Walking Tours

Venice Walking Tour with Grand Canal Gondola Ride

Name: Venice Walking Tour with Grand Canal Gondola Ride
Start: 2024-12-21T09:00:00
End: 2024-12-21T11:30:00
Location: Venice

View of Doge Palace and Bell Tower from Gondola

Gondola on Venice canal during 2-hour walking tour.

Go on an expert-guided walking tour of Venice to learn the stories of the floating city, and round off your experience with a gondola cruise.

Highlights

A walking tour around areas like Saint Mark's Square and Castello with a local guide will deepen your appreciation for Venice.
Your experience doesn't end there. Hop aboard a gondola like a true Venetian and cruise along its water-laden alleys.
Uncover the secrets of gondolas and gondoliers! Discover how the s-shaped iron prow was made to honor the Grand Canal and more.
See and understand the history of St. Mark's Basilica, Piazzetta Dei Leoncini, the Clock Tower, Procuratie Vecchie and many more buildings of importance.

Inclusions

2-hour walking tour of Venice
Expert English, Italian, Spanish, German or French-speaking guide
30-minute shared gondola ride

Cancellation policy

You can cancel these tickets up to 24 hours before the experience begins and get a full refund.

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Jörg

4/5

Nov, 2024

The city tour was competent and very informative, entertaining and fun. The technology worked well and the guide was easy to understand. The pace of the tour was appropriate. The subsequent gondola ride was somewhat shortened and not the route as advertised but quite okay.

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Katherine

5/5

Oct, 2024

I took the train up from Florence to spend the day in Venice. The walking tour was quite informative, and our guide was very knowledgeable and quite pleasant she kept us altogether in the crowded streets of Venice. The gondola ride was quite nice. It was a very good way to check out Venice in a day.

Christopher

5/5

Jun, 2024

Very interesting guide, provide lots of information, no waiting for the Gondala ride was good. But you need to tel people that they exchange the app booking for physical,tickets at the meeting point

Matteo

5/5

Jun, 2024

Essential experience for those who want to know Venice in depth. Only with the Venice tour do you have the opportunity to see medieval Venice with the Visore.

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Adeteju

5/5

Oct, 2024

Awesome experience!!!..........

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Your experience

Your walking tour begins at St. Mark's Square and will be in the language of your choice. After admiring the imposing piazza you will head to the Santa Maria Formosa, a Renaissance style church with a wonderful façade. Learn why the church is named after Formosa and many other legends associated with it.

The next square you will visit is the Campo SS. Giovanni e Paolo, with an impressive Gothic church. Cross several bridges and canals and see other landmarks like the great Italian explorer-merchant Marco Polo’s house, the Great School of Charity and Malibran Theatre on this short walk.

Head back towards St. Mark’s Square through the Mercerie, the main shopping street. It is here that you will head to the gondola landing stage to start your water taxi ride. Your guide bids you goodbye here.

The gondola ride will showcase landmarks that you didn’t see on your walking tour. Catch a glimpse of Desdemona’s House, Mozart’s House and the iconic La Fenice Theatre as you pass through the Rio De Le Ostreghe. Float along the Grand Canal, where you can view the Peggy Guggenheim Museum. Pass in front of the Salute Church from where you can catch a panoramic view of St. Giorgio’s Island, the Bell Tower of Saint Mark’s and Doge’s palace rounding off your entire trip through Venice on both foot and water.

Did you know?

Venice is a vehicular free zone, you could enter the city via car or train but you won’t get too far! Venice is built across 118 islands with over 400 bridges across 150 canals, exclusively designed only to be explored through boat and foot. This is why it’s the perfect destination for a walking tour. Its cobblestone paths and charming bridges make for a pretty picture. And the gondolas are the icons of Venice, no trip to Venice can be complete without a ride on a gondola!

Know before you go

What's not allowed

Pets are not allowed on board the gondola.

Accessibility

This experience is not accessible for wheelchair users.

Additional information

This activity includes a shared gondola ride of up to 5 people. Seating arrangements within a gondola may vary for balance and safety reasons.
There will be a small break between the tours.
The tour is free for children under the age of 2, provided the children do not occupy a seat in the gondola.
Please download the audio guide on your mobile device before embarking on a gondola.

My tickets

Your voucher will be emailed to you instantly.
- Please arrive at the meeting point 15 minutes before the scheduled time of your tour to avoid any delays.
- Display the voucher on your mobile phone with a valid photo ID at the meeting point.