St. Mark's Clock Tower Guided Tour

Explore Venice's Clock Tower on St. Mark's Square with a specialized museum guide, plus optional Venice city audio guide app access.

Getting started

Use the ticket emailed to you separately at the entry to the Clock Tower and join your scheduled visit, which runs only upon prior booking. After check-in, you meet your specialized museum guide and begin ascending the interior via narrow and steep stairs. All visitors must be over 6 years old and should be comfortable with confined spaces and stairways.

What to expect

Venice Clock Tower (Astronomical Clock on Saint Mark's Square)

Inside this Renaissance landmark on Saint Mark's Square, you trace the secret life of the Astronomical Clock from within the tower itself. Small interior spaces and staircases bring you close to the structure, its mechanism, and its dual clock faces.

Features

• You step inside a little-visited Venetian landmark that combines beauty and functionality, created in the spirit of the Renaissance and overlooking both St. Mark’s Square and the Mercerie.
• From within the tower, you get a close view of the mechanism and gears that link the south and north clock faces, observing how the Astronomical Clock operates as an ancient masterpiece of technology and engineering.
• Entry to the Clock Tower is included, and visits run only upon prior booking with a specialized museum guide who leads you through the interior spaces and explains the workings of the clock.
• Depending on the option selected, you receive access to the Venice city audio guide app to explore the wider city independently, or you join an expert English-speaking guide for an English-guided tour of the museum, with each option including a specialized museum guide for your tower visit.