Reserved Entrance: San Giorgio Maggiore Island Visit With Video Guide - Venice

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Key Details

  • Mobile Voucher Accepted
  • Free Cancellation
  • Duration: 2 Hrs
  • Language:
    English
  • Departure Time :
    10am, 11am,12pm, 1pm, 2p, 3pm, 4pm, 5pm, 9pm Monday to Saturdays, ATTENTION: Some areas of the monumental complex could not be accessible during cultural activities, concerts or other events, Specia.. read more
  • Departure Details :
    San Giorgio, 30133 Venice, Metropolitan City of Venice, Italy
  • Return Details :
    Returns to original departure point
  • Cancellation Policy :
    For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience. Tours booked using discount coupon codes will be non refundable.

Overview

Treat yourself to an excursion to the Island of San Giorgio, the 'pearl' of Venice-italy">Venice. With this video-guided tour lasting an hour you can admire the most important places in the monumental complex of the Giorgio Cini Foundation of Venice and discover an exceptional art heritage, outside the usual tourist circuits.

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Just a few minutes by bus-boat from Piazza San Marco and you can immerse yourself in the fascinating atmosphere of the complex which can now exceptionally be visited every day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Book your admission for the time slot which interests you: youll receive a video guide, included in the admission cost (available in Italian, English, French, German and Spanish) and, with a group of maximum 25 people youll go into the areas of the complex accompanied by a multi-lingual staff member (for security reasons in fact, free access to the Foundation is not allowed).

During your visit you will be able to admire the main places in the complex, including:

  • the Cloister of Palladio, completed after Andrea Palladios death in the first decades of the 17th century
  • the Chiostro dei Bruora, 
  • the Cloister of the Buora family, an example of early Renaissance architecture designed by Giovanni and Andrea Buora
  • the Palladian cenacle, the ancient Benedictine refectory in which Paolo Veronese painted the Wedding in Cana, the original of which is in the Louvre and which has now returned to its original site in a facsimile 
  • the Longhena's Grand Staircase, the monumental access to the abbots apartments, and the Library completed in 1671, positioned between the two cloisters and furnished with the magnificent wooden bookcases by Franz Pauc
  • the Nuova Manica Lunga, the old dormitory of the Benedictine fathers, transformed into a stupendous, light-filled library
  • the the Borges Labirinth, a reconstruction of the garden-cum-labyrinth designed by the English architect Randoll Coate in honour of Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges for the 25th anniversary of the famous Argentinian writer, poet and essayists death 

Inclusions

All taxes, fees and handling charges

Booking fee

Entry/Admission - Fondazione Giorgio Cini

Exclusions

Local guide

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking

Not wheelchair accessible

Children must be accompanied by an adult

May be operated by a multi-lingual guide

A valid ID document is required in order to collect the video-guide

Some areas of the complex may be closed during activities, concerts or other events

Customers entitled to reduced admission must certify their condition in order to access the structure. Otherwise it will not be possible to effect the visit

This tour/activity will have a maximum of 1 travelers