Venice Walking Tour, St. Mark's Basilica & Gondola Combo - Free Time Included

Walk with a guide, enter the basilica
and finish with a gondola ride in Venice

This half-day tour combines a walking tour of Venice's old town, priority entry to St. Mark's Basilica and a 30-minute shared gondola ride. In the morning you walk with a guide and see the basilica, then have free time, and the gondola ride starts at 3:00 PM. Options are split by language, so choose the language you want when booking.

Walk the lanes from St. Mark's Square toward Rialto

With an expert guide, you walk from St. Mark's Square toward the lively Rialto Market. Along the way you pass Marco Polo's birthplace and the Baroque buildings of Campo Santa Maria Formosa, and hear the story of Venice as a trading city. You also visit hidden corners between St. Mark's Square and the Rialto Bridge.

Enter St. Mark's Basilica without the queue

Priority entry lets you skip the long queue and step into St. Mark's Basilica. With your guide, you explore the richly gilded interior.

After the visit you have free time. You can try a Venetian aperitivo or enjoy a relaxed lunch, and you need to be back at the meeting point by 2:45 PM.

Finish on the canals by gondola

At 3:00 PM you board a shared gondola and glide over calm water for 30 minutes. Following small canals that branch off the Grand Canal, you see the Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute from an angle you can only get from the water. No commentary is provided on the gondola.

※ Start times and schedules may vary by the option you book.
※ In bad weather the gondola ride may be cancelled.
※ Basilica entry may be restricted during religious ceremonies or high tide.
※ Entry to the Treasury, Pala d'Oro, Museum and Terrace is not included.