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Small-Group Tour with Evening Access to Saint Mark's Basilica
1h30
Small Group
Evening
Instant confirmation
About this activity
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
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
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This is a typical itinerary for this product
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
Included
- Exclusive access for Venice Events' groups to Saint Mark's Basilica after hours
- Small groups of 15 people or less
- Includes Saint Mark's Square, inside Saint Mark's Basilica and its breathtaking mosaics, the Crypt, normally not accessible and the Pala d’Oro alterpiece
- Professional local guide for 1 h 30 min
- Entry/Admission - Basilica di San Marco
- Guaranteed to skip the lines
Not included
- Admission to the upper floor of the Basilica and the treasury
- Optional gratuities
- Hotel pick up and drop off
- Food and drink
Additional
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Check-in is 15 minutes prior to the booked tour start time
- This activity is not wheelchair 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
- Pick up from a centrally located meeting point
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Near public transportation
- Most travelers can participate
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 100 travelers
Features
Tourism
90%
Cultural
80%
Original
20%
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This is the best tour I have ever been on! Our guide was an architect and this made the tour even more special. We had toured St. Mark's last fall during the day, but this was beyond our expectations. Seeing the Basilica at night was amazing and we felt privileged to be there. It is by far worth the price. You will not be disappointed!
This was a life-changing experience. We enjoyed St. Mark's in a way that very few people do...alone! It was quiet, majestic, and spiritually moving, and our guide was awesome. I can't recommend this tour enough. We even got to go down to the catacombs below, which very few people were able to do.
It was very interesting. The guide knew his information and was very personable. Everyone in the small group seeemed pleased.
This was the highlight of our 5 day trip to Venice. It was not cheap but after reading other reviews which had also awarded it 5 stars we decided to book as we thought it would be a memorable experience - which it was. We spent about half an hour outside as it was a beautiful evening, with Andrea our guide talking about various aspects of the Basilica and St Marks Square and then we entered the Basilica. This was spectacular, amazing and magical. There was only one other small group there but hardly noticeable as we didn't cross each other's paths. The moment when the lights slowly came on and the mosaics were revealed was amazing. The tour lasted one and a half hours and Andrea was a very knowledgeable guide full of interesting and amusing stories. I feel privileged to have been there in the evening without all the crowds and wouldn't hesitate to recommmend this tour to others.
This was a great tour. The guide knew all about the special golden altar board. She pointed out important mosaics. We only had about 12 people in the tour and she could answer all our questions. The church is Roman Catholic but the design and style follows the Greek Style Architecture. Venice was a strong City State many of the important artifacts bronze horses, St. Marks Relics, etc. were taken from the Eastern Mediterranean.