San Giorgio Maggiore Island: Wood and Vatican Chapels Tour
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San Giorgio Maggiore Island: Wood and Vatican Chapels Tour
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Visit the island's forest and the Vatican Chapels, with audio guide included

Highlights

  • Escape the rush of Venice's city center with time on the peaceful island of San Giorgio Maggiore Take a tour of the island's woods and explore the iconic Vatican Chapels created for the International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale in 2018 Enjoy an audio-guided tour which features original orchestral music composed especially for the island's tours

What's included

  • Entrance ticket for a 50/60 minute visit of the Bosco with the Vatican Chapels
  • Audio guide
  • Booking costs

Overview

The woods of San Giorgio Maggiore Island are an architectural delight with ten chapels, created by international designers, scattered throughout its grounds.

Architects from Italy, Spain, Portugal, Great Britain, USA, Australia, Brazil, Japan, Chile, Serbia and Paraguay each created a building for the 16th International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale. They based their work on Gunnar Asplund’s _Woodland Chapel_ built for the Skogskyrkogården cemetery in Stockholm in 1920, and the results were the Vatican Chapels.

As you walk through the small forest, plug into your your audio guide and enjoy an original soundtrack composed by Antonio Fresa and performed by the Teatro La Fenice Orchestra.

Know before you go

Bring your own earphones for the audio guide

Cancellation policy

before_date

Venue address

Vatican Chapels
San Giorgio Maggiore Basilica
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