Doge's Palace
Guide
Photo: Didier Descouens · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
≈ A$53MuseumAllow 1.5–2.5 hPut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
Grand council chambers with some of the largest paintings in the world, armouries, and a walk across the Bridge of Sighs into the old prisons.
A brief history
For about a thousand years this was the seat of the Venetian Republic's government and the home of its elected ruler, the Doge, as well as a courthouse and a jail.
Tips
- Best time
- First slot of the day
- Cost
- ≈ €30 (check)
- Allow
- 1.5–2.5 h
- Hours
- Usually daily from morning until early evening (check)
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Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Written in Flewaway's words by AI from this open data, not yet checked by a person. Prices, hours and rules change, so check before you go.
Good to know
- Area
- San Marco: St Mark's Square, the basilica and the Doge's Palace: magnificent, crowded and the dearest to stay in.
- Access
- Partly step-free
- Indoors or out
- Indoors: good on a hot or rainy day
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