Venice Highlights with Local: Private Walking Tour & Gondola Ride
Description
Discover the wonders of Venice on this unforgettable guide tour. Uncover its hidden treasures, architecture and unearth its past by hearing stories about its culture, history. Enjoy a famous private gondola ride with commentary along the canals to admire the sights from the water highlighting its picturesque canals, churches, museums, and other attractions. Highlights: 1. Discover the city’s hidden gems – from its impressive architecture on this an intimate Venice city stroll with walking tour and a gondola ride! 2. Uncover city's top attractions St Mark Basilica, Square, San Marco Museums and the Doge’s Palace with lots of wonderful stories about the city. 3. Wander through small alleys and discover picturesque squares where Venetians gather to socialize, beyond the typical tourist spots and enjoy the tales about the city from your guide. 4. See impressive monuments, marvel at iconic buildings, and travel through the canals of the floating city on an unforgettable gondola ride.
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Itinerary
Our tour start from the Campo San Luca, between Rialto and Piazza San Marco. After admiring the Rialto Bridge, our guide will lead you inside a small courtyard, at the end of a narrow calle.
Admire the beautiful Scala del Bovolo, a singular example of Venetian architecture in transition between the Gothic and the Renaissance one.
Discover the area between Campo Sant'Angelo and the Teatro La Fenice.
Our tour end here and this guided tour will make you discover hidden and fascinating corners of the historic center of Venice.
See impressive monuments, marvel at iconic buildings, and travel through the canals of the floating city on an unforgettable gondola ride.
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- On certain dates, most travelers staying outside of Venice who are planning to visit for the day will be required to pay a €5 access fee. For further details (including exemptions) and to learn what days this fee is applicable, please visit: https://cda.ve.it
Reviews(34)
Fari was an absolute gem! My sister and I only had one day in Venice, and since we didn't have tickets to go inside any of the landmarks, having a private guide made all the difference. Fari brought the history of Venice to life and patiently answered every question we had. She reached out to us the day before with all the details about the meeting spot (which was so helpful), met us right on time, and took great photos of us throughout the tour. She took us to a restaurant with a clean restroom, showed us where to refill our water bottles, and helped us find the perfect masks at one of the shops along the way. The gondola ride was a nice addition, but the real highlight of this tour is the wealth of knowledge you gain from your guide. Truly a wonderful experience from start to finish. Highly recommend!
A short but informative and well curated walk through the heart of San Marco. Hossein, our guide was engaging and knowledgeable. Easy to be with, he made the afternoon a worthwhile experience. We learned many interesting details about the sites and architecture as well as the history of both the city and republic of Venice and Venetian culture throughout the centuries. We ended with a lovely and peaceful gondola ride. All well done and enjoyable.
Hossein was an amazing tour guide—friendly, polite, very communicative and thoughtful on top of being a wealth of information about Venice history! My husband Darrell and I felt like we were drinking from a fire hydrant with all if the information he was sharing with us. We loved it all so much that we did not worry about forgoing our gondola ride due to rain. His tour was so interesting that we felt well fed! Such abbondanza!!! 🥳 Please give him our best regards abd thanks again. Cheers, Carol and Darrell Van Citters
The guide was knowledgeable, friendly, and brought the city’s history to life with great stories. Loved exploring hidden alleys and learning local insights. Highly recommend for anyone visiting!
Very informative! Highly recommend! History and culture. Ended with a beautiful gondola ride. Shaa was very helpful and knowledgeable!
Well informed guide helped us get more out of it by helping us understanding the history and the context, not just the details of the various beautiful monuments, art and architecture.
Dear Chandan_J , We're absolutely delighted that you enjoyed your experience with us! Thanks for your wonderful feedback and for choosing our tour.
Excellent tour! Our guide Hossein was very informative and shared fascinating historical facts. Best guide so far a week into our trip.
Booked a private tour through Venice with Hossein today. We had a great time and learnt a lot about Venice in these 2 hours. Hossein was a great tour guide and we can definately recommend the tour! The gondola ride was also great! Would book again. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Hossein took us on a wonderful journey of Venice. His knowledge was great and he was very gracious with our questions. Hossein was fantastic with amazing time management.
great service, a lot of knowledge, great tour, great person. I would recomend him to anyone. We walked and talked a lot. He is very orepared for the history tour part.
