Ticket and audio guide of the Basilica of San Marco & San Marco History Gallery
Why you should buy your ticket on Albergo Primavera.
Highlights
Admire the splendid Basilica of St. Mark's Square, known as the Golden Basilica for its hundreds of pure gold mosaics!
Skip the long lines with your fast-track entry ticket and listen directly to the detailed audio guide with commentary on the five-domed cathedral and its countless works of art on your device. Discover the legends and anecdotes behind the many biblical scenes painted inside!
During your Venetian holiday you cannot miss one of the most majestic cathedrals in the world: St. Mark's Basilica!
Discover the golden masterpiece of Byzantine art, the incredible mosaics (the Basilica alone has 43,000 square meters of mosaics!) and the marble inlays of the floors.
The mosaics of the Basilica are composed of small gold tiles of different sizes and arranged in an irregular way, creating a shimmering and vibrant effect unique in the world. Its glittering golden naves shine like a treasure in the heart of Venice.
This golden, shining and noble spectacle will leave you speechless!
Continue your journey with a thrilling virtual reality experience at the San Marco History Gallery in Venice. Wearing a VR headset, time dissolves, revealing St. Mark's Square and its iconic monuments as they once were. Imagine the Basilica transformed into the Doge's private chapel and the Doge's Palace into a medieval fortress!
What is included?
- Skip the line ticket to St. Mark's Basilica
- Access to the ground floor of the Basilica
- Commentary with audio guide and digital map of the Basilica (English, French, Spanish, German and Italian)
- Paper guide of St. Mark's Basilica (1 per booking)
- San Marco History Gallery: Journey into Venice in the past in 3D
- Access to the Pala d'Oro and the San Marco Museum (can be paid on site if you wish to add them to the tour)
- Earphones
- Live guide
- Skip-the-line ticket to St. Mark's Basilica: discover the glittering naves and its golden masterpieces
- Commentary with professional audio guide and paper guide of the Basilica
- San Marco History Gallery: an extraordinary Virtual Reality experience
What is there to know?
- Duration: individual (about 1 hour)
- Languages: English, French, Spanish, German and Italian (audio guide)
- The tour is to be considered individual
- Collect your ticket, audio guide code and guide book at the meeting point
- If you do not show up at the meeting point in the chosen time slot, you will lose your ticket.
- To visit the basilica, clothing appropriate to the place of worship is required (NO bare legs and shoulders)
- Comfortable shoes recommended
- To use the comment on the mobile app you need to have a smartphone or tablet
- Digital and printed vouchers are accepted (to be shown to staff)
Meeting point
- Campo San Gallo, San Marco 1093/B, Venice Tours office, near Hotel San Gallo and Piazza San Marco. Please be at the meeting point 20 minutes before departure time.
HOW TO REACH THE MEETING POINT
- In Piazza San Marco, keep the Basilica at your back and proceed on the right side of the square passing under the arches. When you find the Olivetti Museum turn right, cross the small bridge and continue straight until you reach "Campo San Gallo".
Cancellation policies
- The ticket is non-refundable
- The tour will not take place in case of exceptional high water or special religious celebrations (in these cases it will be postponed to the following day or refunded)
Safety regulations
- For security reasons, bags, purses or backpacks are not allowed inside St. Mark's Basilica.
- This tour is not fully accessible to wheelchair users or those with limited mobility.
