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the Line: Venice Walking Tour with St Mark's Basilica
This two-hour walking tour is an absolute must if you're a first-time visitor to Venice. You'll visit St. Mark's Basilica in St Mark's Square and other famous highlights, and discover the 'real Venice' as you enter a labyrinth of narrow passageways and alleys. Plus, you'll skip the long lines at St. Mark's Basilica. Your comprehensive two-hour walking tour highlights all the important monuments, from San Marco Square to the Rialto Bridge. You'll learn the history behind the famous landmarks, plus visit the famed basilica of St. Mark's without having to stand in long queues. Then, you'll discover the real Venice, a magical city of meandering canals crossed by delicate bridges. Through the sights and informative commentary provided by your guide, you'll learn how illustrious Venetians such as Marco Polo made Venice such a vibrant and influential power. |
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You'll see Marco Polo's House and hear tales of this legendary globe-trotting Venetian.
You'll also discover the Venice of today, and hear what it is like to live in the most beautiful city in the world. The tour conveniently concludes at the Rialto Bridge.
Please note: Occasionally the basilica will be closed to the public (without notice) because of religious festivities or high water.
Private
Tour: Venice Half-Day Walking Tour
Discover Venice at your own pace, away from the tourist route, on a private half-day walking tour.
Discuss the sites you wish to see with your guide and plan the itinerary of your in-depth, personalized walking tour.
To ensure you get the most out of your tour, please include any specific requests at the time of booking.
If you are staying near San Marco, your itinerary can include:
Church of San Zaccaria
Santa Maria Formosa Church and Square
San Giovanni and Paolo Church
Rialto fruit and fish market
If you are staying near the train station area, your itinerary can include:
The Jewish Quarter
Madonna dell'Orto Church
Gesuiti Church
At the conclusion of your tour, you'll visit a traditional Venetian bacaro (local bar) and taste local wine and a snack.
Venice
Ghost Walking Tour
Venice by night is a place of romance and mystery - and the ghosts of the past! This ghost walking tour takes you on a journey through the hidden Venice, and tells the tale of six intriguing ghost stories that will bring a chill to the night's air.
In addition to hearing ghost stories and legends, you'll hear little-known facts about Venice and its history, and visit tucked-away backstreets well off the beaten track.
Your adventure starts at the Rialto Bridge, from where you'll descend into the labyrinth of Venice, crossing sleeping canals and abandoned squares. In fact it will feel as if you have Venice to yourself, as the only sounds you'll hear will be the echoes of distant footsteps.
In between the ghost stories, you'll hear gruesome tales from Venice's past as you take a stroll along the narrow alleyway called the street of the Assassins, and learn of the murders that have taken place there.
You'll also explore a secret passageway, one of the few surviving that were used by the inhabitants of palaces to flee from the authorities (subject to water levels).
The walking tour also highlights architectural gems and follies lost in the backstreets of Venice, including the delightful Bovolo staircase built for a wealthy Venetian at a time when many Venetians still traveled around the city on horseback. The elaborate spiral staircase enabled the wealthy nobleman to ride his horse up to his private apartments within his palace.
After following a winding route through Venice's labyrinth of backstreets, the tour finishes near the Rialto Bridge, where you'll enjoy a fine view of the main bridge over the Grand Canal.
Skip
the Line: Venice Walking Tour with Doges Palace
Let the Doges Palace Walking Tour through Venice lead you to the most sumptuous and splendidly decorated rooms of what used to be 'the brain' that governed the Republic of Venice.
You'll learn how the Venetians guaranteed loyalty of their bureaucrats, visit the Casanova's cell and be entertained by his legendary escape and visit the torture chamber.
Along the way, your professional guide will provide you with
informative commentary as well as discussing the infamous council of
ten.
Highlights
Explore the local streets on a walking tour of the city
Get inside tips from a local
Soak up the atmosphere on a walking tour
Afterwards, enjoy a tour of the highlights of the Doges Palace (additional cost) including the lavishly decorated chambers featuring works by Tintoretto, Titian, Veronese and many others.
You will cross the Bridge of Sighs and learn about the diverse roles played in society by the Doge and his counselors who helped create the many institutions that made Venice the most modern and liberal state in Europe.
Private
Tour: Venice Art and Architecture Walking Tour
Discover the incomparable art and architecture of Venice on a private walking tour with your very own guide.
You'll focus on areas of architectural and artistic richness away from the well-trodden pathways and enjoy personalized attention on your private walking tour.
Here's proof there's so much more to Venice than St. Mark's Square.
Highlights on the tour include the interior of the grand Gothic San Giovanni and Paolo church, with the largest stained-glass window in Venice, and the jewel-box Renaissance exterior of the Miracoli church.
During the tour you will make your way through a maze of narrow alleyways to the area where the illustrious Venetian Marco Polo lived.
Along the way, your informative guide will give you a clear understanding of the evolution of a broad range of artistic and architectural achievements in Venice.
Venice
Photography Walking Tour: Twilight Sunset Tour
On this unique photography tour you will move around Venice, not as a tourist but as a Venetian photographing some of the most famous places in the world and understand from a photographic point of view, the Venetians' life, their markets, the bars and the mysterious and hidden places.
You will also learn how to approach people and capture the spontaneous emotions, expressions and interactions among people that tell the story of Venice and the people who celebrate it with you.
Places visited will be Saint Mark Square, Doge's Palace, Lagoon, Ponte della Paglia (in front of) Ponte dei Sospiri, The Bridge of Sighs and surrounding area.
There are photo opportunities on every corner and each location we visit offers its own unique photographic challenges and we will explore different styles of reportage story telling.
Private
Tour: Venice Rialto Market, San Polo and Frari Church Walking Tour
The Rialto is the true heart of Venice - and you'll discover why on this private walking tour.
You'll also explore the San Polo area, and its number one highlight, the Frari Church, enjoying personalized attention on your private walking tour of Venice.
Your first stop on this private walking tour is the Gothic church of the Frari in the San Polo area. You'll see exquisite artworks by Titian and Bellini, as well as an imposing funeral monument by Canova.
Next, you'll explore the famous open-air Rialto fruit and fish market, where local traders come to sing, shout and sell their wares.
The site of this historic market between Campo delle Beccarie and the Grand Canal was established more than 600 years ago.
While St. Mark's was the political center of Venice, the Rialto was its commercial heart. The Ponte di Rialto was the first bridge built over the Grand Canal, and it was here, on the highest point in the city, that Venice was founded.
Venice
Photography Walking Tour: A Day in Life of Venice
For something a little different to do in Venice, try a photography walking tour. Get to move around Venice not as tourist but as a Venetian.
You will also learn how to approach people and capture the spontaneous emotions, expressions and interactions among people that tell the story of Venice and the people who celebrate it with you. So bring your camera and be prepared to walk, shoot and click.
On this unique photography tour you will move around Venice not as tourist but as Venetian photographing some of the most famous places in the world and understand from a photographic point of view, the Venetians' life, their markets, the bars and the mysterious and hidden places.
You will also learn how to approach people and capture the spontaneous emotions, expressions and interactions among people that tell the story of Venice and the people who celebrate it with you.
There are photo opportunities on every corner and each location we visit offers its own unique photographic challenges and we will explore different styles of reportage story telling.
Private
Tour: San Polo Walking Tour - Merchants, Courtesans and Painters
This enthralling private walking tour starts at Venice's commercial quarters near the Rialto Bridge and concentrates on the ancient area of San Polo.
Here the bankers, brokers and merchants conducted their affairs by day, and the renowned courtesans by night! You'll also explore San Polo's number one highlight, the Frari Church, enjoying personalized attention on your private walking tour of Venice.
In a city where west met the east, exotic items like silk and oriental spices were traded along with copper and wood. Many of the courtesans lived in sumptuous apartments, and were accomplished musicians and brilliant conversationalists. They were even secretly used as spies for the state.
The second part of this tour allows you to admire the Gothic Frari church, which dwarfs the eastern section of San Polo. Built by Franciscans in around 1250, it is one of the city's largest places of worship.
You will admire its striking interior, both for its sheer size and for the quality of its masterpieces the most famous being Titian's Assumption.