Venice Art Walking Tour with Gondola Ride

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Venice, Italy

3 hours (approx.)
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Venice is full of history, art and architecture, but it can be hard to know where to start. Take in all its highlights in one day with a small group walking tour, allowing you to explore famous sights including St Mark's Square, the Rialto bridge over the Grand Canal, and the Doge's Palace. Learn about Venice's art and history from your guide as you wander through cobbled streets, and enjoy an introduction to the local food and wine. Plus, for the ultimate Venetian experience, enjoy a gondola ride and see this beautiful city from a fresh perspective as you glide through canals and under bridges (optional extra).

Discover Venice's highlights with a walking tour
Learn about its history, art, food and culture from your guide
Admission to the Doge's Palace to explore its magnificent interiors
Take a romantic gondola trip through the city's waterways (optional extra)

What's Included

Licensed English speaking guide
Earphones for groups of more than 5 pax
30 minutes gondola ride
An intimate group setting to ensure personalized attention
Guided walking tour
Doge's Palace & St Mark's Basilica guided tour + terraces (if upgrade option purchased)

Gratuities
Hotel pickup and drop-off

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Piazza San Marco
P.za San Marco, 30124 Venezia VE, Italy
Standard tour: Meet at 1:45 PM in St. Mark’s Sq., under the lion column, in front of Doge’s Palace. Look for the white “Towns of Italy” sign. Full Day Upgrade: • 9:15 AM – Walking Tour & Gondola Ride • 1:45 PM – Doge’s Palace & Basilica Tour Same meeting point. Move independently. Be 15 min early!

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

Operating hours
.9:30 am

Itinerary

Palazzo Ducale

2 hours • Admission Ticket Included

Ponte dei Sospiri

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Piazza San Marco

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Not wheelchair accessible
Near public transportation
Most travelers can participate

We are sorry to inform you that pets are not permitted on our tours
On certain dates, most travelers staying outside of Venice who are planning to visit for the day will be required to pay a €5 access fee. For further details (including exemptions) and to learn what days this fee is applicable, please visit: https://cda.ve.it
A dress code is required to enter places of worship and selected museums. No shorts or sleeveless tops allowed. Knees and shoulders MUST be covered for both men and women. You may risk refused entry if you fail to comply with these dress requirements.
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers

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Cancellation Policy

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

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Reviews

4.4

based on 19 reviews

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Our guide was fantastic,...

Kim_B, Jul 2025

Our guide was fantastic, walked us through the streets highlighting the history of Venice. Would definitely recommend

Response from Host, Jul 2025

Dear Kim, Thank you for your lovely feedback! We’re so glad you enjoyed exploring the streets of Venice with our guide — sharing the city’s unique history is what we love most. We’re passionate about offering authentic and memorable experiences, and we’re thrilled this tour met your expectations. We’d love to welcome you again on another guided tour or cooking class in our Towns of Italy destinations! Warm regards, The Towns of Italy Team

Paula was a superb host...

Lindsay_G, May 2025

Paula was a superb host for our first day and first tour in the city of Venice. As no one else booked in with our group, she catered the entire experience to our particular interests, and shared with us her incredible wealth of knowledge. She personalized our exploration of bridges, alleyways, Venice culture, Italian language, the history of Marco Polo, Libreria Acqua Alta book store, the history of Venetian masks, cisterns, and of course she connected us to our fabulous gondolier Fabio! What an incredible first day. Don’t hesitate to recommend!

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Andrew_R, Jun 2023

Explanation of facade of Doge, Marco Polo house and history were strengths. Loved the drinks, snacks and gondola ride. Other people were challenging but can’t help that. Not really an art tour

Response from Host, Aug 2023

Dear Valued Customer, We appreciate your feedback on the recent experience you had with our Venice Art Walking Tour with Traditional Spritz and Gondola Ride. We are glad to hear that you loved the drinks, snacks and the gondola ride and all the explanation of the most important landmarks, although we are sorry that some aspects of the experience didn't meet your expectations. We apologize for that other guest were challenging, unfortunatly we can't decide over other people's behaviour. But we belive the best in people and hope that everyone tries to be respectful to each other so everyone can enjoy this beautiful tour of Venice. We understand that there might have been a linguistic misinterpretation of the name of the tour, but the term "Art" is meant to describe all the beautiful culture of Venice. The tour is a wonderful introduction to the art, the history, and the amazing local food & wine scene at once. We believe this information might have been conveyed to you in greater detail during the tour. The tour is not an art tour where you go inside galleries or museums. As described you have a walking tour through Venice most important landmarks like the St. Mark’s Square, the iconic Rialto Bridge and the Grand Canal. This information is indeed clearly communicated in the activity specifics on the booking portal. We encourage all our guests to carefully review the details of what they are booking to avoid any misunderstandings that could impact their perception of the tour's quality. Your feedback is valuable to us as we continually strive to improve our offerings. We hope you'll give us another chance to provide you with an even better experience in the future. Thank you for choosing our Venice Walking Tour with Traditional Spritz and Gondola Ride Kind regards, Florencetown - Towns of Italy Customer Care Team

Personalized tour with all the highlights of Venice!

Stephanie_M, Jun 2023

This was a perfect tour for Venice! We got really lucky and had our guide Octavia all to our selves. We really enjoyed the experience and it was a perfect length of time to get in all the highlights.

Enjoyable morning

Susan_J, Apr 2023

Our guide Lorenzo was a lovely patient man with just the right amount of information and a wry kind nature.

Don’t book!

Ricarda_V, Apr 2023

Meeting place was extremely hard!!! No breakfast. Very short tour, separated my partner and I at the gondola ride. The gondola driver yelled to other gondola drivers the whole ride.

Good but misleading information

Shyla_B, Apr 2023

Tour was good but misleading. Tour states that it will end where it started, but that was not the case for my client who, after doing the gondola boat ride, saw that her guide had went missing. No "good bye" or anything. She was so concerned that she contacted the company and me (her travel agent). She said the tour was good other than that bit of false information. Guide missed out on their tip by dissapearing....

Great experience

Margarita_P, Jan 2023

Francesco was really knowledgeable and friendly. He was so helpful and answered all of our questions.

A Solo Mio tour extraordinaire

Sheri_B, Dec 2021

I happened to be the only guest on this tour. I missed meeting other people, but Davide, the tour guide, was wonderful and really tailored what he talked about based on my studies of medieval Europe. He was quite knowledgeable on a vast variety of areas and also made for a great conversation partner. The tour is the perfect length to give you just a look into the history and its most famous sites.

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Explore563720, Sep 2018

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