Venice Clock Tower
Venice, Italy
- 40 minutes to 1 hour (approx.)
- Offered in: English
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Overview
The astronomical clock tower of Venice—known as the Moors’ Clocktower—is one of the city’s most iconic landmarks, still ticking after over half a millennium. Only select visits are allowed with reservations, but you’ll get unparalleled access to all four floors during this detailed guided tour. Get a close peek at the intricate mechanism, inspired by the Zodiac, along with wooden icons that only emerge from the clocktower twice a year.
- An exclusive guided tour of the famous astronomical clock tower of Venice
- Get unparalleled access to the mysterious, little-seen tower, only open to visitors by appointment
- Listen to detailed background on the intricate gears and machinery from a private guide
- Get a peek at the statues of the Magi and Angel, only glimpsed twice a year during processions
What's Included
- Visits only upon prior booking, with specialized guide of the museum
- Food and drinks
- Transportation to/from attractions
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
Meeting and Pickup
Departure Point
- Torre dell'Orologio, Piazza San Marco, 30124 Venice Italy
What To Expect
1
Torre dell'Orologio
Admission Ticket Included
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Near public transportation
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
- Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
- The interior of the Clock Tower comprises various small spaces linked by narrow and steep stairs. The building is therefore inaccessible for those with walking difficulties, and the visit is not recommended for pregnant women or for those who suffer from claustrophobia, vertigo, or heart conditions, or respiratory diseases.
- After booking, the local supplier will send you the ticket/voucher accepted at the museum. Please check it carefully
- 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
- Meeting point is the Ticket Office of the Correr Museum (P.za San Marco, 52), 5 minutes before the departure time stated on the tickets.
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
This experience is non-refundable and cannot be changed for any reason. If you cancel or ask for an amendment, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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Reviews
3.3
based on 29 reviews
Mel_B, Feb 2026
No representative to meet us .
St Marks Square has thousands of people.
Instructions unclear
Stood by clock entrance in the end for over an hour
Tour did not take place
Nelia_I, Nov 2025
The excursion was very interesting and informative. I highly recommend.
Not happy with the provider. Original time 12 PM was changed to 11 AM, and I wasn't notified. Please note that excursion entry point is Museo Correr, not Clock Tower.
Kelly_M, Aug 2025
What a totally amazing, once-in-a-lifetime experience! The guide was exceptionally knowledgeable and engaging. We got to see Venice from a perspective that many people will never see.
WARNING though, the meeting point is next to the Museo Corro ticket office, 15 minutes before the actual start time. Give yourself time to get though security AND the ticket office first.
Kelly_B, Jun 2025
Cancelled by provider less tha 24 hours before. Very disappointed and was informed I had to request refund from Viator. Not happy
Crystal_W, May 2025
Cancelled on our family last minute. Please do not charge us. We came all the way from GA for this. Z
Mark_F, Sep 2024
I was given a "voucher" several weeks before the event and told when I would be able to visit the clock tower on the day agreed to and where I would be able to 'redeem' my voucher. I tried to get clarification on why I did not simply get a ticket and a time. After several attempts before I left for Venice , I tried again the DAY BEFORE and finally got an email back saying so sorry they could not get tickets. So I went to the hotel concierge and they got me two tickets for the same day, so much for Viator. I'll also add that a tour I booked with Viator for the day before was cancelled on me only two hours before before the tour was to begin, so two out of three tours through them in Venice were SOL. Ruined a good part of my time in Venice.
Tracy_W, May 2024
I have requested a full refund as you twice cancelled my booking…I never went on this trip as you never sent me tickets I bought same day tickets
I had been a very pleased customer up till now but am questioning future bookings
ChaoI_C, Feb 2024
What experience? There are at least 4 references on their website about this clock tower tour being a guided tour by a professional guide. So we get there at the appointed time and place and we can't find the guide. Now we are running around between the Correr Museum where we are supposed to meet and the clock tower, and still no sign of a guide. Then we started to call and email Viator. By the time they replied back and said it's not a guided tour even though I pointed out and send them pictures it's a guided tour in black and white on their own website, but they still didn't tell us where we are supposed to go up to the clock tower. I asked for a refund and Viator refused saying the tickets are not refundable.
Response from Host, Feb 2024
good morning, you are right: we made a mistake in the description of the service, which was entered as a guided tour when it is actually an independent tour. We have already arranged for a full refund of what you paid, which will be returned to you by VIATOR. We apologize for this error and for your inconvenience
Rick W, Aug 2018
we were supposed to be under the clock tower at 2pm - we were there at 1:45.
we waited, waited, waited until 2:10, no tour guide shows up.
we ask other tour guides who were close by to lead other tours if they had any suggestions.
other tour guide says go to the Museo Correr ticket office, since they are associated with the Clock Tower
we go to the ticket office across St. Marks square.
we try to explain to the ticket office woman who was there.
she says, she does not know why they were not there.
she gives us green stickers to put on our shirts, so the tour guide can identify us.
she tells us to go back to the Clock tower and wait for the tour guide. It is about 1:20 now.
we agree and go back to stand under the clock tower.
nobody shows up...we wait until 2:45, nobody comes.
we go back to ticket office to let her know and she is very dismissive and will not look at us, and all of a sudden she can't speak good English. I asked her, why dont you just send the tour guide to the ticket office, we will wait here, and then we can walk over to the Clock Tower it is only across St. Marks Square.
she says she can't do that.
WE became angry and told her that we will contact Viator and complain.
she did not offer any apology and we left.
Annika_S, Jan 2025
Die Besichtigung an sich war klasse, nur die Preisgestaltung und die Angaben zum Ablauf bzw. dem Treffpunkt eine Katastrophe.
Zunächst geht man davon aus, dass die Besichtigung das kostet, was auf der Viator-Website angegeben ist. Nach der Buchung stellt man dann fest, daß die Tour tatsächlich lediglich ein Drittel pro Person kostet.
Die ganze Tour wird vom Museum Correr organisiert und durchgeführt, wo man auch die Tickets abholen und sich zum Start treffen muss.
Das haben wir jedoch in Eigenregie und durch Recherche selbst glücklicherweise noch rechtzeitig herausgefunden.
Zwei Tage vor der Besichtigung gab es von Viator eine Benachrichtigung, in der es hieß, dass es sich nicht, wie ursprünglich angegeben, um eine geführte Tour handeln würde. Mit dieser Mail wurde auch die Rechnung über die Tickets versandt, aus der hervor ging, dass der Preis pro Person nur 14 statt 21 Euro betragen würde.
Ich bin davon ausgehen, dass diese Preisdifferenz, aufgrund eines Irrtums bei Viator, über Klarna zurück erstattet werden würde.
Als dies nicht geschehen ist, habe ich mich per WhatsApp, telefonisch und über E-Mail mit Viator in Verbindung gesetzt und endlos diskutiert, weil ich die Preisdifferenz von 14 Euro (bei 2 Personen) zurück erstattet haben wollte.
Das Ende vom Lied: Es gibt keine Rückerstattung.
Ich komme mir als Kunde nun komplett "über den Tisch gezogen" vor und kann nur jedem raten, diese Tour direkt beim Museum Correr zu buchen. Das ist wesentlich günstiger und es gibt eine klare Kommunikation.
Das war mein erstes und definitiv auch letztes Mal "Viator".
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