• Private Tour
• Family Friendly
• Carbon Neutral

You and your family get to travel back through time and history, discovering symbols and secrets and solving many mysteries during an exciting treasure hunt in the majestic Doge's Palace! No need to wait in line as your host can pre-buy a skip the line ticket for you and your little ones!​

Destination

Venice, Italy

Category

City Highlight Tours

Duration

2 hours

Transport mode

Walking tour

Available languages

Italiano, English

Included

• Private guide

Excluded

• 🚨 the museum asks to the participants to pre buy tickets directly onlineChoose the date and time of your visit, buy the tickets for Doge’s Palace and match the free tickets, in another time slot, for the combined itinerary of Correr Museum’s first floor, Museo Archeologico Nazionale and Monumental Rooms of the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana.

What you can expect

This is the plan

Check out the plan below to see what you'll get up to with your local host. Feel free to personalize this offer with Lucia.

1. Meeting point

   Meet at Caffè Florian - Venice to start your journey

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2. Itinerary

   This is what our experience could look like, but it’s not set in stone! Once you book, you can chat directly with your host to make small tweaks to suit your preferences.

3. Meet & greet

   Meet your local host at the San Marco square in front of the oldest coffee bar of Europe

4. A mysterious start

   Begin your adventure discovering the secrets of St. Mark’s square

5. Skip the line!

   No time to waste! The fun starts now with your skip the line pass to enter directly the Doge Palace

6. Doge Palace's Mysteries

   Let's solve the secrets and mysteries of the Doge Palace together, in an exciting treasure hunt

7. Case solved !

   After our adventure, we will collect our reward!

8. End of the tour

   Goodbye and personal recommendations for you and your family!

9. Make it yours

   Want to tweak the itinerary? Book directly & chat afterwards with your host to adjust highlights, skip stops, or make small changes to fit your preferences.

   Book risk-free: Cancel within 24 hours for a full refund.

   Need something special? Personalize your experience for more time, alternative locations or a completely tailored plan.

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• Tell me your preferences and wishes so I can customize the tour for you
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Flexible cancellation policy

• Feel confident booking

  Cancel within 24 hours for a full refund. Even up to 7 days before your experience, you’ll receive a refund, minus the service fee.

• Change of plans?

  Reschedule your experience to a date and time that works best for you.

• Loved by travelers worldwide

  Simple and flexible – your plans, your way.

Reviews from guests

Kati

7 February 2025

Lucia was a wonderful guide. She managed to make the visit to St Mark's and the Doge's palace highly enjoyable for all family members. We all learned a lot and had a great time. Having Lucia was a game changer for our children (ages 6 and 8): they normally lose interest in museums and picture galleries after a fairly short time, but this time they were engaged for the whole 2 hours.Lucia is the best

Jason🇺🇸 United States

21 July 2024

Lucia was terrific. We had a group with a wide range of ages including kids ages 7 to 13. Her tour is set up to be engaging with children, and they stayed engaged for several hours. It was also informative for the adults. I would highly recommend her especially for families. I’d love to come back to do some of her art tours for myself - another time!Excellent kid friendly tour!

Nick🇩🇪 Germany

19 July 2024

We had an incredible time learning everything about the Doge's Palace and their history. Lucia's fascinating knowledge was share in such a bright and entertaining way that our time flashed by. You can feel just how much Lucia loves her city and she imparted that love to us and our kids so that we were just as swept up in it. After the tour we couldn't stop our youngest continuing the treasure hunt as he continued to spot features around the city.Where did the time go?

Jacki🇺🇸 United States

13 March 2024

We had an amazing time exploring the Doge’s Palace and San Marco’s with Lucia! She was fantastic with our 8 year old son and kept him engaged the entire time. We learned so much about the Republic of Venice and origins of the basilica. I would highly recommend her to anyone traveling to Venice!!!

Katrina🇨🇦 Canada

7 July 2023

We had an absolutely amazing tour with Lucia. Our kids (5 and 7) keep talking about how she is the best. She was so engaging and did a wonderful job. We learned a lot about Venice and Doges. Thank you so much Lucia!!Lucia is the best!!!

dfj6p59qq9🇺🇸 United States

17 March 2022

We cannot say enough good about Lucia! She is so full of history and joy. You can tell that she truly loves Venice and sharing that love with the world. We recommend this wonderful soul 1000000 times over! She was so great with our 9 year old son. Amazing- Wonderful - Kind - Patient!

Reut🇩🇪 Germany

20 October 2021

Lucia was friendly and really great with the kids they loved her and enjoyed every moment of the game/tour, while we the parents managed to enjoy relaxed 2 hours and learn some new things about Venice and its rich history, Lucia knows a lot about the city and its cultural heritage.Fantasic experience for all the family

Mindy🇩🇪 Germany

4 July 2021

Lucia was amazing. She was on time and enthusiastic. You can tell she is passionate about her city. I loved how she made it entertaining for my kids, as well as teaching us alot about St Marco square and it's structures, including Dodge Palace.Fantastic Historical Tour

Amanda🇮🇹 Italy

29 July 2020

We loved every second of our tour with Lucia. Our boys, 5 and 3, were captivated by her within minutes. She planned little activities and games to get them excited to see and learn about the History of Venice, the Doges, and the secrets of the palace art and architecture. She listened eagerly to their thoughts and questions. They really connected with her and were eager to hear her next challenge to find something. My 5 year old wanted me to add to this review “This was the BEST TOUR EVER! And Lucia was the nicest and kindest girl I ever met” and my 3 year old added “I loved finding the golden lions!” The time flew by as we were all having so much fun. Don’t let the fun and games fool you, Lucia is also an excellent and knowledgeable guide! We so grateful to have found her and she was absolutely a highlight of our trip to Venice! Fantastic tour truly tailored for kids!

Karen🇨🇭 Switzerland

29 July 2020

Lucia is incredibly knowledgable and made our tour very engaging and fun for adults and 9yo kids. The scavenger hunt was an excellent idea. Highly recommended!Karen

Martha🇺🇸 United States

23 February 2020

I have done several “for kids” tours over several Italian cities, but the tour of St Mark’s Bascillica and Doges Palace was by far the best ever! Lucia was friendly and full of ways to engage my 8 and 10 year old granddaughters in both the history and beauty of both. This was my 4th tour of both places, and I even picked up new knowledge! I recommend Lucia to all as she is an excellent guide for all!! Memorable morning with Lucia

Paul🇺🇸 United States

26 November 2019

An incredibly knowledgeable, friendly and patient guide, Lucia made our family feel right at home. My son (11) still speaks about Lucia fondly and impresses his teachers with all of his new found knowledge of the Dodge's palace, St. Mark's Square and the many myths and legends of the beautiful city of Venice. We visited in July of 2019 which was our first stop in an 18 day family vacation throughout Italy. Lucia enriched our trip with amazing stories, details and off the beaten path discoveries that we would have otherwise never known. Highly recommended and one of our favorite guide of our trip! Thank you Lucia!!Lucia is simply amazing

Mylvia🇺🇸 United States

12 November 2019

I booked the Doge palace tour with Lucia while in Venice for my dear friend and our kids (11 & 8) It was a miserable day high tide but we made the best of it. Lucia had so much patience with them and keep the engaged despite the bad weather. She new all the highlights of this spectacular palace. She she also gave us a wonderful dinner recommendation. If you are in Venice be sure to book the Doge palace tour with the lovely Lucia! Lovely Lucia

Clea🇬🇧 United Kingdom

29 August 2019

We had a fantastic time with Lucia when she took us around San Marco and the Doge’s Palace. She had booked the skip the line tickets for us, which helped to maximise our time together. Lucia was great with our 8 and 10 year olds and they were engaged by the mystery she had prepared for kids. In addition to her obvious love for Venice we were struck by how knowledgable Lucia’s answers to our endless question were. Her tour was a highlight of the trip, and enriched the rest of the stay with what we learned. We’d have no reservation recommending her to a friend.Wonderful family afternoon with Lucia

Janet🇺🇸 United States

1 August 2019

Our family of eight was rather tired.. arriving late the night before . It can be difficult to tour in Venice sometimes because of the heat.. I had been with my children several times and now with my grandchildren, 4 ....the youngest of whom is 6. He did not want to go... Lucia changed his mind quickly.. she got him engaged and everyone joined in a treasure hunt.. he asked questions and she very patiently replied. My older grandchildren 9-14. Learned a lot and loved the tour.. the little guy is still talking about what he saw!! Thank you, Lucia for giving us such a great memory of VeniceFamily fun!!

Mason🇺🇸 United States

26 February 2025

Lucia was an excellent guide. She is very knowledgeable as well as fun, enthusiastic and professional. We had fun exploring and learning about these important Venetian landmarks. Thanks Lucia!Palazzo Ducale and St. Marks Basilica

Diane

16 February 2025

For 3 Jewish women, this was a highlight of our trip to Venice. Lucia told the story of the ghettos and ghetto experience so personally, complete with family photos. It is necessary to tell our story, but Lucia's tour will be meaningful to non-Jewish visitors too. The experience is a first-hand view through the eyes of a Venice local. Below is a question about Price-value rating. This is not your typical tour experience, and in my opinion, worth every dollar, eruo or shekel.Passionate Lucia

Chris

14 February 2025

We had a great time with Lucia in the Scuola Grande San Rocco. She’s great company and hugely knowledgable. Despite having read up quite a lot before hand, we learnt lots of new things. She’s very good at interpreting the paintings as well as telling you about the history. Our sense was that she was particularly good at being able to adapt what she says to the existing knowledge of her audience, which we found really helpful. Suspect she’d be just as good with people who know very little as those who know a lot! Mille Grazie Lucia, it was delightful to meet you and we had a lovely time!Amazing and brilliant Lucia

Mar🇱🇺 Luxembourg

3 January 2025

Lucia est très sympathique et elle connaît l’histoire et les gens dans tous ses détails.

Cindy🇨🇦 Canada

25 September 2024

I can’t say enough wonderful things about our tour with Lucia. In the days leading up to the tour she shared suggestions on areas of Venice to visit, restaurants, and arranged for free private tour of a glass factory on Murano. She responded very quickly to all my questions, bought skip the line tickets well in advance, and confirmed our arrangements in advance so I wouldn’t worry. The tour itself exceeded our expectations. Her knowledge about the Basilica, Palace and history of Venice was impressive and so very interesting. Having a private tour is the way to go and trust me - you want to book in advance to make sure Lucia is available. You will be so thankful you did!Amazing Tour with Lucia!

Giorgia🇦🇺 Australia

19 September 2024

We had the lovely Lucia show us around Venice. The kids, aged 9 & 11, put this as a top highlight of the trip. Lucia was passionate, knowledgable and kept the kids engaged in the 2.5hr tour. We adults also had fun and learnt a bit too. We added in the mask making activity at they end which they loved and allowed hubby and me to go have a appertivo sans kids - close by, which was also very nice. Highly recommend.Entertaining & Informative

Sandi🇨🇦 Canada

16 August 2024

Lucia was great telling us about the history of the Jewish ghetto and the synagogues . We got to tour 2 synagogues as well as go to an amazing artist's shop. She gave us a great recommendation for lunch. It was the first of 2 tours that day with Lucia and it was wonderful spending the day learning so much from her. Great tour of Venice's Jewish ghetto

Sandi🇨🇦 Canada

16 August 2024

This was the second tour of the day with Lucia. She has so much knowledge and was wonderful to hear many interesting stories about some of the women who were important in Venice's history. She also took us to different off the beaten track places that otherwise we would never have seen. I loved that we ended at a woman led mask making store. If you have a chance book this tour with LuciaAmazing tour learning about amazing women

Barbara🇦🇺 Australia

11 August 2024

Lucia was the perfect guide for my 3 teenage grand daughters and myself. Her warm and friendly personality, enthusiasm and sense of humour were an instant hit. We learnt so much about the hidden side of Venice while walking around her special areas … looking for clues, spotting features & collecting information. She brought the history alive by mixing her knowledge with her sense of fun, unusual facts and a treasure hunt. Visiting a Venetian Atelier at the end of the walk and painting our own masks was magical and gave us the best souvenir to take home from Venice. Lucia was very generous with her time, enthusiastic and gave us good suggestions for the rest of our time in Venice.Fantastic

Ethan🇺🇸 United States

17 July 2024

We had a fantastic experience with Lucia! She is an absolutely amazing tour guide who knew so much about the Jewish Ghetto. We could tell as she took us around the area how knowledgeable she was and how passionate and proud she was of this small but historic neighborhood. We learned so much and were very appreciative of the recommendations she gave us throughout our tour. Even though we are tourists, it felt very good to get a break from the loud bustling touristy areas of Venice, and getting a slower, quieter experience learning about the history that not everyone gets to see.Amazing Tour of the Jewish Ghetto

Michele 🇦🇺 Australia

10 May 2024

Our entire group were enthralled with Lucia’’s Venice biennale Collateral art venue tour! She set the stage with some important historical facts and encouraged us to see the Accademia artworks to provide a basis for the contemporary art we were about to see. We were taken to off the track places providing a range of different Biennale artworks and also venues that were special in their own right. Favourites were the art school installation and the Nigerian Pavilion. Lucia gave us some tips of venues to see beyond the tour. Lucia gave a tour from an authentically Venetian perspective and her love for the city shone through. We could not recommend her more highly!Lucia blew us away!

Mitch🇺🇸 United States

23 March 2024

In a warm and vibrant manner, Lucia provided such rich detail regarding the Ashkenazi, Spanish, and Levantine Jewish Ghettoes. Not to mention, she was so patient with all of our questions. This was all new information for our family and we could not imagine visiting Venice and missing this. Priceless!! Grazie Lucia!A walk through Venetian Jewish History

Sarah🇺🇸 United States

23 January 2024

We had a wonderful tour of the Galleria dell’Academia with Lucia! She’s an expert in her field and her enthusiasm is infectious! I thoroughly enjoyed her tour and would happily recommend her!Highly recommend an art tour with Lucia!

Gary🇺🇸 United States

12 December 2023

We had the fortune to have a private walking tour of the neighborhoods of Venice with Lucia. She was such a wonderful host and took us to some beautiful places around Venice. We had been to Venice before and seen the major sites so having the opportunity to see the neighborhoods was exactly what we wanted. Lucia is born and raised in Venice so to have her prospective of this amazing city was perfect. She took us to so many beautiful spots and gardens that really gave us the charm that the residents enjoy. Fantastic tour! Highly recommend Lucia!!Lucia was amazing!!!

Michael🇬🇧 United Kingdom

6 December 2023

We have just returned from our latest visit to our favourite city of Venice. As part of this we booked a trip with Lucia in order to explore and understand the origin and history of the Ghetto area. Our two hours with her flew by and she was able to give a much greater grasp of how and why the area was established and how it developed over the centuries. She was knowledgeable, passionate, engaging and charming and we thoroughly enjoyed meeting her and adding to our knowledge of Venice. She also gave us an insider tip to locate a ‘secret’ garden in Canareggio from which we were able to get a stunning view out over the lagoon on a crisp bright December day. As part of our conversation we were able to let Lucia know that one of the heroes of the Unification of Italy has a biscuit named after him in the UK…….we shall be sending some to her shortly! A Wonderful Experience!

Stefanie

25 November 2023

Lucia provided an educational and fun tour for our family (kids aged 6, 6, and 10). We’ve been on several tours as a family and this was the one the kids voted best (and now they are convinced they want to move to Venice when they are older!) We learned a lot about Venice and ended the experience with the sweetest little gifts for the kids. Would highly recommend!Lucia is an amazing guide!

KEVIN🇨🇾 Cyprus

4 November 2023

Hi, this is not the first tour of the Getto with Lucia, done the same thing 2 years ago but this time with Granddaughters and I wanted them to learn as well as seethe place. They were both enthralled and as last time she has the ability to make it 3D. The story is told with real soul and passion, not a monotone dialogue and her knowledge of the subject I doubt very much could be equalled. A Fantastic Experience and one I will do again if I have friends coming with me next time! KevinThe Getto Tour with Real Soul and Passion

Jay🇺🇸 United States

20 September 2023

Lucia was a joy to be with. We saw the parts of Venice not normally seen; the Venice neighborhoods. She was very knowledgeable on the history and architecture of Venice, adding visits to gardens only known by locals. Highly recommended. Highlight of our visit to Venice

Denise🇺🇸 United States

3 September 2023

This tour is a great way to get to know Venice. Our tour guide Lucia was great. Funny and engaging. Great intro.

Judy🇺🇸 United States

24 August 2023

My husband and I spent the afternoon with an exceptional guide, Lucia, of the Jewish Ghetto in Venice. Lucia was very professional, extremely knowledgeable and an absolute delight to spend the afternoon with. She answered our questions with anecdotes that added to the tour, her presentations and photos on her iPad made the tour so much. more meaningful. Lucia's vibrant personality will endear her to you for a long time. I strongly recommend her to anyone anticipating a tour of Jewish Ghetto.Over and Above!

Sandra🇨🇦 Canada

30 June 2023

After having travelled through Rome and Florence to Venice, this was my girls, favourite all because of Lucia’s insightful, fun tour. She managed to engage all three of my girls, including my teenagers. Thank you so much Lucia for making this the perfect tour for adults and children. We appreciate the restaurant recommendation as. Highlight of Venice

Andrew 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

30 May 2023

We wanted to see and learn about the real Venice during the three days we spent there in May 2023. We booked a private tour with Lucia who showed us how the Venetians live, work and move about these most wonderful mini islands. Besides learning of the best places to eat and the shops to visit, we were shown some of the Venetian secretes and their history that most tourists miss and thus her tour far exceeded our expectations. Lucia really loves her heritage and made us feel so welcome in her homeland.Just perfect

Joanne 🇦🇺 Australia

22 April 2023

We did a tour of the Jewish ghetto area with Lucia. It was absolutely brilliant! Lucia is such a knowledgeable and lovely tour guide. We learnt so much from her. Lucia was so engaged with our children and kept them constantly entertained and interested. Overall, I highly recommend a tour with Lucia. Thank you Lucia! Brilliant tour with Lucia

Tricia🇺🇸 United States

28 March 2023

Lucia was a wonderful guide for my grandson, who is nine years old. She knew just how to engage him and keep him interested during the entire tour. The scavenger hunt booklet is now a prized possession. He absolutely loved the experience, and I would highly recommend it to anyone. Lucia is very knowledgeable, patient, and kind.Best tour for kids!!

Don🇦🇺 Australia

26 March 2023

Lucia led us on a fascinating tour! Lucia is very knowledgeable and friendly. Her bright and joyful explanations were illuminating. We had our elderly mother with us and Lucia made sure the tour wasn't too taxing, including stops and places to sit and rest. Thank you, Lucia, it was a delight to meet you!The higlight of out trip!

Helene🇺🇸 United States

25 March 2023

My guide, Lucia, was awesome! So knowledgeable about the Gallerie Accademia and the area around it. Even showed me an alleyway that locals, rather than tourists, use. The information she passed on to me was, in a word, priceless. This tour is wonderful! Thank you!Lovely Lucia!

Richard🇬🇧 United Kingdom

14 September 2022

Truly wonderful insight into a complex city and history. Lucia delivers this with deep knowledge, compassion and enthusiasm. Forget your guide books and audio tours ; book Lucia as you will learn so much more and in a charming and knowledgeable way.100% recommendation

Sundeep🇬🇧 United Kingdom

25 August 2022

we had an wonderful time in the company of Lucia, who was able to put together a tour that as exactly what my adventure seeking 7 year was after. Fine mix between the different parts of Venice seeking out the finer parts of Venice away from the Tourist trail, high recommended. Fantastic Venice Tour for our 7 year old

Jill🇺🇸 United States

11 June 2022

Lucia was helpful, knowledgeable, and great company! She went above and beyond to make sure our day together - and the rest of the trip to Venice - was fantastic. I appreciated that she was accessible before I arrived to answer questions. Will definitely recommend Lucia to my friends back home in NY and CA!Best tour guide!

Amanda🇺🇸 United States

1 June 2022

Lucia was amazing with our three kids (3, 7, and 9) — they were all over the place but she remained patient and kind! Knowledgeable and interesting! Greatly enjoyed our tour! Amazingly patient

Fam.🇩🇪 Germany

1 June 2022

Lucia hat uns in ein anderes Venedig entführt. Wir konnten wirklich schöne und stille Innenhöfe und Gärten und auch sonstige Sehenswürdigkeiten entdecken, die wir sonst nie gefunden hätten. Grazie Lucia :-)Versteckte Ecken in charmanter Begleitung

Imme🇩🇪 Germany

31 May 2022

Wir haben mit Lucia einen spannenden Spaziergang durch Cannareggio und das Ghetto gemacht. Wir haben die Zeit sehr genossen und vieles Neue erfahren. Schön war der Besuch von „versteckten“ Orten, die wir ohne Lucia nie gefunden hätten. Lucia ist sehr freundlich, voller Informationen, hat sich schon im Vorfeld um uns gekümmert und z.B. Restaurant-Reservierungen für uns gemacht. Wir können eine Tour mit ihr sehr empfehlen.Spannender Spaziergang!

marjorie🇺🇸 United States

22 May 2022

Our tour was fantastic! Lucia is passionate about Venice’s long history. She’s so upbeat and shared with us so much of her knowledge. We had a great time walking the streets with her and hearing her stories. She feels so connected to the history and you feel that in the tour. Thanks Lucia 😊Great experience!

Nicole🇺🇸 United States

25 April 2022

This was our first experience using Withlocals and Lucia was just the BEST guide and felt like a friend showing us around her city. My 7 year old daughter just loved Lucia and she made the tour special for her by playing games along the way and preparing a special souvenir book for her. We all felt welcomed and Lucia answered all of our questions with enthusiasm. It’s very clear she loves what she does and has an extraordinary gift. My daughter didn’t want to leave her and she asked me if Lucia can be her “new best friend in Venice” What an amazing g experience, thank you so much Lucia :) Nicole The BEST afternoon

Brett 🇺🇸 United States

25 April 2022

Lucia was awesome. She showed us around the real Venice. Told us stories that we would have never known about Venice. Highly recommend Lucia and with locals for seeing the Venice Great time in Venice