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

English

Group

2 hrs 30 min

Group size up to 20 persons

Mobile ticket

English

Group

2 hrs 30 min

Group size up to 20 persons

Mobile ticket

English

Group

2 hrs 30 min

Group size up to 20 persons

Mobile ticket

English

Details

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.

Online Booking

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 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 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 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 places you will see

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

Activity book period

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Languages in what activity is performed

English

Directions to meet your guide

Campo San Gallo, San Marco 1093/B

Venice Tours Assistance Point Calle Larga

Campo San Gallo, San Marco 1093/B

Venice Tours Assistance Point Calle Larga

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Reviews by travellers

4.8 out of 5

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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!!

3 days ago

Gianmario L.

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

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!

9 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 :)

11 days ago

Dianora E.

Excellent guide, very clear explanations, about the streets and how to guide yourself by looking at the indications, it was very useful for the rest of the trip. The communication with the headphones allowed those of us who wanted photos to stay a little behind without losing detail of the information.

14 days ago

Nina C.

Was a top tour guide who brought the most important key points about Venice over well in the short time - and also places that you don't get to see otherwise - and it was an exciting tour. I can only recommend the guided tour in the morning, as there are still relatively few tourists around at this time.

21 days ago

Cristiano P.

Nice experience on carnival day. We were able to enjoy streets without the crowdsupzr

25 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.

25 days ago

Manfredo S.

the first guide Valentina was very good and very kind, she explained very well and answered all the questions of the members of the group in a quick and targeted way. very good. the second guide, Alessandra, who accompanied us before the gondola ride, is a marvel, fantastic, funny and very friendly. he brilliantly conducted an Italian/French tour switching from one language to another with impressive ease! we are definitely satisfied

29 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.

29 days ago

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