St. Mark's Basilica Tour: Become an Insider in Fascinating Venice

Uncover the secrets of Venice on a guided tour of St. Mark’s Basilica. Explore the captivating history of La Serenissima and experience the enchantment of living in this extraordinary city.

Duration: 1 hour, 15 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Piazza San Marco - The principal public square of Venice

  • Basilica di San Marco - The most famous of the city’s churches and one of the best known examples of Italo-Byzantine architecture.

  • Enter St. marks’s Basilica through the St. Peter’s Door

  • Visit the Basilica interior and hear a detailed description of the gold mosaics

  • Visit to the Museum and the Terrace

What's Included
  • Local guide
  • Headsets to hear the guide clearly (for groups larger than 10 people)
  • Guaranteed to skip the long lines
What's Not Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information

Don’t miss out becoming an insider in Venice. On this essential guided tour, you will be intrigued by the fascinating history of La Serenissima and discover what it is like to live in this unique city. The greatness of Venice has always been reflected in the richness of St. Mark’s Basilica, the perfect synthesis of Venetian art and a unique blend of…

Location
Campo S. Zaccaria, 4683g
Campo San Zaccaria
Campo San Zaccaria 4683/G, in front of the Church of San Zaccaria: The Tour Shop.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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James_m
Sep 26, 2024
Exception - Our guide Barbara was the best! Friendly, informative, moved things along without feeling rushed. Highly recommended!
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Laura_s
Jul 7, 2024
Breathtaking - The tour guide explained the historical value of the breathtaking history. In every direction was the wonder of the times
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Dana_e
Jun 25, 2024
Excellent guide and tour - I’m sorry that I have forgotten our guide’s name. She had white hair, Hokas, and in great shape! She was wonderful! The tour was excellent.
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G431dsdebram
Jul 15, 2024
Skip the line guided tour of basilica - There were four of us. First time to use trip advisor for a tour and was pleased. Price was reasonable compared to others. If you do not get skip the line, forget it. The lines were incredible and Venice is packed with tourists in June. Understand it gets worse in July and august. We enjoyed our tour although the basilica was also packed and difficult to walk around with so many people. Beautiful basilica, I cannot imagine going to Venice and not going inside the basilica.
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Dennis_w
Oct 3, 2024
Hard to understand but beautiful. - It was too crowded and hard to keep up with the guide. She talked too fast and her English was not very good. We did not understand much of her narration. The Basilica was beautiful, however, and the tour was comprehensive.
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Egilet
Jul 11, 2024
Disappointing visit - Cutting lines is very efficient. On the other hand, the audiophone that costs you 12 euros per person (at least since we paid 20 euros with the ticket without Guide). The provided QR code returns you to an app that you are unable to download. It is therefore of no use at all. That is 20€ per person, without comment, for the visit of the basilica and without the gold treasure! Disappointed
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Marina_s
Jul 3, 2024
Good information but was fast and difficult to absorb all the information. - Going up to the dome was a great experience. Having the tour guide explain the facts made the tour worthwhile.
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Suzanne_k
Sep 6, 2023
Could be better - Where you redeem the vouchers should be mentioned in the booking confirmation. It’s not well highlighted. There is no warning in the confirmation re dress code. I have booked a tour of the Vatican museums and it advises re dress code. I had to buy 2 scarves to cover my shoulders and knees 😱. I checked and re checked the voucher and it wasn’t stated. Guide was difficult to understand in English.
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Mervet_k
Aug 25, 2024
Not good tour - She wasn’t very good and she was very rude! She didn’t explain anything of the tour! Not happy with her
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Amy_l
Aug 5, 2023
Disappointing value - Our guide was 20 mins late. No apologies, no introductions. Talked very little. As a guide never said things like, ok, we are moving now. People were still looking all around and she would start walking through a very busy square. She didn’t ask who had tickets to the doges palace and who didn’t so we ended up following her (no explanation where we were going) and going through security to learn we were headed somewhere we hadnt purchased tickets for. She didn’t do a lot of talking other than in st marks and it’s not as much as I would have liked. We heard a lot of background noise from her headset, including her phone that kept going off. Very very disappointing to pay so much money for so little in return. We were a part of 4 (family) but kids were older than teens.
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From $47
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).