which doge & secret itinerary tour?
 

My fiance found a tour that sounded like a pretty comprenhensive combo of the Doge and Secret tours, but it is only offered at 11am on Sat and we will not be arriving until noon. Others I've seen seem much shorter... Can someone please tell me who has the best tour to sign up for? Is there an online way to do so in order to avoid lines and have things be most convenient? My guess is it will be smarter to do the first tour of the day on Sunday rather than Sat afternoon... Thank you for any help! We definitely want to know we're taking the best tour(s) possible for this.

I think there is only the Secret Itineraries tour given by the Doge's Palace. There should be more than 1 a day. Are you just there for the day? Here's a thread with info on pre booking. If you read all the way down to the bottom, it seems easiest is to PHONE yourself to book or get your hotel to book for you.
http://fodors.com/forums/threadselec...p;tid=34973451

Do I reserve for 2 separate tours - Doge's Palace & Secret Itinerary - or does Secret cover both, please/

Hi e,

Entrance to the rest of the Palace comes with the SI tour.

Secret Itineraries tour of Doge’s palace Phone number from US is 011 39 41 520 9070. English-speaking operator.

You will not be charged for your tickets if you don't go on the tour.

Online bookings are at http://tinyurl.com/z3jy2

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I believe you can now book on the museum's website. I haven't done it yet since we're not going until June, but it looks straightforward:
www.museiciviciveneziani.it go to English, then special tours and itineraries.

I will be there next week and booked the Doge's Palace Secret Tour through www.tickitaly.com. I received my confirmation and voucher the next day by email.

tickititaly will cost you 21 euros per person as compared to calling the phone number which will cost 16 euros and doesn't have to be pre-paid. You still have to go to the same place and pick up your ticket, so why not just call? Ira gives the number above and it is an English speaking person that will take your order.
dave

ejb5-You can also book on line here for both the tour of the Doge's Palace, and the reservation only Secret Itineraries tour, by scrolling all the way down this page to the SI tour, which is 16 Euro. It is not true that the SI tour is offered only at 11am on Saturday, it is offered in English 3 times a day, at the times given below:


Secret itineraries

The tours are all with a specialised guide, for a minimun of 2 people and maximum of 25; they start at fixed time according to the following schedule; (English 9.55, 10.45, 11.35)
after 1pm tour can be arranged at various times, with an additional paymente of 31 Euros for group (suspended from 1st July to 31 August).

Full price euro 16
Reduced euro 10
children E.U. aged 6 to 14; escorts (max. 2) for groups of children; students* E.U. aged 15 to 29; escorts (max. 2) for groups of children or students; E.U. citizens over 65; staff* of the Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali; holders of the "Rolling Venice Card"; holders of the "Venice Card Orange"; Venetian residents; I.C.O.M. members*; For those buying the combined ticket to the Museums of St. Mark’s Square; holders of the Museum Pass issued by the Musei Civici Veneziani
* I.D. required

The ticket including the guided tour to the itineraries and also access (without a guide) to the Doge's Palace

Bookings
- can be made at the Museum Information Desk the day before the visit or the same day, depending on availability;
- Telephone Booking at the number 0415209070 up to 48 hours before the visit;
On-line Booking:
VISIT IN ENGLISH
VISITA IN ITALIANO
VISITE EN FRANÇAIS

http://www.museiciviciveneziani.it/f...;sezione=musei

>It is not true that the SI tour is offered only at 11am on Saturday, it is offered in English 3 times a day, ,,,<

Unless (a), they've lost your reservation, (b) the guide doesn't show up, (c) the substitute gide doesn't show up.

Then there is only 1 English tour pd. :)

((I))

If our reservation for the Secret Tour is at 11:35, will we be allowed to enter and tour the rest of the palace on our own BEFORE that time? Thanks

Gipsygirl I just checked on the sight you posted and it showed no tours for Tuesday, Oct 16 which is when we will be there and hoped to take the tour. Does anyone know why there would be no tours that day?