Golden Basilica: Venice's Byzantine Masterpiece

Skip the line and immerse yourself in the beauty of the Golden Cathedral of San Marco with a comprehensive audio-guide. Learn about its history, marvel at the gold mosaics, and uncover the secrets behind its biblical scenes.

Duration: 1 hour
Cancellation: 72 hours
Highlights
  • Basilica di San Marco - Discover the Golden Basilica with its byzantine masterpieces through the high detailed audio commentary on your mobile phone!
What's Included
  • Skip the line tickets to the Basilica
  • Live Guided visit to the St. Mark’s Basilica (if the option is selected)
  • Live Guided visit to the St. Mark’s Basilica & Doge’s Palace (if the option is selected)
  • Mobile audio guide (to download on your own mobile)
  • Venice Gallery: St. Mark’s Square history dedicated circuit visit
  • Virtual Reality Journey: Explore St. Mark’s Square over the centuries
What's Not Included
  • Hotel Pick up & Drop off
  • Earphones
  • Live guide (depends on the selected option)
Additional Information

Bypass the long queue and step into the stunning Golden Basilica, renowned for its hundreds of mosaics crafted from pure gold!
The highly detailed audio commentary will guide you through the history of the five-domed cathedral and its countless artworks on your mobile device. Discover the secrets and mysteries behind the numerous biblical scenes depicted…

Location
gondola ride
Calle larga de l'Ascension
Cancellation Policy

If you cancel at least 3 full day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a full refund.
If you cancel between 1 and 3 day(s) before the scheduled departure time, you will receive a 50% refund.
If you cancel within 1 day(s) of the scheduled departure, you will receive a 0% refund.

Customer Ratings
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(148 Ratings)
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Candace_d
Jun 3, 2025
Make the tour what you want! - This self guided audio tour is great way to customize your visit. You can spend as much or as little time as you want. If you just want to experience the beauty and read the details at your own pace later you can. If you want to hear/read the history while looking at the site you can. Enjoyed doing at a pace that fit our family, and the app/guide is yours for as long ad you want. Good airport travel read to reminisce on what you saw.
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John_f
May 24, 2025
GREAT and Amazing Basilica!! Frustrating booking through Viator. - You should know that booking on Viator DOES NOT upload tickets to your device. You MUST pick up tickets at another location using the voucher that you receive when booking.
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Sara_z
Jun 20, 2025
Make sure you choose... - Make sure you choose the language well. It is not very clear when booking. It also does not include the entrance to the campanile although it seems that it does.
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Marcia_b
Sep 26, 2025
Disappointed - The Tour guide did nothing to enhance our experience. She did not introduce herself, nor did she explain the full use of the app! When I think audio, guided tour, I think that we will be given an audio machine and not required to download more apps on my phone! I was very disappointed in this experience
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Gina_s
Sep 21, 2025
St Marks Basilica Tour, not very efficient - Unfortunately this was poorly run from the rushed, late guide to few instructions. It wasted a lot of our time. It was stressed to be 20 minutes early or lose your time, we were prompt but waited 20 minutes for the guide to come in then 15 more minutes for him to get organized. After trailing along in lines and waiting more time we finally asked him if we were free to walk around the Basilica and finally found we were, but only after we asked. The church was beautiful but I wouldn’t do this particular tour group again.
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Hal_m
Jun 14, 2025
Do not buy this one through Viator - The basilica is incredible bit the Viator deal is a scam. $75 for one adult and 2 kids. All you get is skip the line and a tour book. And you have to pay extra to see things once you get inside. Simply go the basilica and pay 3 Euro for the same thing. This was a total rip off by Viator.
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Michele
Jun 9, 2025
Poor audio and incomplete tour - Despite downloading the app, I never could biggie. Basilica tour and map to download. I had to share earbuds with my friend. The audio tour was not what I was expecting. I've tour St. Mark's before and learned about all the scenes on the ceiling, the side chapels and altar, but very little of this detail was given in this audio. Finally, I had no idea this tour didn't include the gold altar and loggia. Maybe that's my fault, but it was disappointing.
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Anne_g
Sep 13, 2025
Poor communication missed the tour - The provider did not provide clear instructions on where to meet and we missed the tour with no refund offered
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Teresa_d
May 30, 2025
Useless audio guide - The audio guide doesn’t work. Viator’s company who organized this had a poor WiFi system - disconnected entirely and couldn’t reaccess once arriving at the facility. I ended up having to rent one separately onsite.
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Sharon_n
May 20, 2025
Even with our reserved... - Even with our reserved 12:30 time slot , we still waited in line for almost two hours. We left due to other plans. As a matter of fact , we wanted a full refund back.
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up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 72 hours before the start of your experience (local time).