Audio guide ST. MARK'S Tourist Guide

2:45

SQUARE

Between a million pigeons, tourists, the café tables, and small orchestras, during daytime the square is always crowded. Consider that the esplanade in front of the cathedral was built starting...

Listen free for 30 seconds

2:39

BELL TOWER

The monumental bell tower stands tall in the square's south-east corner. It is a square brick shaft that's twelve meters per side, and is crowned at the top by a belfry in white Istrian stone, with a...

Listen free for 30 seconds

2:42

PROCURATIE

If you want to appreciate the square in all its splendor, go to the cathedral's façade near the three stands for banners (and stop to admire the beautiful bronze bases from the early sixteenth...

Listen free for 30 seconds

2:23

CLOCK TOWER

The Clock Tower, on the left side of St. Mark's Square if you're facing the cathedral, is one of the most famous symbols of Venice, and you can't avoid being fascinated by the ingenious mechanical...

Listen free for 30 seconds

1:39

CLOCK TOWER INTERIOR

Did you know that you can also visit the inside of the clock tower? The path through the structure passes through five floors. You begin by going up a stone staircase leading to the first inner room,...

Listen free for 30 seconds

3:01

CATHEDRAL - ATRIUM

The five deep access arches that decorate the lower part of the façade are separated by groups of columns and are all decorated with marble slabs, reliefs, fretwork, and mosaics from different...

Listen free for 30 seconds

3:00

CATHEDRAL - EXTERIOR

If you want to physically witness the absolute singularity of Venice and its cultural and historical position as a splendid capital on the border between the East and West, you couldn't choose a...

Listen free for 30 seconds

3:07

CATHEDRAL - INTERIOR

And now you've finally gone inside St. Mark's Cathedral. Find a quiet corner, perhaps by moving away from the entrance. You'll immediately feel like the lighting was recently redone to enhance the...

Listen free for 30 seconds

2:53

CATHEDRAL - TREASURE

St. Mark's is an infinite treasure chest of wonders, but if you want to be overwhelmed by the splendor of the past, you should enter the treasure chest of all treasure chests: the Treasury of the...

Listen free for 30 seconds

2:39

CATHEDRAL - HORSES

What's more, besides the Treasury, St. Mark's has even more in store for you: another room where you can admire other works of art including furniture, tapestries, priestly vestments, Persian rugs,...

Listen free for 30 seconds

Venice ST. MARK'S

SQUARE

BELL TOWER

PROCURATIE

CLOCK TOWER

CLOCK TOWER INTERIOR

CATHEDRAL - ATRIUM

CATHEDRAL - EXTERIOR

CATHEDRAL - INTERIOR

CATHEDRAL - TREASURE

CATHEDRAL - HORSES