About us

We are an independent guide for visitors to St Mark's Basilica. We don't belong to the Basilica and we don't sell tickets.

What this website is

stmarksbasilica.venezia.it brings together what you need to plan a visit: prices, opening hours, which ticket to choose, the interior, the Museum with its terrace and the rules.

We have no connection with the Procuratoria di San Marco, which runs the Basilica and its ticket office. The official website is basilicasanmarco.it.

How we check information

Every price, opening time and rule comes from an official page of the Basilica, which we cite at the bottom of each guide with the date we checked it. Artistic details the official website doesn't publish (mosaics, floor, iconostasis) come from Wikipedia, and we say so.

The last full review of the official data was on 26 October 2026. When official pages disagree with each other we say so, rather than picking a number. If you find something that has changed, write to us.

The photos come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences, each credited with its author and licence.

How we are funded

Some links go to booking platforms such as Tiqets, GetYourGuide and Headout. If you book through them, the platform pays us a commission; the price is the same for you. Those links are marked as sponsored and go straight to the platform.

The official ticket office prices are always shown for reference, even when they are lower than the platforms' prices.