VENICE
The Venice shortlist.
The 15 most popular guided tours in Venice. The ones worth your time in a city with plenty to choose from, each with prices, running times and the operator behind it.
Skip the line at Venice’s La Fenice with a 7-language audio guide. Explore the opera house and its secrets in about an hour.
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Private boat to Murano and Burano for glass and lace demos, guided Venice stories, and time to wander. Small group up to 22.
“Wonderful tour! We traveled with 3 adults and 3 kids and it was the perfect length. The glass blowing demo in Murano was very special. No time to explore in Murano but lots of time to wander Burano which was a delightful little island. Our tour guide, Carrie, was friendly and knowledgeable and gave great…”
Guided Murano and Burano boat trip with live glassblowing, lace-making demo, colorful houses, and optional wine or Prosecco.
Private boat tour of Murano and Burano with English glass and lace demos, artisan workshops, and free time on two colorful islands.
“Our guide and boat captain were terrific. Enjoyed the commentary as we traveled to each island and back to Venice. It did get hot inside the boat and we could have used more air. Burano was our more favorite; lace demonstration great and the store shopping experience very good as there could be something for…”
Fast-track guided tour of Doge’s Palace with prisons, Bridge of Sighs, and VR/3D St. Mark’s moments. Skip lines, clear storytelling.
Skip the line into St. Mark’s Basilica via St. Peter’s Door, with a guided look at mosaics, museum, and terrace options for views.
“I am a Taiwanese traveler on 5/17. The tour guide was very friendly, enthusiastic and knowledgeable. I 100% recommend this tour.”
Skip the line at Doge’s Palace and St. Mark’s Basilica with a small-group guide, audio headsets, and fast entry into Venice’s power and art.
“Your guide left us and we missed half the trip. Thanks. You would think they could a head count before going in”
Walk St. Mark’s Square and Rialto, plus VR history and optional gondola. Small-group tour for about $14, in 1–2.5 hours.
Guided day trip from Lake Garda to Venice with air-conditioned bus, private lagoon boat transfer, St. Mark’s walking tour, and free time.
“the whole trip was brilliant from start to finish, the coach was on time, the tour guide was very friendly and knowledgeable, told us all about Venice, which was beautiful, loved every minute and would definitely recommend, 5 star😀”
Skip long lines at Doge’s Palace with a guided fast-track visit plus optional Museo Correr ticket for a clear Venetian history route.
Small-group Venice walk with a local guide, covering Rialto Bridge, Marco Polo’s area, doge tombs, and St. Mark’s Square in about 2 hours.
“Gianmarco was an amazing guide. Local knowledge and provided a great lay of the land to get your bearings on the city. The tour helped set me up to enjoy the palazzo and other sites even more.”
Venice street food tour with Rialto market visit: cicchetti, cheese, cakes and biscuits with a local guide. Food included.
“We had a great experience with Tone! It was just the two of us with him and we are happy we did it because we wouldn’t have gone to some of these places otherwise. Nice to also get a history lesson of places we passed by as well.”
Skip the lines at St. Mark’s Basilica and Doge’s Palace with an art historian guide, then enjoy a 30-minute gondola ride on Venice canals.
“A fantastic tour given by Marco of the Doge's Palace and Basilica St Marco. He was very informative and humorous which made the 2 1/2 hour tour fly by. Would throughly recommend.”
Skip the line at Venice’s Doge’s Palace and tour hidden prisons, attic chambers, and the Bridge of Sighs with an English guide.
“The only downside for us was the meeting place. We tried to follow the instructions but got turned around so we asked at one of the information booths. We were sent in the opposite direction. Thankfully we got a call from one of the agents Read more”
Guided Venice Lagoon tour: Murano glass furnace, Burano lace and pastel houses, optional Torcello, by panoramic boat for about 6 hours.
“Expectations were met. The guide was very nice, very helpful. The only thing is that it was hard to hear with the headphones.”
The historic centre, the lagoon islands and the art the city was built around.
