One-Day Venice: Skip-the-Line St. Mark’s Basilica, Walk & Gondola
Venice, Italy
- 4 hours 30 minutes (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Venice can be overwhelming for first-time visitors, but this attraction-packed half-day trip lets you tick off two quintessential experiences during your first morning. Marvel at the golden mosaics inside St. Mark’s Basilica, with skip-the-line admission tickets included to save you time. During a gondola cruise down the Grand Canal, you’ll glide by attractions like Rialto Bridge. Do it all with this one combination tour.
- See many of Venice's main attractions during a morning walking tour witha knowledgeable guide
- Relaxon a romantic gondola ride through the canal city
- Enjoy skip-the-line access to St. Mark's Basilica
- Learn about the art and history of this gorgeous cathedral on a guided tour
What's Included
- Guided walking tour
- Gondola ride
- Skip the Line access and guided visit to St Mark’s Basilica
- Commentary/guide during the gondola ride
- Entry ticket to the Treasure
- Entry ticket to the Pala d’Oro
- Entry ticket and access to the Museum and the Terrace
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- Calle larga de l'Ascension, 30124 Venezia VE, Italy
The meeting point is ten to fifteen minutes before the start of the tour at the TURIVE meeting point, located on Calle larga de l' Ascension, near the post office, behind Correr museum.
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.Operating hours.9:00 am
Itinerary
Canal Grande (Pass By)
1
Piazza San Marco
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
Basilica di San Marco (Pass By)
Teatro La Fenice (Pass By)
Basilica Dei Santi Giovanni E Paolo (Pass By)
Chiesa di Santa Maria Formosa (Pass By)
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Near public transportation
- No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
- Most travelers can participate
- Please note this is a combo tour including 3 single tours.
- Please arrive at the meeting point at least 10 minutes before the tour departure time.
- At the tour departure point you will meet a representative who will check your vouchers and give you information to do the tour.
- Multilingual tour
- No credit or refunds will be given in the case of a no show (if you don't show up at the meeting point at the time indicated on your voucher)
- This is a collective tour, which means there might be other participants going on the tour with you.
- The gondola ride might be suspended in case of bad weather. In such cases you are required to go to the tour departure point in order to know whether the tour takes place or not and any alternative ways to use the service.
- In cases of religious ceremonies or exceptionally high tides, access to St Mark s Basilica may not be permitted.
- To visit St Mark s Basilica it is necessary to dress appropriately (no shorts or vest or tops) and backpacks are not allowed for safety reasons.
- Please note that, due to the particular morphological structure of Venice and the logistic problems resulting from it, we cannot guarantee that the whole tour is accessible to people with limited mobility. This means that people with walking difficulties and wheelchair users could not be able to access some parts of the itinerary.
- Only for the waking tour and guided visit. Explanations during the gondola ride are not provided.
- A gondola can host up to 5 people, thus if your reservation includes more than 5 people, your group will be divided into smaller groups, or rather you will enjoy different gondolas.
- This is a collective tour, so there might be other people enjoying your same gondola. In this case people belonging to your reservation can be divided into different gondolas.
- On certain dates, most travelers staying outside of Venice who are planning to visit for the day will be required to pay up to 10 € access fee. For further details (including exemptions) and to learn what days this fee is applicable, please visit: https://cda.ve.it
- Please note that this tour combines different activities. Therefore, the gondola ride may not take place immediately after the end of the guided tour of St. Mark's Basilica. At the meeting point you will be notified of the exact starting time of the gondola ride.
- Please note: For now, the tour only covers the ground floor of St. Mark’s Basilica. Museum and Terrace are not included.
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 999 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
Traveler Photos
Reviews
3.8
based on 20 reviews
Regan_W, Dec 2025
Our tour guide messaged us several days before to tell us the walking part was canceled. We said that was fine, we would like to continue on with the gondola ride and St. Marks Basilica tour. We never heard back. I messaged the tour company through viator again the day before the tour asking if we were still on, again we did not hear back. The day of the tour we arrive to the meeting point 15 minutes prior to start time as asked of us. We arrived at 8:45 and by 9:20 no tour guide had arrived. We waited with another family from America, who were also supposed to be on the tour. They left at 9:15 and I contacted Viator support. They contacted the tour company who said that our walking tour was canceled so we were supposed to meet back at the location at 10:45, 10:30 to be safe. So we left, went and got breakfast and were about to leave the restaurant to go back to the original meeting place as directed, when I received another phone call. This phone call said that Viator canceled our entire tour, and even though on the precious phone call they stated that our gondola and basilica tour were still confirmed, we did not have a gondola ride or basilica tour. We received a partial refund for the walking portion as stated from Viator, but have yet to get a full refund for the entire trip. This lack of communication between Viator, the tour company, and us as the customers was very disappointing.
Patrick_B, Aug 2024
We started our tour with Silvanna at 9am and she brought us to on a walking tour of Venice until about 1030. We then returned to the starting point and some new tour people joined our group with Silvanna. We continued to the Basilica and Silvanna provided a very informative guided tour. Doing a self guided tour would not have been the same. Silvanna was awesome.
We then had a break until 3pm. We returned to the same starting point and left for a gondola ride. You share a ride with another couple and have approximately a 20 minute ride. We happened to have the only gondolier that sang. He was quite funny. He sang about meatballs and mozzarella. Overall, a highly recommended tour!
brianlindberg, Oct 2023
The tour was supposed to be a morning tour with a guide (this part OK) then the basilica (also OK) but the gondola ride was changed to departing at 1500 which we could not attend due to another commitment.
Loree_L, May 2023
We absolutely loved this experience in Venice! We started with the walking tour with guide Elizabeth and learned so much about the history, landmarks, and life of Venice. Her knowledge was so very much appreciated and she kept it very entertaining. We then transitioned to the tour of the Basilica and Dodge Palace with guide Gina. Her passion and her story telling made this such an enjoyable adventure! The interior was stunning and the sights, scenery and views, especially from the top terrace of the basilica, were breathtaking! We ended the tour with a wonderful gondola ride into the great canal - marveling at the ability of our boat navigator. Our family would highly recommend this experience and will always remember this precious time in Venice!
Ken_C, Apr 2023
Mark ( in the dark coat) was very informative and knowledgeable when it came to the Basilica… Veronica was even better on the walking tour of the surrounding areas… she was the highlight. The gondola ride was “lame” … it was a slow moving boat around the block… 15-20 min … driver of the boat was on the phone the whole time EXCEPT… when he yelled at one of the passenger or another boat going by. ( that is the reason for 4 stars) With that said, on the whole it was good.
Nancy_W, Nov 2022
Gondola ride and walking tour great! The female guide was great and spoke perfect English. But the guide for the Basilica was HORRIBLE!!! He could not speak English and we were only able to understand 1/4 of what he said. So sad. We were really interested in St Mark's but he made him impossible to understand. You need better English speaking person!!!!!!
Lisa_B, May 2019
We enjoyed this tour which started with a 1 hour walking tour of the area behind St Mark’s Square, then a gondola ride and finished with a tour of St Mark’s Basilica. The guides were informative and really brought the history of these places to life. We had a 14 year old travelling with us and she enjoyed this tour, but I’m not sure I would take younger children as they are likely to become bored with the guided tour segments, although they’d love the gondola ride! Highly recommend this tour for people aged 12+ years
Walter W, Nov 2018
The tour started out fine, however, very disorganized. Seemed like they grouped about 10 tours in one meeting place and you were lucky to get in the correct group. The tour was actually three tours one after the other. After the walking tour, then we went to the gondola tour. A bit disappointing, a bit too short, and still disorganized. The third segment did not happen because of flooding. We discovered the cancellation on our own, as we could not get to the meeting place because of the flooding. No one offered us any advice, because all of a sudden, no one spoke English.
K5433OLarthurp, Sep 2018
The walking tour was well done and interesting, St. Marks Basilica was amazing and well time by this tour company. The Gondola Ride however was disappointing, there was 6 of us in the boat and this took away from the ride. It just felt like a boat ride but nothing special, and with no commentary it was lost on us. I would do the tour and walking portion and get a separate Gondola ride if you want to take one.
Beth_R, Jul 2018
This tour was three-pronged - walking tour of Venice; Gondola ride; tour of St. Mark's Basilica. Each prong was led by a different guide - the number of people for each prong of the tour was very large and while the staff were very pleasant, there was a bit of disorganization in getting all the right people together for each leg of the tour. Despite this, the guides were very knowledgeable of the history of Venice and St. Mark's Basilica - and very accommodating with answering questions and pointing our interesting aspects of the tour.
Claire P, May 2018
Lovely tour! Enjoyed walking the streets of Venice and getting tips on places to visit/eat. The Basilica was beautiful and our guide was informed and to top it off you cant beat the prices for the Gondola!
Brian V, Mar 2018
I great way to see the center city with a guide and ear piece to hear along the way. Perfect if you have a few days, some for your own exploring and this day to hear all the information you wanted to hear or have questions about.
A lot of people getting sorted out at the beginning but runs smoothly afterwords.
Only downside, it can be busy and backed up. Keep in mind that you are in skip the Line and much better off than others. It moves faster and you can have more of your own time at the end rather than waiting in long lines till sundown.
Terence_M, Oct 2017
Very informative set of varied activities. Pleasant and knowledgable guide.
Tanja_F, Oct 2016
Although we missed the Basilica tour due to an unforeseen religious event that day, Viator gave us a partial refund and we enjoyed our morning tour and the gondola ride was great!
Brian_L, Jul 2016
I signed up to get a tour of St. Mark's. The local operator was so disorganized that I didn't get the St Mark's portion of the tour. The walking tour was interesting and the gondola ride was also poorly organized but enjoyable. Then I was shuttled from point to point for the St Mark's portion that I waited for over an hour and a half, never getting the tour. Very poorly done by the local organizer.
Brenda H, Jun 2016
Liked the use of headsets. Lots of wasted time trying to gather groups together. Would like to have had a gondolier who sang or had music to go along with ride to make it more fun.
Bruno F, Feb 2016
Really good walk around the city and the gondola ride is a must!
Roxy, Sep 2015
This was a three prong tour. Rosanna was our tour guide for the walking tour and the Basilica. She was very pleasant and very informative. The second part, the gondola ride was mass confusion, and we never got the ride. We returned to the meet point and was told to come back at 3oclock, which we did and could not find our guide. It really would have been helpful if the guide held up a sign, wore a colored shirt, something, anything! Espcially after we missed the first tour due to one of the guides who kept telling us stand over there. Which we did and was not told when to join the next guide to the gondola ride. Not well organized at all. Disappointed that we missed out on one of the things Venice is known for.
OSCAR G O, Aug 2017
Muy bueno, solo me gustaria un poco mas de informacion en la visita a la Ciudad.
La gondola el paseo es muy corto.
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