mark’s Basillica and happily answered all our questions.”
Skip lines to St. Mark’s Basilica and Doge’s Palace, plus Bridge of Sighs and New Prisons links, with live guide and headsets.
“Amazing and knowledgeable tour guide Denise provided much history of both the basilica and palace. Highly recommend”
Skip the lines at Doge’s Palace with a guided headset tour of Venice’s politics and art, plus Bridge of Sighs prisons.
“Excellent guide - friendly, informative and great company. Really brought the history to life for us. Tailored it to suit our interest and knowledge. Highly recommend.”
Private Skip-the-Line tour of St. Mark’s Basilica and Doge’s Palace with an art historian guide, priority entry, and the Bridge of Sighs.
“We learned a great deal and had a wonderful guide. Paola was able to make Venetian history come alive through words.”
Skip the line in Venice for St Mark’s Basilica and Doge’s Palace with a small semi-private group and expert commentary, ending near San Marco.
“Enrico was a great guide! Super informative and interesting. We loved the semi-private tour, it allowed us to ask a number of questions and get a few pointers on other aspects of Venice.”
Skip the lines to St Mark’s Basilica and Doge’s Palace with an expert guided tour in Venice’s main square, saving hours of waiting.
“Ketty was extremely knowledgeable and the tour was amazing! There were only 4 of us and she went out of her way to show us the important aspects of the Basilica and Doges Palace. She was funny and very engaging.”
Skip lines at St. Mark’s and the Doge’s Palace, then stroll Rialto with a local guide and finish with an included private gondola ride.
“A last minute snag with our credit card forced us to move up to a private tour. Our group of six was very happy with our private guide, Brankica. We learned much about the history and lore of the Doge and St Mark’s cathedral. She was efficient and focused in her presentations and very proud…”
Venice walking tour to St. Mark’s and Castello with skip-the-line Doge’s Palace, prisons, Bridge of Sighs, plus ticket to Museo Correr.
“Our tour guide did an awesome job explaining the history of Doge's Palace and Venice. We enjoyed every minute of it and we met a lot of great people!”
Skip-the-line St. Mark’s Basilica plus a Venice morning walk and gondola ride. See top sights fast in about 4.5 hours.
“The tour was supposed to be a morning tour with a guide (this part OK) then the basilica (also OK) but the gondola ride was changed to departing at 1500 which we could not attend due to another commitment.”
Skip-the-line guided walk through Venice’s Doge’s Palace with Golden Staircase, Bridge of Sighs, major Tintoretto art, and museum access.
“Excellent tour guide, just long enough for a knowledgeable tour for those that get overwhelmed with too much information over a long period of time.”
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