Guided Tours

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

Name: St. Mark's Basilica Skip-the-Line Guided Tour
Start: 2024-05-15T15:15:00
End: 2024-05-15T16:00:00
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 38 countries have loved this experience

Pebre

3/5

May, 2024

Pleasant guide but departure much too late. The schedule was not respected. 45-minute wait. We were denied access to part of the sacristy.

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Bernd

4/5

May, 2024

Very good tour, great explanations, could have taken longer, it was so interesting. Our guide was very knowledgeable and made every effort to create a great experience! We'd love to go again!

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Bauen

3/5

May, 2024

The guide was very interesting and I would gladly recommend her, but the visit to the cathedral left me wanting more. We didn't see the back of the choir, the golden altarpiece or the domes at all.... We took a guided tour for our granddaughter, as we'd seen much more on our own on other trips.

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Joel

4/5

May, 2024

The tour was fine. Church was magnificent. Your guide was friendly and knowledgeable. Meet up instructions were unclear. It said to meet in front of the church in the square. What it should have said was we needed to check in at the office across from the church to get our headsets and tour numbers. That would have been helpful. Also there is a bathroom in the Church museum. You should let your guides know where it is in case a participant needs one. It's not easy to find.

William

5/5

May, 2024

Love the tour, well organized.guide # 5 was great, very informative, persinadalbe, and a good sense of humor. Would recommend it highly!

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.