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.
“Great guided tour. Sylvia was very informative and had a lot of stories to tell about the other islands surrounding Murano and Bruano. The glass making was very interesting to watch and seeing all the products in the shop that was made were all very beautifully crafted. Bruano was gorgeous with all the colourful houses…”
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.
“Alexandra was excellent. Knowledgeable, friendly and well organized. We really enjoyed touring with her. She's funny too!”
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.
“What a great couple of hours!”
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.
“It was such a good day trip to Venice! Never been before and it was a really good way to get a great feel for the place. Good transport, guide, itinerary.”
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.
“Dropped the luggage off at the hotel and wondered around until our tour started. It was a great way get introduced to Venice.”
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.
“Great tour. Very knowledgeable and fun guide. Your was well organized and saw all of the popular sites. The gondola ride was very nice as well. Marco was great.”
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 behind the scenes tour of Doge Palace was amazing. Our tour guide was awesome! The Palace was beautiful.”
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.
