Explore Venice, one of Italy's most unique and stunning cities by taking a peaceful gondola ride through the labyrinth of canals. Find out why the Venetian gondola ride is such a popular tourist attraction for people who visit this city. Discover the elegance of the city whilst sliding peacefully through the green channels. You will take part in a mode of transportation that locals have been doing hundreds of years.  During your trip, you will have the chance to admire some of Venice's most famous and beautiful sites seen from the water, a sight only available on a gondola. Prepare yourself especially for the last part of the ride, one that sees the gondola flowing into the Grand Canal, revealing breathtaking views over the most famous canal of Venice and over the Salute Church. After your Gondola ride, enjoy a guided tour through one of the most renowned and amazing cathedrals in the world - St Mark's Basilica. Here you will learn more about the everlasting history of Venice, about St Mark and how his ruins came to rest in this place. Surrounded by the Basilica’s beautiful golden mosaics and marble inlays, your professional guide will take you along the history and the special features of this unique masterpiece of Byzantine art. Among the priceless treasures shielded in the Basilica, you will have the chance to admire the Pala d’Oro, a fine example of Byzantine art with its thousands of gems and precious stones, and of course, the golden mosaics, maybe the most famous feature of the cathedral.