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Discover Venice on a walking tour through its streets, bridges, and squares, visiting places such as St. Mark’s Square and the Malibran Theatre. Finish with entry to St. Mark’s Basilica to admire its mosaics and Byzantine art.
This tour is composed of two parts: first, a walking tour which will make us discover Venice's most famous sites as well as its hidden gems. An unforgettable way to discover Venice through its narrow alleys called “calli”, countless bridges and wide traditional and picturesque squares, still the heart of Venetian people's social life. Let our professional guide take you into an unforgettable journey among Venice's beauties and history.
The first highlight of the walking tour is St. Mark’s square, with the description of the majestic St. Mark’s Basilica, the elegant Doge’s Palace, the Clock Tower and the Procuratie. From St. Mark’s square we will move forward to Campo Santa Maria Formosa. Follow the Scuola Grande di San Marco also knowns as “Great School of Charity” (the Captains of Fortune).
Last but not least, head back to St. Mark’s and admire the Malibran Theatre, step through the famous Mercerie, once the pulsing heart of commercial life back in time, nowadays Venice’s main shopping district between Rialto Bridge and St Mark’s Square.
During the second part we will admire one among the most beautiful and celebrated cathedrals in the world: St Mark's Basilica. A tour which will make us marvel in front of the majesty and true beauty of the St Mark Basilica, the place where Eastern and Western architecture run into each other. Here, we will learn more about the everlasting history of Venice, about St Mark and how his ruins came to rest and be shielded here.
A tour not only to see Venice, but to experience this city through its history and glorious past, still shining in its historical sites and legendary characters. Surrounded by the Basilica’s beautiful golden mosaics and marble inlays, our professional guide will take us along the history and the special features of this unique masterpiece of byzantine art.
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Additional Information
● Please be at the meeting point 15 minutes before the tour departure time
● Provide a printed/mobile copy of your voucher to our staff
● For security reasons backpacks and large bags are not allowed inside the Basilica.
● Please wear appropriate clothes to enter the Basilica (no bare knees or shoulders)
● Please note that this tour does not include entrance to the Doge's Palace
● The tour will take place also with rain, in the event of exceptional high tide it might be cancelled and refund will be provided
● The tour will NOT operate during the following dates: April 6th and 25th; August 15th, November 1st
● IMPORTANT: tickets to St. Marks Basilica will become nominative, meaning that for each booking it will be MANDATORY to provide the full names of all participants, which must match the identification documents shown at the entrance
Inclusions
✔ Skip the line entrance to the Basilica
✔ Entrance to Museum & Terrace
✔ Personal headsets to hear the guide better
Exclusions
✖ Hotel pick-up and drop-off
✖ Tickets, meals and drinks except if expressly specified in the tour inclusions
✖ Other services not specified
✖ Entrance to the Doge's Palace
Cancellation policy
Free cancellation up to 48 hours before the service. Cancellations made with less notice or a no-show will result in no refund
Meeting point
Campo San Zaccaria 4683, en la tienda ubicada directamente frente a la Iglesia de San Zaccaria