Hi, all. Website for the Doge’s Palace has single tickets for E25 or senior (65+) tickets for E13.
We are over 65 but US citizens, will gladly pay the single fare but will also gladly take the senior discount if not restricted to Italian or EU citizens. Website just says “citizens.”
Anyone know the rules? Many thanks !
Posted by
San Francisco Bay Area (USA)
16157 posts
The website only says "visitatori" (visitors), it does not say citizens or any other specification relating to nationality.
https://palazzoducale.visitmuve.it/it/pianifica-la-tua-visita/biglietti/
Posted by
Bendigo, Australia
1297 posts
Seniors of any nationality also get a discount for the Biennale in Venice.
Nice.
Posted by
San Diego, California, USA
1165 posts
Recent experience is that senior discount tickets purchased online are accepted without hesitation everywhere we visited in Italy. Some sites mention that "ID will be required for usage" or similar language but that never actually happened when redeeming tickets.
When purchasing tickets at the Ferragamo museum in Florence they even suggested, very graciously and subtly, that there "are some discounted ticket available if any apply" if we wanted to check the different prices.
Trenitalia train tickets are the only place that I found their senior discounts hard to obtain. You need their specific CartaFRECCIA card to book tickets and people report very long wait times and difficulties trying to get this card in the states.
Have a great trip,
=Tod
Posted by
OP
Chicago
10 posts
Many thanks to you all for your sharing your experiences and thoughts on this topic.
I appreciate your courtesy ! We will purchase the senior tickets online.
Thanks again,
Posted by
Vancouver,BC
45 posts
I am understanding here that you are recommending to book online, as a senior, and then take your chances at the door? I am preparing to book many sights in Rome, Venice and Florence. I was sure that I read on all of these that the senior discount was for EU citizens. Tempting but I wouldn’t want to have to deal with anything complicated that would delay my entry to any of these places.
Posted by
Washington DC
28299 posts
If there is a citizenship or residency requirement to qualify for a senior ticket, that should be clear on the webpage. Look for a lower-case "i" in a circle or some other clickable link to a page showing specific requirements. That's where you'll usually find the age limit for senior tickets, too, and the age limit for children's tickets. In addition to varying by country, rules are often different for municipal vs. national vs. privately-owned museums.