Venice: Private Walking Tour with Optional Gondola Ride Venice: Private Overview Walking Tour
ID: GYG125888-186662
Category:
Sight Seeing
Country: Italy
Duration:
02:00 hours
Description
Take a guided walking tour through Venice with your private guide. Choose to add a gondola ride to your activity and relax as you go through the Venice canals.
Enjoy a relaxing 2-hour guided walk away from the main tourist sites and crowds. Make your way through the labyrinth of alleyways towards the famous opera house La Fenice which burned down and has now been rebuilt to its original glory, then a quiet walk towards Palazzo Fortuny once known as Palace of the Orpheans.
See the ornate Bovolo spiral staircase (known as ‘of the snail’) tucked away in a tiny courtyard, then onto a view of the Rialto Bridge and Grand Canal, Marco Polo’s house and much more. Take advantage of your expert guides and learn about the Venetian dialect. Hear the history of this enchanting city from your local guides.
Discover the extraordinary architectural masterpieces and why they were built that way, learn how Venice lost out on the trade routes when the New World was discovered, leaving Venice medieval forever. Strolling along the narrow streets, “calle” to encounter hidden away treasures. Explore the particular difficulties Venice has to face. This tour will leave you knowing so much more about this not so practical but precious city.
Upgrade your tour to include an optional relaxing 30-minute gondola ride from the gondola station of Santa Maria del Giglio next to the Gritti Palace Hotel.
Highlights
- Discover the extraordinary architectural masterpieces
- Relax on a 2-hour guided walk away from the tourist crowds
- Stroll along the narrow streets, to encounter hidden away treasures
Guiding languages
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
• Comfortable shoes
• The gondola ride does not include a guide
The number of visitors is limited to reduce crowds
You are required to bring and wear a mask
Saint Mark's Square under the arches of the Correr Museum.
How to reach the meeting point:
Arriving by boat (Vaporetto): Arriving close to the Saint Marks Square get off the boat (Vaporetto) No:1 or No:2 at the “Vallaresso” boat stop and walk directly down the street “Calle Vallaresso” passing Harrys bar on your right and the Hotel Monaco and Grand canal on your left. When you arrive at the end of the street turn right and walk towards Saint Marks square, before you pass under the arches bear left and then go right under the arches in front of the post office making your way into the square. Here you will find the entrance to the Correr museum and will see our assistant holding an orange umbrella at the entrance to the square.
By foot: Make you way into Saint Marks square, the Correr museum is at the opposite side of the church right on the other side of the square under the arches.
For your tablet, smartphone or GPS System:
Latitude: 45.433636 Longitude: 12.337166
When should I book?
To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.
Cancellations
This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 48 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 48 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.
