Tours and Tickets to Experience Marco Polo's Home (Casa di Marco Polo)
Marco Polo's Home (Casa di Marco Polo)
If exploring Venice on a walking tour, wear comfortable shoes, a hat, and sunscreen.
The sidewalk facing the palace is accessible to wheelchairs, if approaching from the Cannaregio side; from the Castello side, there is a small bridge with stairs to cross the canal.
Though you can’t tour inside the palace, its facade and surrounding neighborhood are particularly picturesque, so be sure to bring your camera.
This is a memorable stop for history buffs.
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Marco Polo's Home in Venice is a private building—you can walk by to see a plaque announcing that the explorer once lived there. There are, however, affordable tours that can help you easily reach the building. Walking tours start at around US$30 while Gondola ride combos start at around US$60.
Marco Polo's Home (Casa di Marco Polo) lies in a quiet corner of Venice near the Marco Polo Bridge—since it's not a museum, you can’t do much besides check out the marble plaque announcing that the explorer once lived there. However, searching for the building through alleys is a quintessential Venice experience.
Since Marco Polo's Home is a private building—and not a museum—no guided dedicated tours of the home are available. However, given that Marco Polo is one of Venice’s most famous historical figures, many private walking and history tours pass by to point out the historical plaque on the home's wall.
Yes, there are attractions near Marco Polo's Home (Casa di Marco Polo). Among them are the famous Rialto Bridge; St. Mark’s Square, widely considered the heart of Venice; the Church of Santa Maria dei Miracoli; the Grand Canal; the Rialto Market; and Ca' d'Oro, a prestigious Gothic palace.
You can reach Marco Polo's Home from St. Mark’s Square in about 10 minutes on foot. Walk north through Merceria Street, then turn right toward Piscina S. Zulian and cross the Malvasia Bridge. Continue northwest toward the Marco Polo Bridge—the home is on Corte Seconda del Milion.