VENICE
The best of Venice, in order.
The 15 most popular walking tours in Venice. The ones worth your hours in a city you cross on foot and by water, with prices, run times and who to book each with.
3pm Venice walk near St Mark’s plus a guided Grand Canal gondola ride. Historic sights, tight timing, and weather checks.
Most Popular“Christina was a wonderful guide. She's a born and raised Venetian with 40 years of experience. An absolute wealth of information and so classy. She gave us a dinner recommendation and it was also fabulous!”
Skip-the-line St. Mark’s plus a guided walking loop and a 1-hour Grand Canal boat ride. Small group, big orientation value in Venice.
“Our tour guides had wonderful Knowledge about the city; they were personable, humorous and had excellent English! We booked the tour on our first day and it really provided us with a secure grasp of the culture, heritage and layout of the city. The canal boat tour was glorious!”
A guided walk through St. Mark’s and Rialto plus VR history, with an optional gondola ride for a great-value Venice overview.
“Amazing, our guide was extremely experienced and was very kind with us! Its the best tour we could have picked! I actually cant remember the name of the guide but if you are reading this...Im the peruvian guy with his british girlfriend and thanks for everything!! Amazing tour!”
Private walking tour of Venice focused on Piazza San Marco and St Mark’s Basilica, with skip-the-line entry and stories in 2 hours.
“Great info throughout the tour. She was very passionate about her beautiful city and all its historical attractions.”
A 2-hour small-group walk in Venice with a local guide, covering Rialto, Marco Polo’s home, and St Mark’s Square for great value.
“Excellent guide & great day out. Walking tour was approx 2.5 hours. Guide offered advice, practical tips, interesting anecdotes and insight into Venice’s modern day beauty and its colourful past. Would highly recommend, even the rain.”
Skip-the-line Doge’s Palace and St. Mark’s Basilica plus a guided walk through Venice’s historic squares and Mercerie shopping street.
“Tour was a 5 star! Wonderful knowledgeable guide. Only disappointment was havin to wait to get into the Dome. Even with skip the line tour tickets, security slowed the process down considerably.”
A 90-minute early Venice walk with headsets and expert storytelling, focused on exterior sights, doges’ tombs, and off-street corners.
“The guide was exceptionally well versed in the history and culture of Venice. She was delightful, insightful, the tour was great, thank you again for your warm persona. Grazie mielle. Tomas”
San Marco to Rialto walk with local backstreets, Rialto photos, a spritz in a bacaro, plus optional gondola and VR history.
“Arrive a bit early to get your earphones and vocal box from the office. Walking through different areas we probably wouldn’t have seen, tour guide was lovely too”
Private Venice 2-hour boat and walk with Grand Canal views, hidden canals, and a sweet or savory tasting. Small group, English.
“We fell immediately in love with Venice, and this tour was so much fun! Highly recommend it! Tour guide was knowledgeable and friendly. Highly recommend!”
Walk Venice’s historic Jewish Ghetto in Cannaregio with rare synagogue access and local storytelling. 2 hours, small group.
“Clara was an amazing tour guide. So much energy, great stories, felt very well cared for. Sylvia was our guide in the synagogues and she too was fantastic.”
Skip the line at Doge’s Palace and St Mark’s Basilica on a 2-hour guided walk, including the Bridge of Sighs and Casanova’s cell.
“Guide exceptionnelle !”
Walk Venice off the main lanes with cichetti and 3 wines in a small group. Two bacari, canals, and local stories in 2 hours.
“Tour was really interesting as our guide was great. He was very knowledgeable about Venice and its history as well as being friendly and good at working out how to pitch his knowledge at the right level for our group. Tapas and wine were all good too 😊”
Escape Venice crowds by water to Murano for a guided furnace visit and live glassblowing, with time to wander islands nearby.
“This was 2 for 2 of mediocre and expensive food tours. Cancelled the next one in Madrid. Our guide tried to make it fun but the food was absolutely awful. And that’s saying a lot in Venice where every meal we’ve had has been fabulous. One dish served looked like bait. 2 offerings of one…”
Evening Venice tour from St Lucia: Jewish Ghetto to Rialto and St Mark’s, plus optional gondola ferry and motorboat return via Giudecca.
“we discovered so many things about Venice and were able to see the main points with in-depth explanations!”
Night-walk Venice’s ghost legends in Castello and Cannaregio. A 1.5-hour guided tour with canals, eerie squares, and true-to-place tales.
“This was a very nice guided tour. Though I wouldn’t call the stories scary, they were told with charm.”
The basilica, the islands, the canals and the table, and every way to see them.
