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2,433 Reviews for: Skip the line Entry to St. Mark's Basilica
cal1409
June 2017
Solo traveler
UNITED KINGDOM
Reviewed on 18 Jun `17 - Booking No. 1772194
'Worth every penny'
Ticket
St. Mark's Basilica in Venice - Skip the line Entry
I bought the skip the line ticket, for €2, and the 72 hour travel ticket. Skip the line was worth every penny. It was hot and there was a long line to get into the Basilica, and it was very easy to use the skip the line pass. Also easy to find the place to leave the rucksack while I went round. 72 hour pass with bus back to airport: Not sure I got the value from this, but much easier than buying tickets each time. Easy to find the bus back to the airport. 72 hour pass not quite so good as on the last day, the Sunday, there was a dragon boat race and the Grand Canal was closed to water buses. So I couldn't use it on the last day at all!
Strenghts
Ease of use
Weaknesses
72hr pass - did I use it enough? But the ease of use outweighs this concern
Caliago
June 2017
Mature couple
UNITED KINGDOM
Reviewed on 18 Jun `17 - Booking No. 1773148
'Visit to St Marks and the Doge's Palace'
Ticket
St. Mark's Basilica in Venice - Skip the line Entry
It was fairly straightforward to book, however there's an awful lot of text to read and take in about all the different types of tickets etc that is a bit confusing. It would be good if you could buy one ticket that allows you to visit all the extra places inside the basilica that you don't find out about until you're inside! The biggest drawback of the booking service is that you don't get a QR code emailed to you so that it can be scanned by the museums. You have to print the tickets. Well if you're on holiday in an apartment/Airbnb like we were, that's an impossibility. It's also not environmentally sound and quite anachronistic to be honest. Who asks for paper these days? The basilica was able to scan/use my smartphone booking but with the museum pass - needed for the Doge's Palace - we had to get Ca Rezzonica staff to print. They were helpful and did this but it took ages - the wifi wasn't strong enough at first for me to email the tickets to them and then they had trouble with their printer. We could have hunted down an Internet cafe but we were on holiday and didn't have time for that! I would look around for a more up to date, digital option before buying again.
Strenghts
Fairly straightforward to book but beware of the printing issue.
Weaknesses
The lack of digital QR code which was a real pain and wasted valuable holiday time.
Reply by venetoinside.com Staff
Dear Caliago,
thank you for your feedback! Please consider that we are only a reseller of the Venice Civic Museums tickets and therefore have to comply with their official regulation that requires a paper copy of the voucher, but we are transparent in informing our customers about this matter before they book! As for the other services bookable on our portal, we accept the electronic voucher whenever possibile. Concernig the cumulative tickets to access all the attractions inside St. Mark’s Basilica, at the moment it doesn’t exist… We hope it will be soon available and actually we are working on that!
Best regards,The venetoinside.com staff
LJ
May 2017
Family with children
AUSTRALIA
Reviewed on 16 Jun `17 - Booking No. 1733784
'Skip the line for S.Marco Basilica'
Ticket
St. Mark's Basilica in Venice - Skip the line Entry
Excellent service, we followed the instructions to leave our bags and to find the entrance, and had no waiting time at all. Definitely recommend.
Caroline
May 2017
Young couple
UNITED KINGDOM
Reviewed on 14 Jun `17 - Booking No. 1764301
'Skipped the line'
Ticket
St. Mark's Basilica in Venice - Skip the line Entry
Excellent buy - skipped a massive queue
Bogart
May 2017
Mature couple
UNITED STATES
Reviewed on 12 Jun `17 - Booking No. 1754414
'Well Worth Doing Skip the Line'
Ticket
St. Mark's Basilica in Venice - Skip the line Entry
Well worth doing the "Skip the Line" reservation. Saved us waiting over an hour (estimate) in the normal line of people awaiting entry.
Strenghts
Provides a reliable entry time without waiting in very long lnes
Weaknesses
Need to have a person do some crowd control just on the skip the line - line up. Several people were on the wrong line and waited for a while before realizing that. We still waiting about 15 minutes to get in but that was far better than the line up of people without a resservation
Reply by venetoinside.com Staff
Dear Bogart,
Thank you for your feedback! Our staff on duty at St. Peter's Door does its best to adress people without a reservation to the correct entrance... Unfortunately we cannot do anything else since St. Mark’s Basilica regulation does not allow to put large signs outside the church, not even to mark the different entrances.
Best regards,The venetoinside.com staff
Rob
May 2017
Mature couple
UNITED STATES
Reviewed on 12 Jun `17 - Booking No. 1715437
'San Marco'
Ticket
St. Mark's Basilica in Venice - Skip the line Entry
To get a reserved time slot into the Basilica was well worth the 2 Euro charge. We save a lot of time and avoided a very long que. The on-line service to reserve a time is very easy.
Strenghts
Easy to use website
Weaknesses
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Ramkumar
April 2017
Family with children
INDIA
Reviewed on 12 Jun `17 - Booking No. 1720292
'A must take'
Ticket
St. Mark's Basilica in Venice - Skip the line Entry
Entry to basilica was a Breeze witness tickets!!!
Thelma
May 2017
Group of friends
UNITED KINGDOM
Reviewed on 11 Jun `17 - Booking No. 1760152
'Well worth it - great time savet'
Ticket
St. Mark's Basilica in Venice - Skip the line Entry
Booked skip the line before holiday. Went straight into basilica at separate entrance whilst other tourists were in a very long queue.
Strenghts
No queues
Weaknesses
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Peteypeppers
May 2017
Young couple
UNITED KINGDOM
Reviewed on 10 Jun `17 - Booking No. 1766031
'Well worth it for low cost'
Ticket
St. Mark's Basilica in Venice - Skip the line Entry
Skip the queue for a very low cost. Great to avoid the queues on a sunny day.
Strenghts
Spelling.
Weaknesses
None
Tourister
May 2017
Mature couple
UNITED STATES
Reviewed on 10 Jun `17 - Booking No. 1749083
'Better than regular line but group tours ruined it'
Ticket
St. Mark's Basilica in Venice - Skip the line Entry
Booked a 12:25pm entry time but upon arrival a number of big group tours were there. We were told that even though we had a reserved time slot the group tours had priority. They said we should have booked for a different time of day. Quite the useless advice. My advice is to book for early morning or later in the day, otherwise you'll have to wait until the group tours enter.
Strenghts
Basilica is beautiful
Weaknesses
Group tours should have to get behind the people who have a reserved time slot. Otherwise, what's the point?
Reply by venetoinside.com Staff
Dear Tourister,
we are sorry you were not completely satisfied with the service. Actually, we are working in order to prevent great overcrowding at the entrance, especially during the time slots most booked by tour groups. We apologize for any inconvenience and hope that the problem will be fixed as soon as possibile in order to avoid other similar inconvenience to our customers.
Best regards,The venetoinside.com staff
Reply by venetoinside.com Staff
Dear cal1409,
thank you for your review! We are sorry you were not able to use the tickets on the last day… We may suppose it was Sunday 4 June and public transports didn’t work regularly because of the Vogalonga. As specified both online and on the voucher ‘In the event of strikes, special events (such as the Redentore, Vogalonga, Historical Regatta, …) and/or high water, ACTV public transport services may be suspended or temporarily restricted’. We apologize for any inconvenience!
Best regards,The venetoinside.com staff