We would advise getting a free timed entry to avoid the lines. The mosiacs are surely the star here, rivaled only by the ones we saw at the Baptistry in Florence. We downloaded Rick Steves' audio tour, and it was helpful in pointing many of the highlights. We paid admission to the treasury (not really worth it -- the museum... more

We booked our '10 minute' visit to the Basillica on-line, which is free of charge, as recommended at the TA forum, went in at our time slot of 09.50am and stayed for almost two hours! This is because we visited the Treasury (with a small but very impressive collection of Byzantine silver, gold and glass; the Pala d'Oro, the huge,... more

This was free, so that was good! We spent 20 minutes waiting to get in, then only 10 minutes walking round inside. All the gold on the ceiling would have probably looked nicer if it was more lit-up, but it was quite dark in there so the main colour seemed to be a dark grey. It was pretty warm in... more

I like St Mark's Basilica because the general admission is free and it allows you access to the main chapel area. There are separate (but small) admission charges if you want to explore other areas like the roof or the gallery. This ticketing concept is good because it lets us choose what we want to see and thus pay accordingly,... more

Visited the basilica in February during carnival. It opens at 9.30am but the treasury and altar don't open before 9.45am. We arrived at 9.45am and there were very few people so had time to wander and enjoy (as the day wears on there are more people in the square and more people queuing to go in). Personally, I didn't think... more

I was able to book a 10:05am reservation to see inside St Mark’s Basilica (venetoinside.com). The lines were incredibly long, bu then again, it is the middle of July. We get there just in time and takes a few minutes to figure out where to go to give in our reservation. As it turns out, there is a secondary line... more

The cathedral is situated right in St. Mark's Square, the whole architect of the building was very impressive, and so were the details of art all over the walls and roof as well as inside. The best veiw of the whole building is if you stand right in the middle of the square and to get the best view of... more

I used TA extensively to plan my recent trip (July-mid Aug) to Spain, Italy, Greek, and Croatia and every TA tip had worked out so very well. So, I am writing my first TA message in hope to give back to the TA community. Yes, St. Marco Basilica is beautiful and is a must see when in Venice so the... more

Saint Mark's is great! Definitely 5 stars. We went yesterday and wish we'd read the review below first. We waited in line (not bad... about 20 minutes). When we reached the front and unbelievably cranky guard was yelling at people who had not already checked their backpacks, throwing one person's backpack into the main square in a dramatic and exciting... more