Venice: Guided Historic Walking Tour with Self-Guided Routes
4.4
19 Ratings
Venezia
Explore the magical city of Venice on a guided historic walking tour and self-guided routes. Discover the influence of influential people on this distinguished city and uncover its hidden gems.
Duration:
2 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Ponte di Rialto - Admire Venice’s oldest bridge, which today is one of the cities most recognised monuments
What's Included
- Historic Venice guided walking tour
- Multilingual audio commentary including English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Chinese, and Russian
- Complimentary Vox City sightseeing app with two self-guided walking tours
- Choice of English-Italian or English-Spanish speaking guide
What's Not Included
- Entry to attractions
- Public transportation tickets
Additional Information
Explore the enchanting city of Venice with our comprehensive walking tour and independent routes! Take part in our Venice guided walk to learn how the prosperity and aspirations of its influential inhabitants shaped this remarkable city.
Emerging from the Adriatic Sea as a labyrinth of canals, bridges, churches, and mansions, its meticulous design could easily be mistaken for a movie set. However, the City of Canals was actually built by some of Italy’s most distinguished talents in art and architecture during the Renaissance. With our tour, you’ll unravel every aspect of this dynamic city, from the most photographed mansions to the least known alleyways.
Your ticket covers 2 self-guided paths in the Vox City App, allowing you to further immerse yourself in the Venetian experience, altering the pace as per your convenience to maximize your trip.
Once you’ve reveled in the city’s beauty alongside your guide, use the complimentary Vox City app to learn more about Venice and its stunning attractions.
- The guided walking tour is approximately 2 hours long. Try to arrive 5 minutes early if possible, so you do not miss the tour departure
- Please dress appropriately for the weather and wear comfortable shoes
- Your ticket includes a complimentary sightseeing mobile-app with a self-guided tour of Venice. Make sure to scan the QR code on your voucher to download the app and get full access to it
- 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
Calle S. Gallo, 1093
Calle San Gallo
Your ticket includes the Vox City App. Use it to track the guides and join the tours. Alternatively, please find your guide at the main meeting point: Campo San Gallo, San Marco 1093/B, Venice Tours office, close to San Marco Square, at the departure time.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.4
(19 Ratings)
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Jean_b
Feb 2, 2024
Perfect for getting oriented to Venice - Francesco was interesting, well informed and engaging. The tour was a perfect way to start our 5 day stay to get oriented to the city. The rest of our visit was enhanced by our walking tour. We saw such a variety of sites, got so much information that we wouldn’t have gotten from a tour book. Great tour.
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Hannah_p
Nov 11, 2022
You won’t regret doing this tour - This was a great walking tour! There’s no way that we would have discovered all those hidden places away from the center on our own. Our guide was so great at explaining everything. Even my 12 year old enjoyed the tour very much. Highly recommend!!
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Massimopv8998za
Aug 10, 2021
WOW!! - What a day! I've spent a weekend in Venice with my girlfriend and we really enjoyed this new concept of guided tour. After 45mins we could jump off to have a quick break and then we jump on to finish our tour. Both guides were fantastic! - I recommend it!
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Giult2021
Jul 16, 2021
Amazing Venice with a great local espert - This tour is exactly what you need to discover Venice and never get lost with a great local guide. It possible also to do a self guided tour through the typical calle and canals.
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Han1303
Jul 9, 2021
Perfect way to explore Venice - This is the second Vox City Walks tour that I've done in Italy and I love them! Venice is such a great city to explore on foot, so this walking tour was perfect, and once again our tour guide was fantastic. I also can't recommend the digital guide highly enough, it's so so handy to use in foreign cities.
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Katie
Jul 8, 2021
Highly recommend - absolutely best value for money - This was such a great tour and we loved the fact that we could leave and join whenever we wanted to! The guides were friendly and there was always one available wherever we were, within half an hour - I think they must be staged that way (very impressive organisation). We were able to track them on our phone just like Uber. If you are in Venice for 2-3 days this is a must - I would thoroughly recommend!
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Christianef632
Jul 2, 2021
Unknown Venice - I have been to Venice several times but this time thanks to the local guide I got to know places I believe only local people know and went back there in the evening listening to the audio content.would like to repeat soon. Super.
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Anne_t
Oct 31, 2023
Not much history - Was a nice walking tour that gave insight into Venice life and how some things have worked over the years. Would have liked more history though. At the start the guide said they didn't want to throw a bunch of facts at us but that's what we were there for. It's great as a general overview but not detailed history if that's what you're after.
Also want to say the tour company was very responsive and accommodating when we notified them we were going to be late because we got on the wrong ferry (doh!). So as a business I highly recommend, just maybe not this tour specifically for history buffs.
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Gabriella_c
Feb 11, 2023
Highlights of basic sights of Venice. - There isn’t anything hidden in the stops that are highlighted on this tour(St. Mark’s Square, Rialto Bridge). You would be better finding a guidebook. There aren’t any legends or mysteries that were shared. The guide was knowledgeable and could spew out dates of the building but the tour was boring and not what I expected based on description.
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Charlene_a
May 10, 2023
Taxi ride gave stopped wrong address 100.00 euros missed our tour - Missed the tour due to taxi driver had the address and dropped us off at the wrong location (we did not realize this) and told us would be 5 minutes to walk to get the tour. Another 45 minutes later we arrived after the tour started. We spoke to the tour company. Explained what happened with the taxi, and didn't have another tour on Sunday 5/7/23. Offer us Monday 5/7/23 only in Venice for the day. We were leaving the next day to fly home back to Orlando, Florida. The tour company was very nice and very helpful. Told us to contact Viator directly about compensation. Disappointed. Made the best of it.
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