Day two, we headed straight to the Basilica of St Mark, we got there 45 minutes before it opened and the queue was huge, we joined the queue and whilst waiting for it to open a woman walked past asking if anyone would like to join her tour around the basilica, the price includes a queue jump ticket, I’m sold. The queue jump didn’t actually pay off in the end as we had to wait for all of the other people on the tour to arrive but it was still worth it as the tour was awesome. We were told about the history of the basilica, the bell tower opposite and a little about Doge’s Palace. Inside the Basilica the decoration is amazing, the mosaics are so colourful and detailed, it is amazing to think of
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