Doge’s Palace and St. Mark Basilica

Explore two of Venice’s most iconic features – the marvelous Doge’s Palace and the immaculate Saint Mark’s Basilica. This guided tour offers 3 hours of extravagant beauty, with entry into each feature provided as part of your experience.

Doge’s Palace holds sheer majesty, the prime example of Venice’s unique iteration on the Gothic style. The palace’s exterior is a marvel in architecture alone, aweing tourists with sheer size and style. But within its walls, you find a whole new kind of awe – witnessing a full museum, dedicated to the goal of showing off the wall to wall to ceiling paintings, and the intricate golden masterworks framing each one, The Chamber of the Great Council alone is a site of immaculate artisanal talent, containing the single longest canvas painting in all the world.

The palace was once the home of the Doge of Venice, built in the 1300s, and has received additions and upgrades ever since. It was once a place of extreme authority, housing the supreme ruler of the historic Republic of Venice. Its seat of political power no longer remains, but the majesty it represents is eternal, ready to show itself to an audience far beyond the elite ruling class.
The nearby Saint Mark’s Basilica holds itself as a premiere site of religious worship, and spares no expense in extravagant dedication to a higher power. The cathedral bears incredible archways, spires, and domes, all clad in whites and golds. With a history dating long before the year 1000, the Basilica is an absolute work of art, with every inch demonstrating architectural masterwork.

The Basilica’s interior is no less beautiful, with high vaulted ceilings and massive domes towering overhead. Its extravagant golden designs pair themselves with artistic renditions of immense historical value, illustrating a legacy that leaves people breathless even
today.