Skip the line : Gondola Ride & Saint-Mark Basilica Guided Tour

Embark on a traditional wooden gondola to experience first-hand the iconic mode of transport the city is so famous for. A cruise on the city’s waterways, especially along the Grand Canal, offers a breath-taking panorama of the most beautiful local buildings. Venetians are expert gondola users and riding in one is an authentic way of reliving what has been Venice’s most traditional mode of transport for centuries, reaching their heyday at a time when Venice was one of the economic centers of the Old Continent.

With its strategic and intimate relationship with the sea, the city has played an important role in Mediterranean maritime trade while at the same time attracting many artists and scholars.

Following your gondola ride, enjoy a guided tour of St. Mark's Basilica. Your skip-the-line ticket gets you straight into the building with your guide, without having to queue up. Inside the Basilica, rich decorations recall the grandeur of a building built nearly 1,000 years ago. Its huge golden mosaics were the source of inspiration for its famous moniker "Chiesa d'Oro", or Church of Gold.