VENICE
The Venice shortlist.
The 15 most popular walking 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.
Venice walking tour plus a Grand Canal gondola ride from St Mark’s, with exterior sights like Scala del Bovolo and La Fenice. About 2.25 hours.
Most Popular“Never showed in the spot to pick up all 6 people waiting, and we were there a half hour early.wanted to go traveled all the way from USA for the tour and the boat ride and it was the last tour of the day and leaving tomorrow, I hope next time.”
Skip-the-line St Mark’s plus a local walk into backstreets and a 1-hour Grand Canal boat cruise. Small groups, big Venice payoff.
“Really great day out the square was flooded but the guide still made the trip fun and informative some really interesting facts”
Walk St. Mark’s Square and Rialto, plus VR history and optional gondola. Small-group tour for about $14, in 1–2.5 hours.
Private-style Venice walk with skip-the-line St Mark’s Basilica, canal-side stories, and a tight 2-hour route in small groups.
“It was a great walking tour. Our guide was very knowledgeable, and we appreciated the guide to St. Mark's Church and around Venice.”
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.”
Skip long lines to Doge’s Palace and St. Mark’s Basilica, then walk San Marco and Mercerie with a guide.
“Our tour guide was awesome very knowledgeable and friendly. Highly recommend this tour. St marks cathedral was exceptional”
A morning walk through Venice’s calli and squares with headsets, big-picture Doge history, and smart, off-the-main-route stops.
San Marco to Rialto on foot with local stories, spritz at a bacaro, and a VR gondola history stop for great orientation value.
“Tour guide was late, and then she had to rush the end of the tour as some ppl had a gondola tour booked. The information and insights you get from Venice are quite basic. The tour was cheap so for that price it isn't that bad.”
Private 2-hour Venice boat-and-walk tour on the Grand Canal plus secret canals and a food tasting, with small-group comfort.
“We had a great tour. Our guide was very knowledgeable and welcoming, despite the fact that we arrived a few minutes late (and the company was very responsive when we reached out to let them know we were delayed getting to the meeting spot). We liked that the boat’s route took us up the Grand…”
Walk Venice’s historic Jewish Ghetto and step inside the Spanish and Levantine synagogues for rare access and human stories.
Skip lines at Doge’s Palace and St Mark’s Basilica in Venice, with terrace views, Bridge of Sighs, Casanova and museum access.
“Guide exceptionnelle !”
A 2-hour Venice tapas and wine walking tour with a local guide, cicchetti at bacari, and three glasses of regional wine.
“We really had such a great time on this tour. Our tour was smaller being we visited in Feb and so it was a great opportunity to really get to know our guide and get a one-on-one experience with him. We learned so many things about Venice that we never would have without booking to…”
Small-group Murano glassblowing by water taxi, plus time on Burano. Live furnace demo, lagoon views, and shopping.
“It was good, wish we had more time to watch the glass being made as it was only around 10mins. Would still recommend”
Evening Venice in 90 minutes: Jewish Ghetto and Rialto on foot, optional gondola ferry, then a free motorboat ride back through the Giudecca Canal.
“Camilla was a fantastic tour guide. Incredibly knowledgeable, extremely personable, friendly and kind. The lovely slow paced walk took us to most of the major highlights in Venice. We learnt a lot about the history of Venice, the Jewish Ghetto, banking, fish market & flooding in Venice. Our highlight was the 1 min gondola ride…”
Venice at night, 90 minutes of ghosts, murder legends, and superstitions in Castello and Cannaregio with a local English guide for $42.
The historic centre, the lagoon islands and the art the city was built around.
