Afternoon in Venice

Cultural visit to the interiors of the Doge’s Palace and access to the Prisons through the Bridge of Sighs Off the beaten path walking tour between St. Mark’s Square and the Rialto Bridge

PART ONE

We enter the Doge’s Palace, the highest achievement of Gothic architecture in Venice, through the Porta del Frumento (Corn Door) on the waterfront. The monumental complex was the symbol and center of the political and administrative life of the Serenissima.
At once the Doge’s residence, seat of government and court of justice and prisons, the Palace was for centuries the symbol of the wealth and power of the Venetian Republic.

HIGHLIGHTS
• Enter the Doge’s Palace and the inner courtyard surrounded by the four monumental facades. Ascend to the first floor through the spectacular Giant’s Staircase flanked by the huge marble statues of Mars and Neptune by Jacopo Sansovino
• See the impressive halls and the magnificent Sala del Maggior Consiglio, the hall where the Major Council met.
• Through the adjoining Bridge of Sighs cross into the bleak cells of the Prison Building

PART TWO

This guided tour through the streets of Venice will take you from St. Mark’s Square to the Rialto Bridge. The hustle and bustle of the shopping district will give way to the quiet, more athmospheric back alleys where the sky is reflected in the gently flowing water, voices echo in the distance and each palace has a story to tell. The ancient “fondaci” of the foreign merchants and the marketplace reveal the glory and exotic trading past of the city in every architectural detail.

HIGHLIGHTS
• The maze of ancient alleyways between St. Mark’s Square and the Rialto Bridge
• Outside view of Gran Teatro la Fenice
• Outside view of Scala del Bovolo, the spiral staircase of Palazzo Contarini del Bovolo
• The Rialto Bridge

DURATION
approx. 2 hours

GUIDED TOUR
Afternoon

PRICE
From 1st April 2015 till 31st October 2015
Adults: 50,00 € per person
Children under 2: free (reservation under infant)

From 1st April 2016 till 31st October 2016
Adults: 50,00 € per person
Children under 2: free (reservation under infant)

INCLUDED
Entrance fee to the Doge’s Palace for immediate access.
No waiting lines