A Taste Of Venice

Meet your private expert local English-speaking guide today at the preset time at your hotel for a guided tour of Venice’s highlights.  These include the must-see sights of the Basilica San Marco with it’s stunning golden mosaics inside.  The Basilica is a masterpiece of architecture & it is the most popular tourist attraction in Venice and ranks fifth in the world after Saint Peter’s Basilica, Notre Dame de Paris, the Taj Mahal, and Saint Paul’s Cathedral.

Also, you will visit the Doge’s Palace once the seat of the Venetian Empire and houses masterpieces of art by Titian, Veronese, as well as Tintoretto.  Then walk through the Bridge of Sighs.  Your guide will then walk you through old Venice as you stroll through a narrow calle up to the Rialto Bridge (built in 1580), you’ll then continue to visit the famous open air fish market.