Gondola Ride & Historical Venice Walking Tour

Take an unforgettable gondola ride and a panoramic excursion with a local guide who will explain some interesting historical facts about famous sights. Relax and enjoy the beauty of magnificent buildings and other Venice landmarks.

Group

2 hrs 30 min

Group size up to 20 persons

Mobile ticket

Full refund for cancellations up to 24 hours

Cancel up to 24 hours in advance to receive a full refund

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Group

2 hrs 30 min

Group size up to 20 persons

Mobile ticket

Full refund for cancellations up to 24 hours

Cancel up to 24 hours in advance to receive a full refund

English

Group

2 hrs 30 min

Group size up to 20 persons

Mobile ticket

Full refund for cancellations up to 24 hours

Cancel up to 24 hours in advance to receive a full refund

English

Group

2 hrs 30 min

Group size up to 20 persons

Mobile ticket

Full refund for cancellations up to 24 hours

Cancel up to 24 hours in advance to receive a full refund

English

One of the best ways to discover Venice is with a gondola ride combined with a walking tour. Ride through scenic waterways such as Canal Grande and secret canals.

Check out a digital map with 2D images of Venice from the Middle Ages until the 18th century with the help of a QR code to download it to your smartphone.

Explore the unique Piazza San Marco and learn its enthralling history. Enjoy a stroll along Venice's bridges (Ponte di Rialto) and meandering streets while taking in the local romantic atmosphere.

On this interesting walking tour, the expert guide will escort you through the area between Piazza San Marco and the Rialto Bridge. You will pass through a labyrinth of little canals and magnificent sites of historical and artistic interest. Take a lot of amazing photos to remember this stunning day.

You will see a lot of special places: the Teatro La Fenice, which is one of the most well-known opera houses in the world; Marco Polo's House; the famous Rialto Bridge with its typical shops; and a lot of other wonderful Venice landmarks.

Finish your adventure by gondola ride with a 30-minute excursion through the Canal Grande and its quiet and picturesque places.

Important to know

• For Covid-19 precaution the use of the mask is MANDATORY. So, please bring your own.

• This is a collective tour, which means there might be other participants going on the tour with you.

• This tour is not fully accessible for wheelchair users or people with walking disabilities.

• Comfortable shoes suggested

• Mobile voucher accepted

• Please consider the gap of time between the walking tour and the gondola ride

• The price for child under 3 years old if FREE only if does not occupy an own seat on gondola

• Each gondola can accomodate up to maximum 5 people; the seat aboard cannot be chosen but will be assigned by the gondolier depending of guests weight.

• At the end of the gondola tour, you will receive a QR code to download a digital map with 2D images of Venice from the middle ages until the 18th century.

More details

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What is included in activity

• Shared walking tour of Venice with local and expert guide
• 30 minutes of gondola with guide
• Mobile app to see Venice in the past

What is included in activity

• Shared walking tour of Venice with local and expert guide
• 30 minutes of gondola with guide
• Mobile app to see Venice in the past

What is included in activity

• Shared walking tour of Venice with local and expert guide
• 30 minutes of gondola with guide
• Mobile app to see Venice in the past

What is included in activity

• Shared walking tour of Venice with local and expert guide
• 30 minutes of gondola with guide
• Mobile app to see Venice in the past

What is not included

• Food and drinks

What is not included

• Food and drinks

What is not included

• Food and drinks

What is not included

• Food and drinks

• Piazza San Marco and Rialto Bridge
• Teatro La Fenice
• Marco Polo's House; the Rialto Bridge
• Canal Grande

You can see all dates available at this moment in the calendar. Book now! The number of tickets is limited.

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Reviews by travellers

4.8 out of 5

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Gianmario L.

Day 1 in the morning is great to get a first impression of the city.

4 days ago

Alighiero C.

Experience to be recommended for those who want to wander around the city and learn many curiosities at the same time thanks to the presence of a guide. Right price/quality experience! Very kind and cordial. The only flaw: I booked the tour in Italian and during the tour the guide explained things in two languages: Italian/English. A lot of time is wasted that could be invested in more exhaustive questions or explanations.

5 days ago

Ermenegarda P.

An essential visit to discover in 1h30 the main sites of Saint Mark's Square, and the architectural richness of the Cannaregio and Castello districts. A wealth of information to start your stay well before discovering for yourself!

5 days ago

Generosa B.

Very interesting visit focusing on life in Venice, around the St-Marc district, with a dynamic and friendly guide, speaking very good French, knowing her subject perfectly and eager to draw the attention of tourists to the particularities that characterize the city and the life of the Venetians, in particular on the management of high tides, the architecture, the maintenance and the renovation of the buildings, the problems which the city must face, etc… We were 6 people for the visit in French this morning of September 25. To recommend.

11 days ago

Iginia B.

We really enjoyed the 1 1/2 hour walking tour around Venice. Our guide was easy to understand (English speaking) and we saw and learned about places and architecture that we would have missed on our own. The starting point was St. Mark's Square so we hit all the highlights and more. Would definitely recommend.

11 days ago

Gianpietro P.

Had a lady she was amazing so polite answered questions news lots of the history absolutely brilliant the the gondolar ride was beautiful had a man with blue shades exquisite sailor thank you so much for the experience will be recommending thanks again

11 days ago

Mara V.

We did the tour with the guide Francesco and it was great. It was important to him to reach each individual in the group with his explanations and he showed us beautiful corners far away from the tourist streets. The guided tour was in English and he has such a clear pronunciation that you don't need to be fluent in English to understand him. Of course, it also helped a bit that he accompanied the explanations with his sympathetic Italian manner. We learned a lot about the history of Venice that day and would always book a guided tour with Francesco. As a guide we give him 5 stars. Thank you Francesco :)

17 days ago

Liberio G.

The walking tour wasn’t that great. The guide didn’t really give too many details on the sites we were seeing. Now Ricardo, we had for all of 10 minutes walking us to the gondola ride was FANTASTIC! He told us more in 10 minutes than our 1.5 hour tour! Request him if you can!!

20 days ago

Mareta T.

Great walking tour. Only bad point was that the meeting point was wrong in the voucher and we had to make several phone calls to meet the guide. The meeting point was given for large groups and not for small, private groups. They meet at the Venice Tours office. As compensation, the tour went much longer than the planned 2 hours.

26 days ago

Antonella P.

The visit took place at a pleasant pace with the guide Martina who speaks very good French, her explanations were clear, precise and very well documented. We had some difficulty finding a time slot for this visit, so we did it at the end of our stay. We think it is better to do it at the beginning of the stay to go back to already known places. The equipment provided to hear the guide well worked perfectly.

27 days ago

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