Venice Gondola Ride with St Mark’s Basilica Skip the Line Tour
Address
Calle larga de l'Ascension, 30124 Venezia VE, Italy
GPS
45.4337517, 12.3369533
Combine two enchanting experiences in Venice with one Venice combo tours: a Venice gondola ride and St Mark’s Basilica tickets!
Venice Gondola Ride and St Mark’s Basilica Tour
Explore Venice on a peaceful journey through the gondola, then explore the stunning basilica of St. Mark.
For its simplicity and the way it glides along Venice’s green channels, the Venetian gondola is renowned.
Let’s explore Venice as local people have gone home, gliding through the tight canals and admiring the art and architecture masterpieces.
You will have the opportunity to admire some of the most lovely locations of Venice from the water during this Venice gondola journey, a rare sight that can only be seen from a gondola.
The gondola will cruise into the Grand Canal for the last portion of the journey, exposing amazing views over Venice’s most popular canal and the Salute Church.
St. Mark’s Basilica
Next we will enjoy a guided tour of one of the most famous and amazing cathedrals in the world: the basilica of St. Mark.
This is the place where Eastern and Western architecture run into each other, as majestic as it is in its exterior, as it reaches and reflects in the history it has experienced.
Here we’ll learn more about Venice’s eternal history, about St. Mark’s and how his ruins came here to rest and be protected.
A tour not only to see Venice, but through its history and glorious past to experience this town, still shining in its historical locations and iconic personalities.
Surrounded by the beautiful golden mosaics and marble inlays of the basilica, our professional guide will take us on a journey through history and the special features of this unique Byzantine art masterpiece.
Among the priceless treasures shielded in the basilica, you will have the opportunity to admire the Pala d’Oro, a fine example of Byzantine art with thousands of gems and precious stones; and the Treasury, one of the most beautiful examples of Byzantine art. And, of course, the most popular characteristic might be the golden mosaics.
Venice Gondola Ride W/ St Mark’s Basilica Skip the Line Tour
Highlights
- Discover one of the symbols of Venice as well one of the most beautiful cathedrals in the world
- Learn about the symbols and history of the Basilica’s interiors
- Admire the famous Pala d’Oro
- Romantic Venice gondola ride
