St Mark's Basilica: Discover Hidden Treasures and Optional Doge's Palace Tour After-Hours

Discover hidden treasures in St Mark’s Basilica on an after-hours tour, with the option to visit Doge’s Palace. Explore the basilica’s mosaics and crypt, and upgrade for a late entry tour of the palace’s council rooms and frescos.

Duration: 3 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Piazza San Marco - Piazza San Marco
  • St Mark’s Campanile - Exterior view & Photo stop
  • Basilica di San Marco - Basilica di San Marco, Veneto
    The ideal way to experience St Mark’s Basilica is without the crowds.
    Inside, take a deep breath. You’re witnessing St. Mark’s in solitude! No jostling with other tourists, no viewing the church…
What's Included
  • Professional guide
  • Doge’s Palace tickets (only if option with Doge Palace purchased at time of booking)
  • Small groups of 25 people or fewer
  • After-hours St. Mark’s Basilica tickets
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information

Experience the luxury of avoiding the crowds with an exclusive after-hours tour of St Mark’s Basilica. Enhance your visit with an optional tour of Doge’s Palace, available if chosen during booking. Inside St Mark’s Basilica, marvel at the exquisite mosaics and a Byzantine altarpiece, then join your guide to explore the crypt where St Mark is believed to…

Location
Museo Correr
Piazza San Marco
Please arrive 15 minutes prior to the start of your tour, your guide will be holding a green Walks sign. This tour meets at Correr Museum in Piazza San Marco 52. Your guide will be waiting under the portico just outside the entrance of the museum.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Isabel_n
Jul 19, 2025
Two excellent tours, with... - Two excellent tours, with a wealth of information delivered in a friendly and understandable manner, with many specific details. This is my fourth visit to Venice, and we were able to see completely new sights! The visit to the basilica at night was spectacular. The guide kept us interested and entertained!
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Carolyn_m
Jul 14, 2025
Magical! A must-see - Amazing experience without the crowds! Going in the evening was really magical, watching the lights turn on and the twinkle of millions of glass mosaic tiles on the ceilings. Stunning.
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Erin_h
Jul 10, 2025
Night tour is a must - Amazing way to see St Mark's and Doge's Palace. The evening tour and seeing the lights come on at St Mark's was breathtaking. The crypt was really cool as well. Doge's palace was great thought it was incredibly hot this night with very little air flow. I would still do the tour again - our guide was so knowledgeable!
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Kerrym1595
Jul 10, 2025
Amazing experience - highly recommend - What a fantastic opportunity to visit out of hours and experience both buildings with limited crowds. Seeing the lights get turned on was amazing, and really highlighted the beautiful interior of the basilica. Our tour guide (Grace) was incredibly informative and enthusiastic and I felt I learned so much from her. It was well worth visiting with a guide as I would have missed so much. I had been before but this was my partners first time. I enjoyed this visit so much more than my first thanks to the unique experience and the fabulous guide Grace. Fully recommend if you’re in Venice and want to see both without the masses of crowds!
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Casey_h
Jul 8, 2025
Absolutely without a... - Absolutely without a doubt the best experience I could imagine. Visiting the Doge’s Palace without all the crowds of people and getting to just walk through all the rooms and have our very knowledgeable guide would probably have made the tour worth it enough for me, however, I cannot begin to describe what it was like to experience the Basilica in the dark. The privilege of getting to go into the Basilica after dark and getting to see what few see makes this tour worth the price and worth the experience. Our guide was extremely informative and interesting.
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Lisa_h
Jul 4, 2025
Exceptional - Valentina was absolutely fantastic. Her knowledge of the Doge Palace and St Mark’s was remarkable. You can tell she loves her job, if you get her for your tour you are in luck. My 17yo daughter really enjoyed the entire tour,
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Mark_g
Jul 4, 2025
Great tour. The after... - Great tour. The after hours tour really is worth the extra cost. While there are other tours there as well it never felt crowded. Philipo, our guide, was great! He was extremely knowledgeable about the basilica and had a fantastic sense of humor.
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Kyle_f
Jul 3, 2025
Not To Be Missed - Marina was a wonderful guide. She has an Art History degree and must have aced it! To start there is no better time than after hours. No lines, no crowds why would you do it any other way. The tour itself offered you a glimpse into areas others can’t enter during the day. It was extremely hot during our visit and these buildings offered no relief from the heat. Prepare to sweat. This tour is very informative and interesting I highly recommend it.
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Scott_f
Jul 2, 2025
Martina is the BEST Guide for Doge Palace/Basilica After Hours in Venice - This was a good experience, and worth the extra cost. I'd been to Venice twice before and never seen either the Doge Palace nor the Basilica as the lines were insanely long. Most importantly, Martina (I'm hoping I got that right), our guide on Sat. June 14th MADE the experience. Very often local guides on either Viator or Get Your Guide, take a very half hearted approach of mediocrity. That was NOT the case here. Martina worked hard and knew a tremendous amount, and see sought to share all that important and wonderful info. She wasn't going through the motions, as she made the tour a wonderful experience. It also doesn't hurt, in addition to a fabulous guide, we had such amazing structures, truly wonderous, to explore and look at. I highly recommend this experience, my only con of it, is that a group of 25 is just a bit too large. Perhaps 15 or 16 would be a better number. Just a thought.
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Sujithrar
Jul 14, 2025
Basilica - I HAVE VISITED MANY BASILICA. THIS IS IS OVERRATED FOR THE MONEY. I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND TO SPEND THAT KIND OF MONEY. REGULAR TICKETS ARE GOOD ENOUGH.
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From $115
up to 9 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).