Product Description

This walking tour features all the most significant monuments that stand in testimony to the glorious past of Venice. Discover the thousand-year long history of the Serenissima, and learn how this island city became a cross-roads of civilizations and the Queen of the Seas.

Highlights

St. Mark’s Square, description of the history of the main monuments: St. Mark’s Basilica, The Doge’s Palace, the Campanile, the Clock Tower, the Procuratie

S. Maria Formosa, with its lively “Campo”, one of the most popular squares in Venice

The Church and Campo of SS. Giovanni e Paolo – the “Pantheon” of Venice, the great charitable Scuola and the heroic deeds of the famed Captains of fortune

Marco Polo’s house and Teatro Malibran – where ancient and recent history meet in this wonderful corner of Venice

Back to St. Mark’s through the famous Mercerie, once the commercial lifeline between Rialto and St. Mark’s and today Venice’s main shopping district

 

Duration

Approx. 1.5 hours

Guided Tour

Morning Children under 6:  free (reservation under Infant)