Your guide will provide you with a wealth of information regarding Saint Mark's Square and then accompany you on a detailed tour of the Golden Basilica in the afternoon, from Saint Mark's square, once the private chapel of the Doge of Venice, the only one of its kind in Italy, thanks to the sumptuous golden mosaics and impressive marble inlay flooring.
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.
Posted By : R7758ROmelissal
It said to get there 15 minutes before start and to get there at 2:45 which makes you think it starts at 3. I tried to message someone as the vaporetto transport took more time than anticipated due to wait time and we were a few minutes late. We arrived at 2:59. The left at 2:45 and gave us 6 dollar to tickets to enter and had no way to get us to our guide. The tickets were in no way special and did not get us to any special areas. They need to re write the description to say to get there at 2:30 and they leave at 2:45. Newcomers to Venice may also have issues because google map times do not take into account the wait time to get onto the vaporetto.
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Posted On : 2024-05-20 20:54:34
Posted By : Elena_K
It was okay, neither good nor bad. Of course the basilica is fabulous and must be visited. The guide was acceptable but not great.
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Posted On : 2024-05-16 09:17:11
Posted By : Daniel090507
This was our best tour ever. Having the opportunity to visit Saint Mark's church whitout crowds it's incredible. Unique experience, staff was really friendly and the guide was awesome. We recommend it to anyone who wants to experience something different.
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Posted On : 2020-03-02 18:10:24
Posted By : georgian563
Seeing the Basilica at nite is special. The mosaics stand out even more in the night lighting. And having all the lights turned off for a bit and then turned on gradually is really amazing.
Our guide, Iole was great. Very informative, friendly, fun.
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Posted On : 2019-12-13 16:58:00
Posted By : PeckMin_T
Fantastic experience! We were fortunate to have Iole as our guide. She was very knowledgeable and made all the history come alive - my kids who are not history buffs were enthralled (that says a lot) and she always made it a point to include them! Totally recommend! Best guide we encountered and the most interesting tour of our stay in Venice.
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Posted On : 2019-12-04 17:10:29
Posted By : Mary R
We visited St. Mark’s on a Friday evening-small group of 20 people. Beautiful cathedral and interesting talk on the history. Wonderful way to tour without the day time crowds. Very private... a must see.
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Posted On : 2019-11-05 19:50:00
Posted By : silvia c
No crowd, excellent guide, this was the best way to spend an evening in Venice
Really exciting
tour absolutely recommended!
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Posted On : 2019-09-24 08:31:30
Posted By : Gagosha
Definitely best way to visit basilica. Yes, it is expensive, but worth every penny! Informative, cozy, calm tour!
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Posted On : 2019-07-21 10:33:22
Posted By : foster19571
Highly recommend this tour as so very special. Very different to the day tour as it’s a very small group and the experience of sitting in the dark quietly and the lights coming on gradually to expose the spectacular ceilings is something to experience. Very special tour.
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Posted On : 2019-07-15 13:19:23
Posted By : Global33403293831
This was a fantastic tour. We also went to the regular day tour to St Marks. There was not an overlap and each covered different areas. Overall the evening tour was best but that could have been because we had such a terrific guide. Highly recommend
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Posted On : 2019-06-06 13:59:26