Day Trips and Excursions :: CLASSIC SAN MARCO

CLASSIC SAN MARCO
An Introduction to the Glories of Venice

You will be met at your accommodations by your personal authorized Venetian guide and accompanied on foot to the Piazza San Marco – grand open-air living room of Venice. Enjoy an interior visit to the Palazzo dei Dogi – the most impressive structure of the city – where you will see the majestic rooms in which the Venetian parliament convened, ambassadors were received and trials were held. See the world’s largest canvas ceiling painting by Veronese. Walk through the Bridge of Sighs into the dungeons were Casanova was a prisoner and Byron sought inspiration. Visit the Basilica of San Marco with a special viewing of the splendid jewel-encrusted altar screen known as the Pala d’Oro. On the square itself, learn about the Clock Tower of the Moors, the Correr Museum, the Library and the famous Campanile.