St. Mark's Basilica Tour: Discover Venice's Golden Jewel

Experience the awe-inspiring Saint Mark’s Basilica in Venice with a local guide. Skip the line and learn about the history and symbolism of this iconic landmark.

Duration: 1 hour
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Basilica di San Marco - Meet the local guide and start exploring the stunning world-famous St.Mark’s basilica.
What's Included
  • Expert licensed guide service
  • Admission to St. Mark’s Basilica and Museum
What's Not Included
  • Hotel pick up and drop-off
Additional Information

Join your local tour guide at Piazza San Marco for a brisk 1-hour tour to unveil the wonders of the city’s emblematic gem. The flash of gold from this spectacular basilica will leave you breathless and forever imprinted with the experience of stepping within Venice’s grandest religious monument. Serving as the epicenter of Venetian Catholicism, this…

Location
P.za San Marco, 145
Piazza San Marco
Your guide will be in Piazza San Marco at number 145. The exact location is under the arcade, under the blue clock tower. Next to the meeting place you'll see a money change. The guide will be at the meeting point holding a yellow sign with "TOUR" written on it.
Cancellation Policy

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

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Edwinmz9044ql
Oct 9, 2024
Engaging tour of St. Mark's Basilica - The tour guide was excellent, combining a thorough knowledge of St. Mark's Basilica and Venice with a great personality. We had fun despite the rain!
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Mindy_m
Oct 2, 2024
Great tour - Great experience. Skipped the line and learned so much about this treasure. Our guide was fantastic and gave us so much information. View from the terrace is great.
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Caleb_w
Oct 1, 2024
A Great Way to See this Amazing Basilica! - Great tour! We learned a lot about the Basilica and Venice from our wonderful tour guide, Eliza. Also, skipping the huge lines and being able to go out on the terrace for an amazing view of Venice was worth the ticket price right there. But some of the insights Eliza provided our group were things that we never would have gotten on a self guided visit. Definitely the way to visit this amazing place!
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Anna_h
Sep 30, 2024
Excellent tour of St. Mark's - Guide was very knowledgable and gave us insight that we would not have heard otherwise. Headsets are a great feature, especially with the number of people/tours inside. Highly recommend!
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Alane_e
Sep 29, 2024
Awesome - Sussie was a great guide. Just enough information to make tour interesting Statues of four horses were incredible as well as all the mosaics
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Janella_f
Sep 27, 2024
Basillica tour - Lovely small group, our guide Gabriella was very informative & knowledgable . She spoke very good English & was very descriptive in her words. She is passionate about her work which shows in her talk. Highly recommended
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Stephanie_r
Sep 26, 2024
All about the terrific guide - Susy, our guide, was terrific. A short tour (1 hr) that you could make longer if you'd like. She was articulate, clear, spoke great English for this who needed, and did it all with ease and positivity.
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Stephen_w
Sep 6, 2024
Excellent guide and no queuing - Superb tour! Susie was very knowledgeable and clearly enthused about the cathedral. Lovely to see the square from the balcony too. Highly recommended.
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503rapha_lb
Aug 22, 2024
Must do - Very good communication with the organizing team (we were afraid to arrive late but the taxi-boat worked miracles). Our Guide, Alita, was friendly and kind, and effectively led this beautiful guided tour, unavoidable on Venice, with in the end a last terrace tour with a magnificent view of the whole St. Mark's Square (not necessarily offered by all tour operators).
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Antoinette_b
Oct 3, 2024
The amazing San Marco Basilica - Our tour guide was great, but everyone had trouble with the headsets. The Basilica was amazing. The gold mosaics were stunning.
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From $53
up to 15 guests
1 Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).