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Small-Group Tour with Evening Access to Saint Mark's Basilica
Recommended for your Venice trip
Free Cancellation
up to 24 hours in advance
1 hour 30 minutes (Approx.)
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English
Good for avoiding crowds
Keeping you safe during COVID-19
What you can expect during your visit
Face masks required for travelers in public areas
Face masks required for guides in public areas
Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Gear/equipment sanitized between use
Guides required to regularly wash hands
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(888) 651-9785
Overview
Experience Saint Mark's Basilica after hours on this 1.5-hour evening tour. Look around the chapel with your small group of 15 people, learning about its history and Byzantine architecture without the buzz of a thousand other visitors.
- 1.5-hour after-hours evening tour of Saint Mark's Basilica in Venice
- Small group tour of 15 people or fewer
- See the treasure's of Saint Mark's illuminated just for your nighttime tour
- Learn about the role of the Basilica in Venice's history
- Skip the lines and crowds
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Meet your guide and small group of just 15 people or fewer at Piazzetta dei Leoncini in Saint Mark’s Square 15 minutes before your chosen start time.
Begin by looking around Saint Mark's Square, learning about the origins of Venice through your guide's commentary. Enter the Basilica without waiting in any lines or pushing past any crowds. This after-hours experience really begins when the church custodian unlocks the door for the lucky few evening visitors. There will be a maximum of six small groups in the Basilica with you.
Visit areas not usually open to the public, such as the crypt. Learn about the intricate artworks, such as the Pala d'Oro, a work of Byzantine enamel decorated with more than 1,900 precious gems. View the 43,00 square feet (3,995 square meters) of golden mosaics, illuminated just for your tour.
End your tour after 1.5 hours of exploration and learning.
Begin by looking around Saint Mark's Square, learning about the origins of Venice through your guide's commentary. Enter the Basilica without waiting in any lines or pushing past any crowds. This after-hours experience really begins when the church custodian unlocks the door for the lucky few evening visitors. There will be a maximum of six small groups in the Basilica with you.
Visit areas not usually open to the public, such as the crypt. Learn about the intricate artworks, such as the Pala d'Oro, a work of Byzantine enamel decorated with more than 1,900 precious gems. View the 43,00 square feet (3,995 square meters) of golden mosaics, illuminated just for your tour.
End your tour after 1.5 hours of exploration and learning.
Itinerary
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.
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
Admission Ticket Free
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
Admission Ticket Included
Traveler Tips
- "A blogger friend of mind recommended this ttour and although pricey it is such a treat and privilege to be able to see inside this unique building." See review
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Product code: 3303P34
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