Combo Byzantine Venice Guided Tour With Gondola Ride: Walking Tour Of Venice, Gondola Ride & The Golden Basilica

Duration: 3 hours

A qualified and experienced guide will lead you through the millennium of life of the Serenissima Republic, evoking the charming past of this unique city. An essential tour for understanding Venice!

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Have a walk outdoors through the most characteristic and important places for the history of Venice.

A qualified and experienced guide escorts you through the millennium of life of the Serenissima Republic, recalling the past full of charm of this unique city. An essential tour for the understanding of Venice!!

Route:

Piazza San Marco - Origins, history and description of the main monuments: Basilica San Marco, Palazzo Ducale, Bell Tower, Clock Tower and Procuratie. Santa Maria Formosa - History and anecdotes related to this wonderful and characteristic square. Campo SS. Giovanni e Paolo - The "Pantheon" of Venice, the Great School of Charity, the Captains of fortune. Marco Polo’s House and Malibran Theatre - Anecdotes and past and recent history cross each other in this beautiful corner of Venice. Return to San Marco through the Mercerie, vital connection between Rialto and San Marco and the main street for the city shopping.

After the walking tour, visit one of the most majestic cathedrals of the world! On this tour, escorted by a local guide prepared in accordance with the Curia of Venice, enjoy a full visit of this masterpiece of byzantine art, unique of its kind in Italy, have the pleasure to admire beautiful gold mosaics and marble inlays of the floors, while our guide shows the represented biblical scenes, the history and the particularities of this ancient basilica.

Enjoy the view of the Treasury, a splendor of the religious art collected along the centuries.

Visit the Basilica's Terrace with the copies of the famous horses, From this spectacular location admire the most beautiful view of heart of Venice: St. Mark’s Square.

Discover St. Mark’s Museum where to admire objects of various kinds and origins belonging to the Basilica, including the quadriga of St. Mark’s, the famous horses, moved from its original in the terrace after the last restoration.

During the afternoon, enjoy a relaxing gondola ride on the Grand Canal (S. Maria della Salute area) and minor canals (Fenice area).

2 hours and an half shared guided walking tour with a qualified and experienced guide
30 minutes shared gondola ride without commentary
Skip the line access to the Basilica with Terrace and Museum
Audio receiver devices in case of groups over 10 people

Hotel pick-up and drop-off
Food and drinks

Unfortunately the tour is not totally accessible for wheelchair users or people with walking disabilities.
Comfortable shoes and appropriate clothes suggested
For the visit of the Basilica proper clothing is required (no shorts or tank tops)
For security reasons sacks, bags or knapsacks are not allowed inside the Basilica
Each gondola can host maximum 5 people; the seat aboard will be assigned by the gondolier

at the brown wooden newsstand with the yellow sign where is written "MEETING POINT", Calle Larga de l'Ascension, in front of the Post Office. Please be at the meeting point 15 minutes before the departure time.

Bookings can be cancelled with no charge up to 24 hours before the service.
The tour does not operate in case of exceptional high tide (in this case it can be postponed to the later schedule/day after otherwise it will be refunded).