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St. Mark's Basilica Skip-the-Line Guided Tour

Name: St. Mark's Basilica Skip-the-Line Guided Tour
Start: 2024-04-19T10:00:00
End: 2024-04-19T10:45:00
Location: Venice

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Head into the most visited site in Venice, St Mark's Basilica renowned for its Byzantine art and rich biblical importance.

Highlights

Discover St. Mark's Basilica on this concise guided tour with skip-the-line entry, ensuring an efficient exploration of this iconic landmark.
Gaze at golden mosaics and celestial chapels beneath the basilica's towering domes, and opt for an aerial view of Venice from its terrace.
Personalize your experience with expert guides fluent in English, Italian, German, French, or Spanish, and select between 45-minute or 1-hour tour options.
Explore the treasures of St. Mark's Museum, from intricate gold tesserae to royal fabrics like the Doge's red velvet.

Inclusions

45-min or 1-hour guided tour of St. Mark's Basilica with skip-the-line entry
Expert English, Italian, German, Spanish or French-speaking guide
Headsets for groups of 10+ people
Access to St. Mark's Museum (optional)
Access to the basilica terraces (optional)

Exclusions

Access to the Pala D'Oro

Cancellation policy

You can cancel these tickets up to 24 hours before the experience begins and get a full refund.

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Guests from United States, France, United Kingdom and over 35 countries have loved this experience

Pamela

5/5

Apr, 2024

Our guide was fantastic. So good that we signed up with the Doges tour with her. The experience was way beyond our expectations. My only regret is that we cannot remember our guide's name.

Justin

3/5

Apr, 2024

first of all we were not told we had to enter the little tour shop to get our headsets and get our tickets! could make it clearer on the email. skip the que wasn't skip the que we still had to que. Allthough the lady new her stuff it was so rushed! and if your going to have an English guide that's not English slow down on the speaking so we can understand you!

Emma

5/5

Apr, 2024

Interesting additional facts Clear meeting instructions Good mic/headphone equipment Needed to be clearer about covering up - reminder would be good

Gabriela

3/5

Apr, 2024

Super gorgeous place, and a wonderful, knoweldgable tour guide! Much of the tour takes place outside in the square, which is something to note if the weather is terrible and you were hoping to escape the rain with an indoor tour. The time spent in the Basilica is actually quite short-- felt a little rushed through, would have liked to spend more time there.

Fabrizia

3/5

Apr, 2024

The guide was very informative, however on the ticket you stated to be 15 minutes before, however we still kept waiting for more people and the experience in church was less that 45 mins with the guide. When I asked one of the support team a young lady with long brown hair she was waiting to conduct a tour and I believe she did my check-in, she told me in a very rude way can't you see that there are other people like you waiting. She didn't apologize, I would have appreciated I'm really sorry that you are waiting but instead she looked at me like why are you asking and she kept on talking to her colleague like it is something normal to keep people waiting. I want to make it clear the lady was not the guide but one of the support team of Venice Tours. A simple explanation or apology why we are waiting would have been enough instead she flipped her eyes and continued to chat with her colleague. She should do a customer care course and learn to smile she is still so young to be frustrated already with clients

Your experience

This guided tour of St Mark's Basilica will be nothing short of exhilarating. Indulge in the seamless synthesis of Venetian art with unique Byzantine and Romanesque elements in the form of gleaming golden mosaics, marble inlays, and precious pearls and stones.

From Monday to Saturday, the basilica guided tour includes a visit to the Terrace, where you will find the Horses of Saint Mark. Dating back to classical antiquity, these horses, also known as the Triumphal Quadriga, are a set of Byzantine bronze statues, originally part of a monument depicting a quadriga (a four-horse carriage used for chariot racing). At St. Mark’s Museum, you can admire objects of various kinds and origins belonging to the Basilica. The tour begins from the ground floor, and you will get to see the gold mosaics (the Basilica has 43,000 square feet of mosaic alone!). On Sundays, feast days, and in case of unplanned religious celebrations, the tour foresees the visit with direct access to the Terrace and to St. Mark's Museum situated on the first floor. On festivity days, the Holy Mass takes place on the ground floor, and it is possible to admire the mosaics partially from the first floor.

Know before you go

What's not allowed

Strict dress code: All guests must wear clothing that covers their shoulders and knees to enter the basilica.
Keep your camera tucked away – photography is strictly not allowed at the venue.

Accessibility

This experience is wheelchair and pram/stroller accessible.
A ramp is available at the Porta del Fiori (Door of Flowers) entrance on the left-hand side of the basilica.
The Museum on the upper floor of the basilica is served by both a lift and stair lifts.

My tickets

Your voucher will be emailed to you shortly.
Please display the voucher on your mobile phone with a valid photo ID at the meeting point.
Please arrive at the meeting point 15 minutes before the scheduled time of your tour to avoid any delays.