Venice Saint Mark's Basilica afternoon guided tour
Overview
During the tour you will be able absorb the atmosphere whilst listening to your guide who will describe the biblical scenes represented throughout the building, together with history and particularities of this ancient Basilica.
The tour lasts one hour and concludes outside the Basilica in Saint Mark's Square.
Inclusions
- Guided afternoon tour of the Saint Mark's Basilica
- Entrance fee
- Live tour commentary in english, italian, german, french, spanish
- Guaranteed to skip the lines
- Entry/Admission - Basilica di San Marco
What to expect
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Pass By: Piazzetta dei Leoncini, Venice Italy
Meet the assistant, collect your headset and start the tour with your professional guide.
Venice Event’s personally selected guide will ensure your small group can embrace the art and history of this sacred location.
There will be no more than 6 groups in any one time in the Basilica, and therefore, ensuring this one-and-a-half-hour tour is a once-in-a lifetime experience behind closed doors.
Stop At: Piazza San Marco, 31024 Venice Italy
Starting in Saint Mark’s Square, our specialized guide will introduce you another side of Venice and its origins.
Enjoy fantastic tales of tyranny and embrace the dynamic history of Venice, whilst discovering the history of the most dramatic and awe-inspiring building in Venice, Saint Mark’s Basilica.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Basilica di San Marco, San Marco, 328, 30124 Venice Italy
Without the need to skip the queues or wait behind hundreds of other sightseers you will enter this sumptuous building, when all of the other tourists have long gone.
The clink of the custodian's key as he opens the doors for your group will be the start of this very special and moving experience.
Without the buzz of a thousand tourists, relish in the glorious golden mosaics, all 43, 000 square feet, illuminated just for this tour.
Your passionate, and expert guide will explain the intricate works and history of the ornate decoration found throughout this architectural masterpiece.
Witness the Pala d’Oro, one Italy’s most refined and accomplished examples of Byzantine enamel, decorated in gold and with over 1, 900 gems.
As the Basilica, has been opened just for this intimate tour, we will also visit areas that otherwise are not open to the masses, such as the crypt, where the relics of Saint Mark are said to be laid and the main altar.
Duration: 1 hour
Additional information
- Check-in is 15 minutes prior to the booked tour start time
- This activity is not wheelchair accessible
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Shoulders and knees must be covered in the Basilica
- Backpacks are not allowed inside the Basilica
- The tour will take place rain or shine
- Near public transportation
- Most travelers can participate
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 25 travelers
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
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It was very interesting. The guide knew his information and was very personable. Everyone in the small group seeemed pleased.
It was very interesting. The guide knew his information and was very personable. Everyone in the small group seeemed pleased.
It was such a pleasure to see this beautiful Basilica is a quiet peaceful and informed manner. We had time to sit and meditate as the lights were slowly brought up and could see the altar up close.
It was such a pleasure to see this beautiful Basilica is a quiet peaceful and informed manner. We had time to sit and meditate as the lights were slowly brought up and could see the altar up close.This is the best way to see St. Mark's Basilica! You get to go slowly through the church and spend almost an hour seeing the incredible art. Our guide was fantastic and we learned so much about the church that we would never have known or appreciated. Worth every penny.
This is the best way to see St. Mark's Basilica! You get to go slowly through the church and spend almost an hour seeing the incredible art. Our guide was fantastic and we learned so much about the church that we would never have known or appreciated. Worth every penny.I've visited the Basilica in Venice numerous times but booked this tour because it offered being able to see the Basilica without lots of other people there and access to the crypt which is not usually accessible. Just being able to wander freely through the Basilica under the lit mosaics with ju...
I've visited the Basilica in Venice numerous times but booked this tour because it offered being able to see the Basilica without lots of other people there and access to the crypt which is not usually accessible. Just being able to wander freely through the Basilica under the lit mosaics with just a few other people was amazing. The crypt visit was wonderful and very interesting. And our guide was very informative and helpful. I highly recommend this tour.A good way to see the Basilica without the crowds. Our guide was very enthusiastic, knowledeable and funny. She was a native of Venice, and her love for her city and culture was evident. We literally did have the place to ourselves, so this tour actually delivers on that promise. I am very glad w...
A good way to see the Basilica without the crowds. Our guide was very enthusiastic, knowledeable and funny. She was a native of Venice, and her love for her city and culture was evident. We literally did have the place to ourselves, so this tour actually delivers on that promise. I am very glad we did this tour, and I highly recommend it.Seeing the Basilica in the evening was very special and very beautiful, the lighting made the mosaics more beautiful if that is possible. We went back in the day time to see the museum. Our tour guide was great and very informative.
Seeing the Basilica in the evening was very special and very beautiful, the lighting made the mosaics more beautiful if that is possible. We went back in the day time to see the museum. Our tour guide was great and very informative.