Venice Orientation walk & drink or gelato

This is perfect introductory tour to Venice so that you get to know the ins and outs just like the locals.  The tour covers the Jewish quarter and the Rialto Bridge where you’ll experience the fish and fruit market (closed on Sundays & Mondays).  

While learning how to navigate the city with your private tour guide you’ll discuss Marco Polo’s trip to China as well as many Venetian stories & legends.  By this time you’ll be holding a gelato or drink in your hand while walking by the Church dedicated to Saints John & Paul. 

Before you know it, you’ll be walking into one of the most beautiful places in Italy: Saint Mark’s Square.  The tour now covers 3 more sites, the intricate staircase Scala del Bovolo followed by the Fenice Opera House and end with a beautiful view of the Guggenheim Museum.

This best selling 3 hour private tour is divided into 2 hours walking & 1 hour in a private water taxi.  

Your private tour guide will be with you throughout the entire tour including the boat ride.  

This option allows you to cover more ground and see the Academy Bridge, the Rialto Bridge, the Guggenheim Museum and the Church of Santa Maria della Salute as well as other sites from the water taxi.  

This tour will end in Saint Mark’s Square and will be customised along the way!

• Tour length: 3 hours
• Meeting point: we’ll decide this together
• Meeting time: we’ll decide this together
• Max group size:  this tour is private only to your party
• Tickets:  All necessary tickets are included in the cost of the tour
• Dress code: there is no dress code requirement

Get off the very busy island of Venice and discover 3 islands with a local tour guide for 6 hours.

The first of the 3 stops is Murano, the world capital of glass blowing!  Murano is very small compared to Venice, but much less densely populated which allowed a perfect location for the huge glass blowing factories.

The tour includes a demonstration at one of the oldest glass blowing factories in the world!

The second stop is island of Mazzorbo, home to a unique vineyard, which still continues struggling to survive 2 months a year due to high tide flooding.

You’ll discover secrets of the Lagoon’s wine production and visit one of the local vegetable gardens.

The 3rd and last visit will be the island of Burano, famous for it’s lace production that dates back to the late 1400s, when Leonardo Da Vinci purchased one for the alter in the Duomo of Milan.

You’ll enjoy the unique small canals and colorful homes which will become a feast for your eyes!

• Tour length: 6 hours
• Meeting point: we’ll decide this together
• Meeting time: we’ll decide this together
• Max group size:  this tour is private only to your party
• Dress code: there is no dress code requirement

The Prosecco Tour

• Tour length: 8 hours
• Meeting point: Piazzale Roma (the only parking lot in Venice next to the train station)
• Meeting time: 9:00am
• Max group size:  this tour is private only to your party (max 8 people)
• Dress code: there is no dress code requirement

Doge’s Palace, Saint Mark’s Basilica & city walk

Venice is a city made up of 118 islands linked with over 400 bridges.  The city is divided by the Grand Canal ending in Saint Mark’s Square where the Doge’s Palace and Saint Mark’s Basilica are located.  You’ll skip the line to the Doge’s Palace to see the Room of the Great Council which held more than 2700 members during the 1500s and then through the Bridge of Sighs followed by Saint Mark’s Basilica (exterior only) and end at the Rialto Bridge.  This 3 hour walking city tour is exclusive only to your party with your 100% private tour guide.

• Tour length: 3 hours
• Meeting point: at the HUGE column in St Mark’s Square with the winged lion at the top
• Meeting time: 9:00am or 2:00pm
• Max group size:  this tour is private only to your party
• Tickets:  All necessary tickets are included in the cost of the tour
• Dress code: shoulders and knees MUST NOT show because you’ll be visiting a few religious sites. Tuscan Tour Guide will not refund any amount if your entrance is denied

The Cannaregio area of Venice has a huge amount of history specifically regarding Judaism.  It has the first Jewish Ghetto ever created in the world!  The synagogue has tours exclusively done by their qualified tour guides.  Tours are offered everyday (except Saturday) from 8:30am to 5:30pm and are given hourly beginning on the half hour.

Venice restaurants in no particular order:

• L’Anice Stellato
• Osteria ai 40 Ladroni
• Osteria Oliva Nera
• Trattoria da Remigio
• Al Covo
• Tratoria Corte Sconta
• Local

Venice b&bs and hotels in no particular oder:

• Ca’ Fenice
• Al Ponte Antico Hotel
• Corte di Gabriella
• NH Collection Venezia Palazzo Barocci
• Ca’ dei Dogi
• CimaRosa