Doge's Palace & St Mark's Basilica Tours

A Doge's Palace tour or a St Mark's Basilica tour puts a guide inside both buildings without the queue, and the 26 here were picked by hand from every listing rated 4.5★ or higher. Prices run from €12 per person for a priority visit of the basilica, to €580 for a private day that pairs both buildings with a gondola ride. Between them sit palace tours with the prisons and the Bridge of Sighs, combos that add the terraces or the islands, and after hours visits for six.

A quick way to choose: read the ticket line, because the basilica entry is a small fixed fee and the rest is the guide and the slot, while the terrace and the secret itineraries sit in dearer tiers, with children under six kept out of the secret passages. Tickets are nominative, so give full names at checkout and carry matching ID; knees and shoulders must be covered and large bags stay outside. Hotel pickup is never included. The best reviewed Doge's Palace and St Mark's Basilica tours come first below.