Tour Details

Admire St Mark's Basilica precious mosaics and experience the unique panoramic view of St Mark's square from the upper level of the Basilica! Our tour will let you discover the history and the art techniques of St Mark's Cathedral from a very special perspective: the top! Starting with the visit to the Museum of St Mark, we will see some small scale models that show how the St Mark's Cathedral was built and how this huge Basilica appeared to the eyes of visitors in the past. You will admire from a close-up view the famous mosaics and you will really appreciate the different construction stages of the mosaics of this wounderful Cathedral. In the adjagent room there are several panels that illustrate the time-honoured techniques and some portions of the 15th century mosaics.Continuing our visit, you will learn more about the mosaics of the domes of St Mark by listening to the explanations of the elaborated explanations, which has been enshrining the mortal remains of St Mark for more than 1000 years. Afterwards, thorugh a narrow passage way, we will leave St Mark's Basilica to enter an ancient hall of the Venice Doge's Palace, where ancient tapestries are housed. You will admire the gilded bronze horses , masterpieces of the Greek Hellenistic sculptures and some architecture fragments dated to the oldest construction phases of St Mark's Cathedral in IX century A. D. The tour will continue to the lodge of St Mark's Cathedral and the we will admire from above one of the icons of Venice: St. Mark's Square.