Venice Boat Tour on Grand Canal with Local Guide
Description
See the sights of the surreal canal city in style with a luxury motorboat tour of the Grand Canal. Marvel at the unforgettable beauty of the famous canal as you ride past sights like the Doge's Palace and Rialto Bridge with a professional driver guiding the way. As you take in the sights, you'll avoid the crowds on land and hear fascinating stories of the Floating City from your expert guide. Tours are limited to a maximum of eight people for an intimate experience.
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Itinerary
Meet your guide in the famous Piazza San Marco to kick off your adventure. You may have already taken a slow and leisurely gondola ride, but to truly travel the Venetian waters as the locals do, you really need to be in a luxury speedboat to get a real sense of the city.
Traveling by luxury boat, tour the beautiful Grand Canal as an expert guide points out key sights and gives you a history of the city. Personal headsets make it easy to hear your guide's informative commentary over the daily hustle and bustle of the canal.
From the boat you can spot all the most important sights as you pass them—palaces, theaters, casinos, galleries, and bridges.
Gaze up at the Rialto Bridge and pass by the lively Rialto fish market.
Admire the stunning palace from the water.
The boat will drop you off a short walk from the Doge's Palace and Piazza San Marco where you began.
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Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Unfortunately due to the nature of this tour it is not suitable for guests with mobility impairments or with wheelchairs, or strollers.
- In the event of bad weather, the boat operator may be required to cancel the tour for safety reasons. Please note that as this decision is made with your safety in mind, no refunds will be provided in such cases.
- This tour is in English.
- This is a walking tour. Guests should be able to walk at a moderate pace without difficulty.
- This tour will have a maximum of 8 travelers. If you want to book this tour with more than 8 people, please contact the tour provider.
- Please note: This tour offers multiple options. Take a moment to choose the one that best suits your interests.
Reviews(97)
Excellent tour guide and great local Venetian experience
Amazing tour. Got to go around the entire canal. But the tour guide Juliano was fantastic. Provided a lot of historical context on the sights around the city. He also was very funny which made the tour fly by. If you get Juliano you’re going to have a great tour.
Our guide was superb. Very knowledgeable about Venice and very humorous.
Roberta is amazing. So knowledgeable and fun. So glad we did this tour!
Great ride and fascinating history tidbits with Elena!
Elena was an incredible guide, so knowledgeable and funny! The views were so beautiful, and we loved our trip.
We had a walking and grand canal boat trip tour. Viator gave us a very non specific meeting place. St Marks square Venice. We were there at 2:30 for a 3 pm tour. It was so nonspecific the I had to request more info. I was told to meet out side the doge palace. At 3 pm. We did that at 3/15 no rep, no call, no email (why ask for this info if u don’t use it?????). At 3:20 I called your customer service I was told “ a women with a green glass would meet us under the portico tjo the entrance of the doge palace. We waited and no one showed. I called customer service again and this person ( after waiting on hold for 10 minutes) told me the address in the square was #52. This we ran to and it was the famous Florian coffee shop. ( that would have been an easy original meeting spot) FINALLY I recieved a call the the guide was running toward us. The museum they had been waiting for us was the mused Correr in the very far corner of st marks square ( would have been another easy DETAILED meeting spot!!! I asked Viator for the number of the guide several times and was told “we are not allowed to give out the number” I gues. You must be the middleman? Well u screwed us up! We missed the first 1/2 hour of the tour. Luckily the boat waited for us. They were very nice but you were incompetent. I want some money back!!!!
Meeting up was a bit slower than expected as we were looking for a green bag carrying guide not yellow However once it got started the tour was great and our guide Nico was Excellant! You can walk the streets of Venice but nothing beats seeing it from the water!
Loved the tour. Loved the tour guide. Everything was as advertised. Meeting place could be better. We left part of our group at the dock and the tour operator said they MUST come to the entrance of the museum. We walked everyone to the entrance only to turn around and go back to the exact same dock everyone had been waiting at.
Michele had great energy! He was very friendly and knowledgeable. We really enjoyed our trip and learned so much. I would highly recommend this tour and specifically Michele.
