Venice & the Veneto · BRIDGE OF SIGHS TOURS
Every trip has one free day too few. These 9 bridge of sighs tours justify the slot, priced and timed so you can decide in minutes and get back to the fun part.
Tour Doge’s Palace, its prisons, and the Bridge of Sighs with a lively guide, fast-track entry, Renaissance art, and an optional VR or gondola upgrade.
“This was a really good tour. I feel like it gave us just enough detail and kept it interesting. It was also surprisingly not that crowded - guides did a good job keeping everyone separate. You MUST do this tour!”
Ride a traditional gondola beneath the Bridge of Sighs, explore Venice from the water, and follow app commentary for $42.
“Everything I asked for and more. The guide was engaging and helpful, and the gondola ride was just magical! All that for just 34 euros. Would do it again and again, definitely!”
Visit Venice’s Doge’s Palace, Bridge of Sighs, prisons, and St. Mark’s museums with priority entry and a phone audio guide.
“It was all brilliant. I spent 3 hours there seeing the palace, prison, bridge of sighs. All so worth it. I had the audio tour which worked well. One of the most beautiful palaces I’ve ever seen and I’ve seen plenty.”
Tour Doge’s Palace, cross the Bridge of Sighs, and explore Venice’s former prisons with fast-track entry and a live guide.
“Our guide (Katrina?) was very informative- and even made the effort to make sure a preteen could relate to the history and art of the tour. Crossing with other tours and individuals in smaller areas can make keeping up a bit daunting at times- but our guide worked hard to mitigate those issues. She kept it informative and light hearted. The bridge of sighs portion of the tour was quite the counterpoint to the beauty and grandiosity of the Palace”
Ride a shared gondola beneath Venice’s Bridge of Sighs, explore gondola craft in VR, and hear canal stories for $39.86 per person.
“Relaxing ride through quieter and smaller canals. Very nice.”
Review of Venice’s shared gondola ride under the Bridge of Sighs, with route details, price advice, meeting tips, and honest drawbacks.
“The gondola ride is a highlight when coming to Venice. We lived the ride. We we disappointed in the Gondolier. He didn't even greet us as we got in the boat. Not friendly at all.”
Review of Venice’s Doge’s Palace, prison route, Bridge of Sighs, shared gondola ride, guide quality, price, and practical tips.
“The Doge Palace was interesting, but the audio guide I paid for never downloaded- it got stuck and just stopped. It did download on my husband’s, but it was glitchy. We just stopped using it after a time.”
Tour Doge's Palace, cross the Bridge of Sighs, and enter Venice's old prisons with an English-speaking guide in a group of 10 or fewer.
“Luigina explained everything in a very lively and vivid way, incorporating history, art history, architecture, and even historical gossip. She responded spontaneously to our requests. We can definitely recommend her guided tour.”
See Venice by foot and gondola, with St. Mark’s Basilica, Bridge of Sighs, skip-the-line entry, digital maps, and a 30-minute shared ride.
“The biggest problem was that we could not understand our tour guide. Only could understand about 25% of what she was saying.”
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