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Accessible Venice Tour With Wheelchair Including Doge Palace & St Mark Basilica

4.9(9 reviews)Venice, Italy
4hDurationGerman, English, French, SpanishOffered inMobile ticketTicketNot includedPickupWheelchair accessibleAccessibilityModerateLevel

About this experience

Experience Venice on this 4-hour tour designed for wheelchair users. An expert guide will assist you in navigating the city, highlighting significant sites such as Piazza San Marco and the Doge’s Palace, while providing the best routes for accessibility. The tour includes visits to the Rialto district and its iconic bridge. It is suitable for individuals with mobility challenges. Before booking, note that local steamboats may be utilized to facilitate travel between locations.

Itinerary

1

Piazza San Marco

Meet you guide in Calle Vallaresso and reach San Marco Square with your guide. Amazing Square, symbol of the city, in which you will be sorrounded by impressive architectures, built in differents times but that seem to be one. A long series of ancient arcades ,that enclose a lot of bars and restaurants, flank the square, on one side you will enjoy the wonderful view of the Correr Museum and right in front of it the sumptuous Basilic with its 4 bronze horses facing the center of the square.

2

Palazzo Ducale

Enter the Doge's Palace, The first and second floors are accessible by lift. Let yourself be enthralled by the works of Tintoretto and the elegant halls that you will cross.

3

Basilica di San Marco

Born as a ducal chapel, it symbolizes all the grandeur of Venice, also known as the Gold Basilic for the golden mosaics that fill it almost entirely

4

Ponte dei Sospiri

Leaving the Doge’s palace you will be able to admire from the outside the famous Bridge of Sights that internally connects the palace with the new prisons, not accessible by wheelchair because of a tight passage and not equipped for the wheelchair.

5

Ponte di Rialto

Catch again the steamboat n 1 and reach Rialto district, one of the most famous district in which Venice is divided. Rialto is famous all around the world for the romantic Rialto Bridge, the white stone bridge anciently the only one bridge which joined the two side of the Gran canal and built to faciltate the commercial trade. In fact, not everyone knows that Rialto is very famous for its markets that fill the lives of the Venetians almost every day of the week in the morning. Famous is the fresh fish market but you can find every type of food even the stands of typical Venetian desserts

What's included / not included

Daily Steamboat TicketLocal guidePrivate tourProfessional guidePickup and drop-off from designated meeting pointsAdmission Tickets to Doge's Palace 35 euro each and Basilica 12 euro each
GratuitiesFood and drinksOn Sunday The Basilica is opened from 2:00 pm

Additional information

Accessibility and comfort

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
  • All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Good to know

  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • On certain dates, most travelers staying outside of Venice who are planning to visit for the day will be required to pay a €5 access fee. For further details (including exemptions) and to learn what days this fee is applicable, please visit: https://cda.ve.it
  • BASILICA ENTRY TICKETS 12 EURO EACH INCLUDED IN THE PRICE DOGE'S PALACE ENTRY TICKETS 35 EURO EACH INCLUDED IN THE PRICE Please provide the full names of all travelers when booking. Failure to present a voucher with all travelers’ full names at the ticket office prior to entry may result in denied entry to the attraction. Each traveler must present a valid passport or ID document that matches the name provided at the time of booking for successful entry to St.Mark’s Basilica

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