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The Original Doge's Palace Tour
from € 39.00
The Power and the Glory - Splendor Meets Terror.
Walk on to the setting of one of the world's great mercantile ‘dynasties'. Experience the pomp and pageantry of the magnificent Doges whose wizened exteriors masked a combined steel will to control international market forces.
The Doge's Palace embodies one of the grandest propaganda campaigns ever seen in history. Its superb gothic façades masked a sinister style of government developed to carefully drive the commercial interests so important to Venice's history.
Learn about the Doges' bizarrely cloistered lifestyles which were strictly interwoven into the very fabric of Venice and followed fascinating archaic rituals. Hear how the Doges orchestrated one of the greatest tragedies in the history of western culture and then profited from it. Follow in the footsteps of the condemned as we walk though bygone eras and see their poignant tracings engraved into the palace prison walls...
We have designed the Doge's Palace Tour to best avoid crowds inside the Doge's Palace.
Price: Adults - 39 euro per person
Students (13-26 years old) - 35 euro per person
Children (6-12 years old) - 35 euro per person
Children (5 years and under) - free
Include in Tour Price: Guided Doge's Palace tour, small group guarantee, audio head phones if required, Doge's Palace entry ticket
Excluded From Price: Optional gratuities
Tour Meeting Time and Dates: 4:35pm on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, Saturdays from April 16-July 28 and September 3-October 27
The Doge's Palace Tour Meeting Point: At the exit to Doge's Palace, just to the right of the church of St Mark's. Our guide will be holding our Artviva Walking Tours brochure.
The Original Doge's Palace Tour ends: just by where our Grand Canal Tour meets so you have time to choose both options should you wish.
Tour Length: 1 hour and 15 minutes
Minimum Participants: 4 persons
Maximum Participants: 18 persons
Weather: This tour runs rain or shine
Please Note: Our Small-group Venice Tours are unavailable in the month of August but private tours are available all year round exclusively for you. Please see our Private Venice Tours for more information. Tour Original Doge's Palace Tour ends inside the Doge's Palace. You can stay until closing time (usually at 7:30pm) if you wish.
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2013/05/19
Tanya Harrison said:
Fantastic
My boyfriend and I took the original Florence walking tour, and I have to say it was the best tour of our week stay in Italy. This tour was fantastic because we had Brenda as our tour guide. When someone loves their job so much it really shines through their work and made us enjoy so much more than what there was to see and know about Florence. Brenda was very knowledgeable, funny and well spoken. We also enjoyed her running commentaries on the various happenings around the streets such as watching a woman parking her Vespa on the street or a van moving in a tight space. Very enjoyable and thank you Brenda for a great time!
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2013/03/23
Elaine Lam said:
I took the Florence tour of Florence Artisans. It was amazing. It was the best tour !!!! Our Guide, Helen was fantastic. She took us to places we'd NEVER have been able to find on our own. She was friendly and very informative. In fact, local people were greeting us with such a warm reception which I can only attribute to the fact that she is a well known and liked friend to the city.
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2013/03/22
JT said:
I took two tours with Art Viva, and multiple tours with Aventurra Bellisima. Art Viva outperforms hands down. Their tour guides (Elizabeta and Klaus) were fantastic-- knowledgable, engaging, entertaining, and particularly Klaus on art-- he is a superstar art and history teacher. Also, the tour sizes were small <8. (Regrettably only one of Aventurra guides spoke English with sufficient facility to make the tour comprehensible and tour sizes were large 10-20). If I could do it again, I would have chosen Art Viva for all the tours.
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2013/03/21
Robert Waters said:
Fantastic
We recently did 3 tours in Florence with Artviva and these were the most informative tours I have been on. In addition to the excellent information, you could tell that the guides LOVED their job. It was a pleasure to be on tours that were so interesting and with such enthusiastic and pleasant guides. I recommend this to anyone wanting to really learn about Florence , its art and its history and meaning.
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2013/02/24
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2013/01/22
Helen Campbell said:
Excellent
Nice size for a tour group – not too big. Excellent coverage of the main issues in Renaissance history. Wonderful details – really enjoyed it. Thanks so much.
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2013/01/22
Ann Gregory said:
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2013/01/22
Paul Edward Cook said:
Great tour
I just wanted to write and thank you and your staff for our wonderful and informative walking tour of Florence. The tour helped us fall even more in love with your wonderful city. Thanks again and we hope to return in the near future for some more tours. Paul
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2013/01/21
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2013/01/21
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