Grand Canal Self-Guided Tour: A Mobile App Driven Exploration of Venice's History
3.5
20 Ratings
Venezia
Embark on a self-guided tour of Venice's Grand Canal with our mobile app. Explore the history and secrets of this iconic waterway at your own pace, anytime you want!
Duration:
1 hour, 18 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Canal Grande - The most fascinating waterway of the world!
The Canal Grande is the main water corridor of Venice. It is more than 4 km long and its banks are lined with more than 200 magnificent buildings which belonged to Venetian nobles and the Doge (Head of the Venetian republic). Venetian aristocrats used them as showrooms for their products and activities. Ships came from all over the world to trade their exotic products in front of these magnificent buildings.
What's Included
- Mobile app
- Public boat ticket 1 way (75 minutes)
What's Not Included
- Hotel pick up
- Earphoes
- Audio devices
Additional Information
Experience the Canal Grande at your own pace with our self-guided tour app! No more rigid schedules or hurrying around. Our app, which can be downloaded to your phone, allows you to learn about the rich history and hidden gems of the stunning Canal Grande whenever you desire, be it day or night!
This journey takes you under Venice’s most ancient bridge: the Rialto bridge.
Let your personal audio-guide dive you into the millennial history of Venice along with intriguing insights about this stunning city and its amazing landmarks throughout the entire journey. Hop on the public boat number 1, a leisurely boat used by locals to navigate the city, plug in your earphones, and embrace the tour! You’ll automatically receive narrations in 8 different languages about 24 points of interest directly on your mobile as you approach them!
- 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
Location
gondola ride
Calle larga de l'Ascension
With Piazza San Marco at your back and the Poste Italiane in front of you, look on the left and you will see A grey newsstand. Go there and ask for the ticket. The newsstand is between Fendi Boutique and Poste Italiane (Post Office). You'll see a sign "VENICE TOURS - ASSISTANCE POINT".
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(20 Ratings)
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Tomasrobertj
Nov 6, 2020
Discovering the Grand Canal - The mobile audio guide was very helpful and interesting to discover the Grand Canal.
A self-boat tour totally recomended: cheap and interesting.
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J9586tscarmenp
Nov 5, 2020
Grand Canal Tour - I really enjoyed this self-activity! The digital audio guide works perfectly and so you can discover the amazing history abou the Grand Canal and its fascinating Palace.
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Marce73ve
Oct 4, 2019
Tour by boat - wondeful tour. Fantasic Gran Canal. Good Commentary. I loved it.whith my family and all my friends..
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Lindamitr
Sep 1, 2019
Highly recommend - Seeing homes from boat on canal was amazing. The audio was informative and worked well. We had plenty of time to see all.
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Ren_esw6773ty
Jul 23, 2020
mediocre - Informative audio but the issuer should clearly state it is for use with the public transport boats. With this ticket, we were double booked on the overpacked Venetian Vaporettos. Due to that the app should also be offered for a lesser fee without the ticket for the boat since many tourists to Venice purchase the boat tickets as a necessity to get around from the airport, train station, parking lots and so on.
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Jet46652782515
Feb 23, 2024
Is this what I traveled so far…… - I was so disappointed as there was drizzling and two guys with umbrellas covering all my sights. Was not at all impressed with the scenes as we were taken into small dirty looking canals and got back in 15 minutes. Very very disappointed as we travelled so many miles excited to ride in venice gondolas and came back with unhappy memories
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Johnfk2022
May 18, 2023
Waste of money- app didnt work - no "guide" whatsoever.. just a boat trip - which we could have purchased for half price - Have an app that works, waste of money - agent barely spoke english and we had to go back and ask him for the boat tickets - a dosgraceful misleading sale....
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Arpitkumar_p
Jun 6, 2021
Waste - It was very bad experience. I recommend people, such ticket is included in public transport ticket/pass. You don't need to buy these tickets, it's not worth it & waste of money. If you look for gondola(small traditional boat) ride with 3-4 person, you need to go personally there & you ask gandolian. (~80€)
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Ging3rsnap
Sep 16, 2019
Don't use Venice Tours, just pay the normal 7.50 Euro to go on the boat - The boat ride was wonderful itself, but we were not happy with our experience with Venice Tours. We paid extra to have the audio option to learn more about the buildings etc while on the tour. You have to go find their office to pick up your tickets (good luck, it's hard to find, and they're not good at giving directions to it), and to download the app for the audio portion. Earbuds aren't included, which wasn't a big deal, but when it came time to use the app it didn't work. Then when I contacted Chase (where I purchased the experience), they wouldn't refund me the audio portion of our tickets because Venice Tours wouldn't approve it. I wasn't even asking for a full refund. I just wanted to refund the portion that didn't work. I was still willing to pay the 7.50 Euro per ticket. Very frustrating experience.
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Dotingdaughter4
Jul 25, 2019
Confusing Instructions, No Map, Constantly Crashes - Yikes! This great idea is not ready for public use. Instructions were sent in 5 separate pdfs. and were difficult to figure out, especially as one pdf was in Italian, not English. The site crashed continually throughout the day. No map was provided so it was guesswork to find the featured places. The descriptions of each place were brief. We emailed and phoned repeatedly for help, which was given but required us to wait each time. Halfway through the "tour", we quit and changed our day plan. I asked for a partial refund but was declined; the tour operator explained that I "already had enjoyed the experience"!
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