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Venice: Hidden Gems Walking Tour with a Local Guide

Venice, Italy
  • 2 hours (approx.)
  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English

Overview

Walk through Venice with a local guide and see highlights like Teatro La Fenice and Palazzo Contarini del Bovolo’s famous spiral staircase, plus hidden corners, tucked-away squares, and secret alleyways you might otherwise have missed. Learn about architecture, culture, and history as you walk through the city and stop off at plenty of photogenic spots. Afterward, you have access to a sightseeing app with further recommendations.
  • Go beyond basic sightseeing and explore Venice with a local guide
  • Visit multiple Venice highlights in a single organized excursion
  • Step off the tourist trail and discover lesser-known spots
  • After the tour, download your guide’s app to discover more of the city

What's Included

  • Venice guided walking tour
  • Audio commentary available in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Chinese and Russian
  • Vox City sightseeing app, includes 2 self-guided walking tours
  • Guided tour available English, German, French, Spanish or Italian
  • Entry to attractions
  • Public transportation tickets
  • Headset and mobile device

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

  • Calle S. Gallo, 1093, 30124 Venezia VE, Italy

    Meet your guide at the Venice Tours office, Campo San Gallo, San Marco 1093/B, close to San Marco Square. Your guide will be wearing a dark blue 'Vox City' uniform.

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Itinerary

Palazzo Contarini del Bovolo (Pass By)

Campo Manin (Pass By)

Calle Dei Avvocati (Pass By)

Calle degli Orbi (Pass By)

Campo Sant' Angelo (Pass By)

Teatro La Fenice (Pass By)

Chiesa di San Moise (Pass By)

Additional Info

  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Most travelers can participate
  • The guided walking tour is approximately 2 hours long. Please arrive 5 minutes early if possible so you do not miss the tour departure
  • Please dress appropriately for the weather and wear comfortable shoes
  • To access your sightseeing mobile app, scan the QR code on your voucher. Download the app and audio guides prior to arrival
  • On certain dates, visitors staying outside of Venice who are planning to visit for the day will be required to pay a 5€ access fee. Visit the City of Venice website to learn more
  • Meet your guide at the Venice Tours office, Campo San Gallo, San Marco 1093/B, close to San Marco Square. Your guide will be wearing a dark blue 'Vox City' uniform
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 30 travelers
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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

Featured review

Jean_B
Francesco was interesting, well informed and engaging. The tour was a perfect way to start our 5 day stay to get oriented to the city. The rest of our visit was enhanced by our walking tour. We saw such a variety of sites, got so much information that we wouldn’t have gotten from a tour book. Great tour.

Reviews

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based on 24 reviews
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Disappointing no centralized meeting location or address listed waste of money.

alissa, Mar 2025
Very disappointing, there was no landmark to meet the guide or the tour group. I reached out to the guide or contacted whomever was listed under their contact information about where the physical address was to meet people because San Marcos Square is extremely crowded especially on a Saturday and nobody got back to me. So this was a complete waste of money and very disappointing that I could not locate a central area to meet people. And there was no instructions under the meeting point information on the website. They need to have clear instructions about where to meet the guy because there’s probably 50 to 102 groups that meet in the central area of San Marcos Square so there’s nothing to delineate where you’re supposed to meet the guide.

Do not book! Super unprofessional and disorganized

Cristina_F, Jul 2024
We booked a tour for 11:30am and when we go there we were told that they had put us on the 4pm tour, which we could not attend because of plans. After A LOT of pushback and arguing with the tour leader they put my group of 15 ppl on the 11:30 tour with 10 others, but the tour was not Historical like we had booked it was just a general tour of Venice. Very disappointed. The Viator and Vox team would not help us in any way and would not issue a refund for THEIR mistake. What a terrible experience. I would not recommend booking this tour.

Perfect for getting oriented to Venice

Jean_B, Feb 2024
Francesco was interesting, well informed and engaging. The tour was a perfect way to start our 5 day stay to get oriented to the city. The rest of our visit was enhanced by our walking tour. We saw such a variety of sites, got so much information that we wouldn’t have gotten from a tour book. Great tour.

Not much history

Anne_T, Oct 2023
Was a nice walking tour that gave insight into Venice life and how some things have worked over the years. Would have liked more history though. At the start the guide said they didn't want to throw a bunch of facts at us but that's what we were there for. It's great as a general overview but not detailed history if that's what you're after. Also want to say the tour company was very responsive and accommodating when we notified them we were going to be late because we got on the wrong ferry (doh!). So as a business I highly recommend, just maybe not this tour specifically for history buffs.

Taxi ride gave stopped wrong address 100.00 euros missed our tour

Charlene_A, May 2023
Missed the tour due to taxi driver had the address and dropped us off at the wrong location (we did not realize this) and told us would be 5 minutes to walk to get the tour. Another 45 minutes later we arrived after the tour started. We spoke to the tour company. Explained what happened with the taxi, and didn't have another tour on Sunday 5/7/23. Offer us Monday 5/7/23 only in Venice for the day. We were leaving the next day to fly home back to Orlando, Florida. The tour company was very nice and very helpful. Told us to contact Viator directly about compensation. Disappointed. Made the best of it.

Response from Host, May 2023

Hi Charlene. Thanks for sharing your experience with us. We are sorry that you had a bad experience with the taxi service, but this was out of our control since we only offer the walking tour. We hope you managed to enjoy Venice nevertheless and feel free to contact us at customer@voxcity.com if there is anything else we can do for you! Lucas

Highlights of basic sights of Venice.

Gabriella_C, Feb 2023
There isn’t anything hidden in the stops that are highlighted on this tour(St. Mark’s Square, Rialto Bridge). You would be better finding a guidebook. There aren’t any legends or mysteries that were shared. The guide was knowledgeable and could spew out dates of the building but the tour was boring and not what I expected based on description.

Response from Host, Feb 2023

Hi Gabriella, thank you for taking the time to review us. We're really sorry that your experience didn't lived up to expectations, we will make good use of your comments so as to improve our Venice walking tour. Thank you and really hope to see you soon in another Vox City destination worldwide.

You won’t regret doing this tour

Hannah_P, Nov 2022
This was a great walking tour! There’s no way that we would have discovered all those hidden places away from the center on our own. Our guide was so great at explaining everything. Even my 12 year old enjoyed the tour very much. Highly recommend!!

Response from Host, Nov 2022

Good morning Hannah, thank you for taking the time to review us. We're glad to hear that you and your son had a great time in Venice with us. Looking forward to seeing you again in another destination worldwide!

fantastic experience

Pepoli_C, Sep 2020
the local guide was very nice! the itineraries very good, you can do tours all day with a cheap price!

Something special

Rachele_P, Aug 2020
Wonderful experience! A walking tour completely different and unique: you can join the tour or leave it wherever and whenever you want! The guide is expert and qualified. You can also download an App and have your “self-guided” tour at any time (even during the night if you can’t sleep because of the jet leg)! You should definitely try this experience!!

Unforgettable Venice

joseph_m, Aug 2020
Wonderful experience excellent guide and unforgettable moments in hidden corners around the romantic Venice recommended

Super Full Tour of Venice

Cristhian_W, Oct 2025
We had to do the tour this time with Valentina, we loved it, beyond all the tour that was very complete, there were surprises, and we were super happy with the activity.
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Response from Host, Oct 2025

Buenos días, Gracias por dejarnos este comentario tan importante. Nos alegra y entusiasma que haya disfrutado de nuestro walking tour. ¡Esperamos tener la oportunidad de volver a verlo! Atentamente, VoxCity

Con Valentina todo perfecto

MANUEL_T, Jun 2023
Visita guiada con Valentina muy recomendable, explicó todo en inglés y en español durante un paseo de 2 horas aproximadamente. Perfecto

Nul

magali_s, May 2022
Pas trouver le guide donc decu . Payer pour rien avoir c est vraiment de vant on l a fait une fois et on ne nous y reprendra pas

Response from Host, May 2022

Bonjour Magali, On te remercie d'avoir pris le temps pour nous laisser un avis sur TripAdvisor. Nous sommes désolées que tu aies eu une experience négative avec notre service. J'ai contacté mon équipe à Venice et les tours sont partis normalement en Lundi, à 9h30, 11h30 et 14h30. Est-ce que tu pourrais nous envoyer un mail à booking@voxcity.com pour qu'on puisse mieux comprendre le problème et t'offrir un bon pour un prochaine voyage? Merci d'avance et encore désolé pour le dérangement
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