St Mark’s to the Salute, Venice: free self-guided walking tour
Quick answer. A free self-guided walking tour from St Mark’s Basilica to Santa Maria della Salute in Venice: 3 stops, about 2.0 km, about 25 minutes of walking plus about 19 minutes of listening. Start at St Mark’s Basilica, built around the relics of Saint Mark that two Venetian merchants stole from Alexandria in 828. Cross the wooden Accademia bridge to the Gallerie dell’Accademia, home since Napoleon’s decree of 1807 to Venetian painting and to Veronese’s Feast in the House of Levi. Finish at Santa Maria della Salute, the church the Senate vowed during the plague of 1630, built by Baldassare Longhena.
- Stops:
- 3
- Distance:
- about 2.0 km
- Walking:
- about 25 min
- Listening:
- about 19 min
St Mark’s to the Salute, Venice: how long does the walk take?
About 44 minutes in all: about 25 minutes on foot over about 2.0 km, plus about 19 minutes of audio at the 3 stops. Time inside the sites is extra.
St Mark’s to the Salute, Venice: in what order should you visit the stops?
Follow the stops in this order: St Mark’s Basilica, Gallerie dell’Accademia, and Santa Maria della Salute. The longest stretch between two stops is about 1.3 km, about 17 min on foot.
Route and map
Navigate with Google Maps, listen with Mappu: the stories keep playing while you follow the route.
Opens Google Maps with walking directions through every stop.
Stop 1
For nearly 1,000 years not the city’s cathedral but the Doge’s private chapel, at the eastern end of St Mark’s Square.
about 7 min of audio
Next stop: Gallerie dell’Accademia · about 1.3 km, about 17 min on foot
Stop 2
Among the works France returned to Venice in 1815 were Veronese’s Feast in the House of Levi and Tintoretto’s Miracle of the Slave.
about 6 min of audio
Next stop: Santa Maria della Salute · about 0.7 km, about 10 min on foot
Stop 3
On 22 October 1630, with the plague killing much of the city, the Venetian Senate decreed a new church to the Virgin in thanksgiving for deliverance.
about 6 min of audio
The stop stories are AI-generated audio guides and can contain mistakes. Check opening hours and tickets on the official sites.
How does this self-guided walking tour work?
The audio guides on this page stay free: open any stop to listen in your browser.
Walk Mode uses your location to narrate places as you walk. It opens in the Mappu app at the first stop, St Mark’s Basilica. Your first walk is free for three stops with a free Mappu account.
Walk Mode: 2 hours for 50 credits (€4.99 Starter pack)
Self-guided audio walk. No guide accompanies you. Not affiliated with the sites.
Before you go
- Check opening hours, tickets and access on each site’s official page before you go.
- Distances and times are estimates: the walking route between stops, from OpenStreetMap, at 4.5 km/h. Your route on the street may differ.
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Useful for your visit
Tickets, tours and practical extras for this trip, from Mappu's partners.
- St Mark's Basilica: guided tourViator · Partner(opens the partner's site in a new tab)
- St Mark's Basilica and more: guided tourViator · Partner(opens the partner's site in a new tab)
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Route checked by Mappu on October 23, 2026. Stop descriptions come from each place’s published Mappu audio guide. Mappu is a Fenutech product.