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Attraction · Venice, Italy
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The seat of the Doge and the government of the Venetian Republic for a thousand years, on Piazza San Marco, now a museum covering the state rooms, the armoury, the Bridge of Sighs and the prisons.
It is the building the republic ran from, and it survives more or less intact. Tintoretto's Paradise and the Sala del Maggior Consiglio explain Venetian power more directly than any book about it.
Genuinely magnificent state rooms, the largest old master painting in the world, the prisons and the Bridge of Sighs, and a ticket that also covers the Correr and the archaeological museum.
Very expensive at the door. Extremely crowded in summer. A fixed one-way route with no backtracking. The Bridge of Sighs is a brief shuffle rather than a moment.
Every first-time visitor to Venice, and anyone interested in how a maritime republic actually governed itself.
You are in Venice for a day and would rather spend it in the quieter sestieri. In that case the Accademia is a calmer use of the money.
Book online and save five euros, then arrive at opening. Use the Correr on the same ticket rather than letting it go to waste. Last admission is an hour before closing, which is not enough time to do the route properly.
Standard 35.00 euros, reduced 15.00 euros, and 30.00 euros standard when purchased online in advance. The ticket includes the Musei di Piazza San Marco. Venetian residents and various categories enter free.
Vaporetto line 1 or 2 to San Marco or San Zaccaria, then a two-minute walk. From the railway station it is a forty-minute walk or a twenty-five-minute vaporetto ride.
The eastern corner of Piazza San Marco, beside the basilica and facing the lagoon, which is the single most concentrated tourist site in Italy.
Two to three hours for the full route including the prisons.
Lifts serve most of the state rooms, but the prisons and Bridge of Sighs involve stairs and narrow passages that are not step-free.
Book online, save the five euros, arrive at nine, and use the Correr on the same ticket. Expensive, unavoidable, and worth it.
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Palazzo Ducale charges 35.00 euros for a standard ticket and 15.00 euros reduced, dropping to 30.00 euros standard if bought online in advance. It opens 09:00 to 19:00 from 1 April to 31 October, with last admission at 18:00, and 09:00 to 18:00 in winter. The ticket is not only for the palace. It covers the Musei di Piazza San Marco, so the Correr Museum and the archaeological museum come with it, which changes the…
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