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“Excellent local guide very knowledgeable, kind and intelligent. Would highly recommend. Very happy we choice this tour.”
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.
“Grand Canal cruise was in a boat that is used also as a water taxi which is closed in and unable to take photos or move around. Cramped space. Walking tour was good but also too many shops being pointed out during the trip. Use of communication system was excellent.”
A guided walk through St. Mark’s and Rialto plus VR history, with an optional gondola ride for a great-value Venice overview.
“We did this walking tour on New Year’s Day. Valentina was incredibly knowledgable and the tour was really enjoyable. Would highly recommend.”
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.
“Guide was sweet. Terrible weather obviously affected enjoyment. Got to learn a lot around San Marco. Church visit really short, maybe 10-15 minutes.”
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.
“Great quick introduction to Venice with a lot of interesting information. Our guide was friendly and energetic even in the heat!”
Skip-the-line Doge’s Palace and St. Mark’s Basilica plus a guided walk through Venice’s historic squares and Mercerie shopping street.
“The tour covered a lot of territory and history. Was a great overview of all three venues.”
A 90-minute early Venice walk with headsets and expert storytelling, focused on exterior sights, doges’ tombs, and off-street corners.
“Great tour of all the points of interest with lots of excellent local knowledge from our friendly guide. Great for the first day in Venice to help get your bearings.”
San Marco to Rialto walk with local backstreets, Rialto photos, a spritz in a bacaro, plus optional gondola and VR history.
“To much time talking about what I feel was unnecessary. Spent the majority time in square, ran through rest of stuff. Was left on own to paid catch gondola ( 3 hours) after the tour was to end. Unorganized to stay the least”
Private Venice 2-hour boat and walk with Grand Canal views, hidden canals, and a sweet or savory tasting. Small group, English.
“Fun tour of the grand canal. Our tour guide Sandro was engaged the whole trip and pointed out all the historical buildings we were passing on the way. A great way to see a brief introduction to Venice.”
Walk Venice’s historic Jewish Ghetto in Cannaregio with rare synagogue access and local storytelling. 2 hours, small group.
“Our your guide was incredibly knowledgeable and made the information interesting and fascinating. She was warm and friendly and made everyone feel at ease immediately. It was great.”
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.
“Excellent narrative of Venetian history, selection of food and wine was superb”
Escape Venice crowds by water to Murano for a guided furnace visit and live glassblowing, with time to wander islands nearby.
“I only chose this tour as it had the blue glass comet in the promo image, which I wanted to see, but I never got to see the comet. I feel this is false advertising. Sorry. Disappointed 😞”
Evening Venice tour from St Lucia: Jewish Ghetto to Rialto and St Mark’s, plus optional gondola ferry and motorboat return via Giudecca.
“Great guide very friendly! We learned a lot about Venice. Definitely worth doing :)”
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.
“Very informative guide we got history and ghost tour in one got to see places we probably wouldn’t of seen otherwise would recommend”
The basilica, the islands, the canals and the table, and every way to see them.
