Top Venice Half-day Tours

We had a wonderful experience with Antonio our Venice tour guide. He was knowledgeable, engaging, and passionate about the city's history and culture. The tour was well-paced, full of fascinating stories, and included hidden gems we would never have found on our own. He answered all of our questions with patience and made the experience enjoyable from start to finish. I highly recommend this tour to anyone visiting Venice! Danny and Jess

We had an amazing tour with Tommaso! We are a family of 4, including 10 year old twin girls, from Houston, Texas USA. Tommaso picked us up at our Airbnb and walked us to a private water taxi where we headed to Murano to see the glass blowing demonstration. There, he handed us off to Diego who explained the process to us as we watched a master artisan make a bowl and a horse. It was amazing to see this process in action! Then, Diego accompanied us while we visited the showroom displaying the pieces made by different artists. Of course the sales people want to sell, but we felt no pressure to buy anything. We decided to buy a piece of handmade Venetian glass as a souvenir upstairs and our kids picked out two small items from the small store on the first floor. If you want to buy real Venetian glass, this is the place to do so as all of what you see in Venice is cheap mass produced glass. From there, we met Tommaso again who took us to another private water taxi to take us to Burano. On this island, Tomasso accompanied us and gave us a tour of the local areas and explained the culture. We learned and saw so much more than we ever could have on our own. We walked around town and stopped for a snack before going to a lace shop where we saw a demonstration of the lace making process and again had the opportunity to buy some lace, but it is not mandatory. After that, Tommaso took us back to our third and final private water taxi which took us back to Venice. This was a great day with a great guide and a great tour company! This company employs only locals for their tours, so their enthusiasm and dedication is evident. We highly recommend this tour for the quality, ease, and convenience, especially with children. Grazie!

We had so much fun on the Venice food tour with Cecilia! We learned so much about the specialty foods and drinks of Venice and the origins behind them, which made the experience even more interesting. We actually ended up being the only ones on the tour, and Cecilia never made us feel rushed for a second. It was such a great way to see the city and experience Venice beyond just the typical tourist spots. Cecilia made the whole tour fun, interesting, and absolutely delicious with all of her choices. Highly recommend!

Denys, our guide, made sure everyone was happy with the selection of food provided at each stop. He was the most accommodating guide I have yet to experience. The food stops were very popular. We tried to go back to one for a late lunch and the line was long. Thank you Denys, for your kind, intelligent manner.

Our Guide Tonne showed us around the city with several stops along the way tasting different foods and sampling many wines. This tour was great! I would highly recommend doing this tour at the beginning of your trip so you'll have time to revisit some of the stops later during your stay.

A great way of seeing these 3 islands in one day. Andrea was very knowledgeable about the history of the area and delivered this in an interesting and humorous way. He guided us through the various boat trips efficiently which we would have struggled with, if we had done this on our own

Private tour with guide Giorgia History of Venice explained expertly enthusiastically by Giorgia This was the highlight of the entire stay in Venice St Meeks and Doges Palace were amazing . Having “skip the line “ access with a guide made for a pleasant non stressful time

This by far is one of the best tours we have booked in our travels to Europe. Nico our tour guide made the experience that much more enjoyable. Extremely knowledgeable young man. Never felt rushed and took his time explaining all the little details that only a local would know. Thank you viator and more so Nico. Highly recommended.