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Venice Private Walking Tour
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Free cancellation
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3 Hours
Mobile ticket
Pickup offered
Offered in: Russian, English
Overview
Maximum flexibility: the starting and finishing points are chosen based on the traveller's convenience. The travellers may choose to make short stops to take pictures, window-shop, buy souvenirs, pop into a café for refreshments to use the bathroom, etc. The programme of the tour is customizable: the travellers may express their preferences in advance and during the tour. The main objective of the tour is not so much ticking off the "musts" on some stereotypical checklist, as discovering the "genuine" Venice in its entirety and feeling its spirit.
What's Included
- The price of the tour includes only the guide's services.
- Scuola Grande di San Rocco entrance ticket (not required for this tour).
- Chiesa di San Rocco entrance ticket (not required for this tour).
- Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari entrance ticket (not required for this tour).
- Chiesa di Santa Maria dei Miracoli entrance ticket (not required for this tour).
- Chiesa di Santa Maria Formosa entrance ticket (not required for this tour).
- Palazzo Bragadin Carabba entrance ticket (not visitable on the inside).
Meeting And Pickup
Meeting point
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End Point
Usually, the tour ends in piazza San Marco or in the immediate vicinity.
Pickup points
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Pickup details
The meeting point is chosen based on the travelers' convenience. It may be the hotel or BnB they are staying at, or the railway or bus station if they come to Venice specially for the tour.
What To Expect
Chiesa di Santa Maria di Nazareth - Chiesa degli Scalzi
Church of the Scalzi, or Santa Maria di Nazareth. One of the finest examples of the Venetian baroque architecture.
• Admission Ticket Free
Ponte degli Scalzi
Scalzi Bridge. One of the few bridges uniting the two banks of the Canal Grande, and a 1930's engineering marvel.
5 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Stazione di Venezia Santa Lucia
One of the few points of access to Venice, where you feel the first whiff of the city's unique atmosphere. It is of considerable symbolic significance in regard to the city's history.
5 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Chiesa di San Simeon Piccolo
The church of St. Simon "the Lesser", a curious church with a disproportionely big dome that once astounded Napoleon Bonaparte.
• Admission Ticket Free
Santa Croce
A picteresque, non-touristy area situated along the line dividing two of Venice's "sestieri", Santa Croce and San Polo, offering romantic, suggestive views of narrow internal canals.
10 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Scuola Grande di San Rocco
Ex-headquaters of one of the most respectable and prosperous public organizations in the 15th century Venice, and a great example of the Venetian public architecture of the Renaissance era. Gives some clues to understanding certain aspects of the political and social life in the Venetian Republic.
5 Minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
Chiesa di San Rocco
The church of St. Roch, is a fascinating product of the synthesis of various epochs' heritage.
5 Minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari
The Frari, one of the largest and most sumptuous gothic basilicas in Venice
5 Minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
Salizada San Pantalon
One of the typical Venetian "streets", which turns out to be, surprisingly, one of the city's busiest thoroughfares.
5 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Campo San Pantalon
A small square, once centre of a populous parish dedicated to St. Pantaleon, who used to be one of the Venetians' most popular saints.
5 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Campo Santa Margherita
A picturesque Venetian "campo" (which literally means "field", but the Venetians use the word to indicate the city's squares) with so many stories to tell about Venice's past and present.
5 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Ponte dei Pugni
Literally, the Bridge of Fists. Who knows, what the story behind the name is...
5 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Campo San Barnaba
This place tells a funny little story that casts light upon how the society in Venice worked. Also, it was used as a shooting location for a couple of movies.
5 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Rio Della Toletta
A couple of workshops where the Venetian masks are made, like centuries ago. Also, a couple of trattorias, a confectioner's shop selling traditional Venetian bisquits, and a pub offering a variety of typical Venetian "tramezzini" (sandwiches).
5 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Squero di San Trovaso
What do you know about the Venetian gondolas? Well, this is just the right place to learn more: this "squero" (a tiny shipyard where boats are built and repaired) is one of the last in the city that are still open.
5 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Fondamenta Zattere
The Zattere embankment is one of the sunniest places in Venice. It offers a magnificent view of the island of Giudecca and of the canal that bears the same name.
5 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Ponte dell'Accademia
This was meant to be the twin brother of the Scalzi Bridge... Well, they still might be twins, but mor of the Schwarzenegger - De Vito kind. At its foot is the most important of the city's art museums - Galleria dell'Accademia. Add a breath-taking panoramic view to complete the picture.
5 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Chiesa di San Vidal
This place is famous among those who love classical music - once a church, now regularly used as a concert hall. As good a place as any to stop and tell an anecdote or two.
5 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Campo Santo Stefano
One of the largest campos in Venice. Right in the middle, there is a curious monument with a stack of books and a story to tell. Well, make it a couple of stories: an extra story can never go amiss when wandering in Venice.
5 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Rio Tera' dei Assassini
An ex-canal "of the Assassins" - just another typical Venetian toponym that spurs imagination. Here, grim stories based in fact interweave with fiction that is just as grim.
• Admission Ticket Free
Statua di Daniele Manin
A man with a sad face and a lion at his feet. Are you prepared for more human drama? But stories of misery must always be followed by stories of triumphs, and of those, Venice can tell quite a lot.
5 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Riva del Carbon
Literally, "Coal Bank". One of the few ancient Venetian embankments that exist since time immemorial, which in the past allowed to load and unload the merchants' ships. Just across the canal is Riva del Vin - "Wine Bank".
• Admission Ticket Free
Ponte di Rialto
One of Venice's most iconic landmarks. It marks the spot where the central market of the fledgeling Venice was set up centuries ago, allowing it to turn from a few dozens of houses scattered across the marshy, mosquito-infested islets, into the Pearl of the Adriatic and the richest state in Europe.
5 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
T Fondaco Dei Tedeschi
Once a half-inn, half-warehouses, granted by the Venetian government for the use of the numerous diaspora of German merchants and decorated by Giorgione and Titian, now a luxury shopping centre.
• Admission Ticket Free
Chiesa di San Giovanni Crisostomo
An elegant church, built by a group of noblemen and merchants exiled from the city of Lucca due to a feud. One of the first Renaissance public buildings in Venice.
5 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Casa di Marco Polo
A group of houses, which, according to the local tradition, used to belong to the Polos - the family of the famous Venetian traveller Marco Polo. His story is, undoubtedly, worth recounting, if only briefly.
5 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Palazzo Bragadin Carabba
This house belonged to the Venetian nobleman Matteo Bragadin, who was Giacomo Casanova's first benefactor and protector, giving him a leg-up to establish useful connections among the high society and unknowingly letting him start his life of adventure and adultery.
5 Minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
Chiesa di Santa Maria dei Miracoli
The church of Saint Mary of the Miracles. The first idea that comes to those who see this church is that of a richly decorated jewel box. And, of course, it has its own story to tell, which you might find quite amusing... in a way.
5 Minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
Campo Santi Giovanni e Paolo
The gothic basilica that dominates this campo is enormous. On the most important holidays official ceremonies were held here, so it had to accomodate the best part of Venice's aristocracy. Right beside it is the ex-headquaters of the Great School of Saint Mark, a public organization that had the richest and the most influential people among its members.
10 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Chiesa di Santa Maria Formosa
According to the tradition, this church is among the oldest in Venice. Not only its name is a reminder of an amusing anecdote, but the church itself is linked to some of the most important and fascinating events in the history of Venice.
5 Minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
Piazza San Marco
This place is rightfully defined as the most beautiful square in the world. Once the heart of Venice's political life, Piazza San Marco was created with the idea of conveying to Venetian citizens and to high-ranked visitors from abroad all the greatness and power of the Venetian Republic.
15 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Note that we do not enter the following places during this tour, so you will only see them from the outside, while listening to the information provided by the guide: Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Chiesa di San Rocco, Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari, Chiesa di Santa Maria dei Miracoli, Chiesa di Santa Maria Formosa. Entrance to these locations is not free. You can visit them later, paying the respective entrance fees on site.
- Note that we do not enter Palazzo Bragadin Carabba during this tour, because it is now being used as a hotel and is not visitable on the inside unless you book a stay at it.
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
- Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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