Dogepaladset + Markuskirken og klokketårnet

We booked both of these together and, having seen that the Doge's Palace tour lasted an hour, booked the Basilica tour for 45 minutes after this should have ended. Both tour guides were excellent... Vis mere

We booked both of these together and, having seen that the Doge's Palace tour lasted an hour, booked the Basilica tour for 45 minutes after this should have ended. Both tour guides were excellent and really informative, and we learnt a lot about these buildings, their history and that of Venice as a whole. The trip up the bell tower at the end is also well worth it - no queue to get in and not crowded on the viewing platform. I've knocked off a star however, as the two tours were with different companies and the Doge's Palace (run by Venice tours) was actually, according to our guide, due to last almost 2 hours. This meant we had to leave part way through and rush through the prison and Bridge of Sighs on our own to get to the next tour in time (although we didn't really need to get to their meeting point 15 minutes before the start and could, as it turned out, have stayed a bit longer). Disappointing it ended up rushed, as we could easily have booked them further apart.