Highlights of Venice: Gondola Ride and S

Highlights of Venice: Gondola Ride and St Mark’s Basilica with Terraces

See the Best of Venice by guided city walking tour in Italy

Campo S. Bortolomio, Venice, Metropolitan City of Venice, Italy

Spend three hours in Venice to see the major highlights of the city led by a scholarly and local guide: Basilica of St. Mark and the Doge’s Palace with pre-reserved tickets. See the other major highlights between venues that make the history of Venice and lastly an impressive Gondola Ride on Venice’s Grand Canal.

2:45 hours

24 Persons

€99.00

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Gondola Ride and St Mark’s Basilica Gallery

Main Tour Activity

This tour started by meeting your tour guide at the designated meeting location. With him, start the first part of your trip. By walking through the cobblestones, back alleys, and arched bridges you will know the colorful past of this beautiful city. In addition, you’ll learn why this city was built on a lagoon and how it became a major trading hub in the Mediterranean region.

While walking by the house of Marco Polo, in your guide narration learn about this Venetian trader who went to sea one day and returned with knowledge on the silk route, which changed the world.

Piazza SS Giovanni e Paola and Santa Maria Formosa are two of the most popular places to visit in the area. You will get to see the famous bridge of Sighs on this extensive walking tour.

You’ll see Saint Mark’s Square, which was Napoleon Bonaparte known as “the greatest drawing room in all of Europe”.

Enter St. Mark’s Basilica without waiting in line and learning about the treasures and history of this huge sacred structure with the help of an experienced guide.

You can also climb St. Mark Basilica’s renowned terrace for a breathtaking perspective of the city’s piazzas and roofs, which is rarely featured in any other guided tour.

Afterward, you go to the Gondola station, where you will embark on a 30-minute gondola excursion with an experienced local gondolier.

While enjoying the riding through one of Venice’s busiest canals, you can view the 17th-century Baroque Santa Maria Della Salute. You will also ride through under some of the iconic bridges of the City.

The best way to do a tour of Venice is by both water and land. With this two-way trip, you’ll get the best of both worlds.

Tour Overview

There’s no place in the world as beautiful as Venice. This combination tour package will give the best of both worlds. An extensive Gondola ride accompanied by a guided walking tour to every corner of Venice shows you all the brilliance and charisma of this once magnificent maritime metropolis.

Arrive at the designated meeting location to meet your local expert guide and begin your first portion of your trip. The tour takes you through every alley, cobblestone courtyards, and tiny arched bridges as your experienced guide narrate stories from the city’s colorful past while you cruise along.

Get to know the heart of Venice

This Venice Walking Tour brings you to the center of the city in only 2:45 hours, offering you a thorough overview of the city’s history, culture, and character.

This floating city tour started by knowing the city’s origins from the famous St. Mark’s square. This place holds so much political, historical, and social importance. With a thorough journey to the clock tower and the Marble Lions, you will step into St. Mark’s history.

Your trip to Venice will begin with a local guide leading the way to learn about the city’s most beautiful and genuine neighborhoods.

Your local guide will entertain you with anecdotes of Venice’s ancient and modern times as you make your way through Venice’s hidden lanes.

No waiting skip-the-line entry to St. Mark’s Basilica

While this walking tour is best enjoyed in Venice’s calming ambiance, there is more significance that is just a must-see. Among the many attractions at Venice, St. Mark’s Basilica is today’s main attraction. You’ll be able to enter the museum right away with our exclusive no waiting entry. With the guide’s narration observe how the relics of St. Mark’s were transported, its golden mosaics, and learn why the church’s east-meets-west design is a fitting depiction of Venice.

Not to mention, special access to the Basilica upper terrace for a breathtaking view over the square.

Enjoy a gondola trip around Venice

The best one is still pending, which is a Gondola ride. Your tour guide will take you to the professional gondolier who helps you to climb on a traditional Venice Gondola. Riding through the city’s canal you’ll be able to see the city as it was intended to be seen.

Relax, unwind, and appreciate Venice at its finest during this Gondola riding time. Every bit of it is as romantic and enthralling as you always dreamed. Per boat will carry not more than five people (max 6 people per group)

And lastly allow us to introduce you to all the city’s winding streets, magnificent canals, and the stories that were hidden in the alleys.

By taking this tour you are not only checking off another item on your bucket list, but you’re also saving money!

Highlights

Explore Venice’s most famous sights such as the Grand Canal and Rialto Bridge as well as the Bridge of Sighs and of course Saint Mark’s Square!
Access to St. Mark’s Basilica without the wait in line, as well as exclusive access to the top terrace for amazing views.
Perfectly timed Gondola Rides from Grand Canal to the lesser canals.
Cherish the amazing views of La Fenice Theatre, San Moisè Church and many others.
With a guide narration, learn about the history, art, personalities, and mysteries of Venice’s.
Small tour group, not more than 24 people.

What is included

Walking tour with expert English speaking guide
Skip-the-line entry to St. Mark’s Basilica
Access to terraces of St. Mark’s Basilica
30-minute gondola ride (up to 6 people)
Small tour groups
Headsets

What is not included

Lunch
Gratuities
Transportation
Hotel pickup and drop-off