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“A wonderful walking tour of Venice! We really enjoyed hearing about the history or Venice and learning about all the islands and wells and squares. Thank you”
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.
“If you want to do more than just wander the streets and take a gondola ride, this is a great option. Our guide was very knowledgeable, pleasant, professional, and had a good sense of humor. She adapted the tour to our specific group and provided us with valuable advice for navigating the streets and waterways.…”
A guided walk through St. Mark’s and Rialto plus VR history, with an optional gondola ride for a great-value Venice overview.
“Guide Natalia was very knowledgeable and made the historical facts very interesting.”
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.
“It is hard to say what we liked best. We found the entire tour enjoyable and informative. Our guide was friendly, charming and knowledgeable. We were pleased to be taken down relatively quiet streets amid the hot and crowded areas.”
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.
“Dropped the luggage off at the hotel and wondered around until our tour started. It was a great way get introduced to Venice.”
Skip-the-line Doge’s Palace and St. Mark’s Basilica plus a guided walk through Venice’s historic squares and Mercerie shopping street.
“What a great tour this is Our guide was so informative in fact I don't think she hardly stopped talking giving us interesting facts about sites we visited & the history of Venice Dogo's place is absolutely fascinating & Basilica is mesmerising Brief history around some of the streets of Venice just made the tour…”
A 90-minute early Venice walk with headsets and expert storytelling, focused on exterior sights, doges’ tombs, and off-street corners.
“It was a wonderful tour that allowed us to learn a lot of information in a short amount of time.”
Private Venice 2-hour boat and walk with Grand Canal views, hidden canals, and a sweet or savory tasting. Small group, English.
“We were told to meet at a meeting point for 17:00, however no one was there. We ended up missing it. Poor”
San Marco to Rialto walk with local backstreets, Rialto photos, a spritz in a bacaro, plus optional gondola and VR history.
“Very good guide Florintina trip at a reasonable pace interesting and good value would not have discovered some areas if alone”
Walk Venice’s historic Jewish Ghetto in Cannaregio with rare synagogue access and local storytelling. 2 hours, small group.
“Carla was an excellent tour guide. She shared a bit of herself, in ways that helped us learn about Venice, learned and used our names, helping us engage and connect to the info. We leaned about Venice in general, and specifics about Jewish life through the ages. Appreciated the small group of 10. Kept things…”
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.
“The tour was excellent. Gianmarco was an experienced, knowledgeable guide. We saw a side of Venice that we would have never seen, learned a great deal, and had some delicious food and wine in the process. Highly recommended!”
Escape Venice crowds by water to Murano for a guided furnace visit and live glassblowing, with time to wander islands nearby.
“This was a 4:30 long trip and not a 3:45 long as advertised. Result was to loose my train connection. Not worth it.”
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.
“Our guide spoke very clear English and was a fantastic story teller! She really took you along the journey and the stories had many twists and turns. It was very nice that she took you to locations that directly related to the stories and told you some of the contextual history as well. One of…”
The basilica, the islands, the canals and the table, and every way to see them.
