Hi !
i've read many place that this could be an Highlight of a trip to venice. What is your oponion about it ?
There seems to be many tours offered, can someone show me a mor offiacial or better one ? We will be there in july and we want to buy tickets in advance.
Thanks !
Personally I don't think the highlight of any great city is a museum :-) I'd rather be out and about actually seeing and doing and wandering through the maze of alleys. But the Doge's Palace is a central landmark in Venice and the Secret Itinerary Tour is definitely interesting. Don't book through a 3rd party when you can book directly with the museum:
I like the Doge's Palace mostly for the architecture, not so much for the art collections. I very much enjoyed the SI tour, learned a lot about the history of Venice in her heyday. This is not a tour of the public spaces of the sight, but more like a back-door opportunity. The tour goes to the upper floors which are not otherwise accessible to the general public. Be forewarned: you will be under right the metal roof, no AC, no fans. If you go in summer, it will be hot. Take a folding fan and lots of cold water. I went in winter and it was bitterly cold, but all of us were grateful it wasn't July.
We did this several years ago and thoroughly enjoyed it! I don't know if it was the highlight of the trip, but definitely glad we did it.
