San Marco Basilica Tickets July 2025

We visited in early May, and I tried to get tickets in late March. The website had none available. I had to go to a third party (Viator, Get Your Guide, etc.) and pay more for the skip-the-line tickets. The instructions to meet the GYG staff were accurate, but downloading their app was frustrating. BTW, it seems that skip-the-line ticketing for both the Doge's Palace and St. Mark's was a bit misleading. You will be in a line, perhaps a much shorter one, but you will be waiting.

We decided to go with the third party as I doubt we will be back to Venice. We are glad we went, but it was more of a tick-off-the-list sort of visit. Venice was SOOOO crowded and I didn't think the piazza was all that interesting. While there were cafes surrounding it, the buildings looked quite the same and sterile. I suppose my exposure to many other European sites has jaded me. There are many other lovelier town squares in Europe.

They are changing the reservation for tickets from 1 July. The new system was supposed to go live in early June, but it hasn't happened yet, and they've taken down the notification that used to pop up on the ticketing website. If you're concerned, you can book a third party tour. If you're okay with waiting, just keep checking back until the new site is live or they release tickets on the old site. If for some reason you can't get tickets at all, I would arrive early (30 minutes before opening time) to be at the front of the queue.

Hello!
@jeff would you know if there is so kind of way to get a notification when the system will be up and running ? Or where should I be checking instead of looking at the web site every day ?

Your info seems to corresponds another thread I've seem here a few days ago.

Someone here will probably post about it, but I'd just check every day. You can also try emailing the Basilica to see if they have more information.

Alright, will do!

The website is still not showing any available tickets in July. Some tour operators are marking Basilica tickets up 20 times their value with no tour. I found the most reasonable tickets on Venetoinside.com. After I purchased them, I got the below response to my email from [email protected].

Hello

Right now tickets are no longer available online, but it’s always possible to purchase it at the cash desk of Basilica (S. Clemente Door). It’s always to purchase online tickets for Bell Tower.
Starting next week it will be possible to purchase tickets online (https://basilicasanmarco.skiperformance.com/it/negozio#/it/acquista?skugroup_id=3974) for July and the rest of the year.
Entry to St. Mark’s Basilica and Museum is permitted only to appropriately dressed visitors: shorts and sleeveless or short tops are not allowed.
Venezia Unica City Pass does not allow entry to the St. Mark’s Basilica, Museum and Campanile, but only to the Museums of Venice.
Best regards

Procuratoria di San Marco

I have inquired as well and received a similar message from the Basilica organization.
It seems the new system as been presented to guides and officials in the last few weeks. From a post in italian on the News section of the basilica's website, I've also read that the system is suppose to be operationnal on July 1st.

My guess at this point is to check regularly if the new system is up on their website. At least, for now, that's what I'm planning to do.

Here's a translation from the italian bit of news on their website :

Online ticketing for visits to the monumental complex of the Basilica of San Marco

As previously announced in the press, the Procuratoria di San Marco intends to present to operators in the tourism sector the new online ticketing system for visits to the monumental complex of the Basilica of San Marco, which will be operational starting from July 1, 2025.

The presentation, which will be held on Tuesday, June 3, at 2:30 p.m., in the conference room of Sant’Apollonia (Castello 4309, 30122 Venice), will be attended by the First Procurator of San Marco, lawyer Bruno Barel.

The invitation to participate in the meeting is addressed exclusively to guides registered or in the process of registering in the National List of Tourist Guides of the Ministry of Tourism, who on this occasion will have the opportunity to learn about the new ticketing system.

Certain that we can count on your presence at this meeting opportunity, we thank you in advance and send you our warmest regards

RSVP by Sunday, June 1: [email protected]

The presentation will be broadcast live on the YouTube channel of the Procuratoria di San Marco: https://www.youtube.com/@ProcuratoriaSanMarco

So I am in the same boat. Been checking daily, we will only be in Venice for 1 day on July 3 and even though I’ve been a few times, some of our friends have never been so I want them to be able to see the basilica!

It seems as of today the website has changed, it is only allowing registered tour guides/operators to book tickets when logged in.

When I checked earlier this morning it was the same as it was all week, you could book tickets for a couple days in June but nothing after.

This evening when I checked it, you can’t even see the calender anymore and it seems to only be available to guides.

So I’m hoping this is step one with getting the new system up and running and soon they will release the tickets to the public as well. I did email the basicila to ask when that might happen, and I’ll update once I hear.

Has anyone on here gotten any further info?

John

I've been checking the website daily as well and also noticed the change today. I'm hoping this means the Basilica is getting the new ticket system in place so tickets will be available for when I will be there is July as well. I did notice there is an update for Rick Steve's Venice guidebook which might be helpful information:

"To visit the interior of St. Mark's Basilica, beginning July 1, 2025, visitors will be required to book timed-entry tickets online in advance. During the six-month trial period of this new system (July–Dec 2025), tickets will be released six months in advance and will be available up to 24 hours before the date of entry. Starting January 1, 2026, tickets will be available 45 days in advance. Time slots are available every 30 minutes. The ticketing change comes with hefty price increases: basilica only, €10; basilica and Golden Altarpiece, €20; basilica, altarpiece, and San Marco Museum, €30."

I hope so. Everything in Italy requires advance tickets it seems. I’ve been going to Italy for 30 years and while you may have had to wait in line, you could usually show up early and get tickets to what you wanted. Now it’s all pre sale!

Having to be up at 2am for when coliseum or whatever tickets drop, and not only are you competing with other tourists but with all of the tour operators who will flip them at a nice mark up.

I was really hoping to snag tickets for the underground of the coliseum since it is some of our co-travelers first time, but was unsuccessful (but I can book a tour for $300/person lol)

Florence academia is similar, but was able to get tickets for that and the dome climb without too much of a headache.

The entire country has turned into one online big advance ticket sale.

Hey John, had the same realization yesterday when checked out the website again. Hopefully, end of June or early July we'll be able to book through the website.

From the exchange I had with the basilic's staff, they intend to have an operational system for July 1st.

The booking system is now available for July 1st onwards.

Just booked my tickets!

Me too!

It was the last piece of the puzzle for our trip in 2 weeks! Now on to choosing restaurants!

If anyone has any recommendations for Rome, Florence, or Venice I’m all ears. We have our favorites from past trips but always open to something new!

Thank you for this post! Glad you got your tickets, and we got ours for August 30th! Thanks, again!

Hello, I just booked 2 adult and 1 child tickets for July 12 (today it's June 17) for the Basilica, pala d'oro and museum on the official website. At first, I tried booking these tickets AND the Bell Tower, and kept getting an error message saying I had reached my max number of tickets. Finally I tried booking just the basilica and misc and it worked. Now, I'm trying to get the Bell Tower, and I'm getting the error message saying I have reached max #. I have tried Chrome and Safari and even a Chase card and a Wise card (Wise always works for me with European websites). Does anybody know why I'm getting the message "have reached the maximum limit of tickets that can be purchased"? By the way, I also tried booking tix for the Bell Tower for July 11 (instead of 12), and that didn't work. Thanks in advance!!