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Venice Hidden Gems: Gondola & Walking Tour
4.1
133 Ratings
Venezia
Uncover the hidden treasures of Venice on this off-the-beaten-track walking tour and gondola ride. Explore lesser-known sites, discover local gems, and escape the crowds for a more relaxed experience.
Uncover the hidden treasures of Venice on this off-the-beaten-track walking tour and gondola ride. Explore lesser-known sites, discover local gems, and escape the crowds for a more relaxed experience.
Duration:
2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Piazza San Marco - A morning walking tour to find out the real Venetian soul! The expert guide will explain you properly the main monuments of Saint Mark’s Square and take you around the unknown romantic Venice.
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Casa di Marco Polo - Building believed to be the home of the famous explorer, marked by a white plaque and now used as a theater.
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- Piazza San Marco - A morning walking tour to find out the real Venetian soul! The expert guide will explain you properly the main monuments of Saint Mark’s Square and take you around the unknown romantic Venice.
- Casa di Marco Polo - Building believed to be the home of the famous explorer, marked by a white plaque and now used as a theater.
- Ponte di Rialto - Discover the Rialto Bridge, the first urban center of Venice, with a highly qualified guide.
- San Giorgio Maggiore - At the end you will fall in love with St. Mark’s Basin and its S.Giorgio Island, but above all, you will love with the stunning view of the Bell tower and Palazzo Ducale.
- Ponte dei Sospiri - Unique view on the most romantic Venetian bridge, the bridge of Sighs
What's Included
- 30 minutes shared gondola ride
- Shared guided walking tour with commentary by a qualified and experienced guide
- Audio Commentary on gondola
- Multilingual assistance for embarking
- Gondola Gallery: how gondolas are made, with tools and a cross-section
- Introductory walking tour to the gondola experience
- 30 minutes shared gondola ride
- Shared guided walking tour with commentary by a qualified and experienced guide
- Audio Commentary on gondola
- Multilingual assistance for embarking
- Gondola Gallery: how gondolas are made, with tools and a cross-section
- Introductory walking tour to the gondola experience
What's Not Included
- Hotel pickup & Drop Off
- Food and Drinks
- Entrances Fees
- Hotel pickup & Drop Off
- Food and Drinks
- Entrances Fees
Additional Information
Already visited the main attractions? Prepare to uncover Venice’s hidden treasures on this unique guided walking tour, which also features a thirty-minute gondola ride.
Gain exclusive insider and local insights on places like the famous La Fenice Theatre and Marco Polo’s House, while discovering hidden gems and narrow canals.
• Enjoy a behind-the-scenes…
Already visited the main attractions? Prepare to uncover Venice’s hidden treasures on this unique guided walking tour, which also features a thirty-minute gondola ride.
Gain exclusive insider and local insights on places like the famous La Fenice Theatre and Marco Polo’s House, while discovering hidden gems and narrow canals.
• Enjoy a behind-the-scenes guided tour of Venice’s lesser-known locations, complete with a gondola ride
• Experience two of Venice’s most iconic activities in one comprehensive excursion
• Explore the legendary art heritage as your guide highlights special points of interest
Explore the Gondola Gallery — learn the secrets of Venice’s iconic boat through original tools, a detailed cross-section, and the craftsmanship that has defined gondolas for centuries. Then, embark on a timeless virtual journey aboard a gondola, gliding through Venice’s iconic canals as history and tradition come alive around you.
- The seat aboard cannot be chosen but will be assigned by the gondolier depending on guest’s weight
- Tour does not operate in case of exceptional high tide (in this case it can be postponed to the day after otherwise it will be refunded).
- The itinerary may change in the event of wind or bad weather.
- Each gondola can guest maximum 5 people
- Please be at the meeting point 5 minutes before the departure time
- The tour could be bilingual
- 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
Location
Venice Tours
Calle San Gallo
Venice Tours is in Campo San Gallo, beside San Marco Square. Having the Basilica of San Marco behind you, stay on the right side of the square and go under the arches. Find Olivetti Museum, turn right, pass under the archways, cross the little bridge and go straight to “Campo San Gallo”.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
4.1
(133 Ratings)
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Rylee_c
Oct 4, 2025
Perfect tour. Great value. - Natalia was an excellent guide! She did a great job sharing her love of Venice. We could understand her very carefully and she was happy to answer our questions. The gondola ride was shared with 5 people total and an excellent value for our ticket price.
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Mehdi_j
Jul 11, 2025
Venice in a rainy day - Great tour with lots of information about old Venice. Our tour guide was wonderful. She helped us get umbrellas and navigated through the rainy day.
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Pati_f
Mar 21, 2025
Hidden Gems - This was so fun to learn some of the hidden gems of Venice
Our guide was very informative and helpful.
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Hazel_p
Mar 8, 2025
Great time in Venice - We had a great time, lot to see, lot of history , our guide was very nice & informative
We had a hard time finding the place & getting information for the meeting liocating, overall we enjoyed it
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Kelly_w
Dec 5, 2024
The one thing not to be missed…. - Great experience! We had a wonderful guide. Very knowledgeable and brought the tour to life with facts, funny stories and tidbits. The gondola ride at the end was perfect❣️
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Kenneth_s
Jun 10, 2025
Very informative tour... - Very informative tour guide. Had to retrace long walk back to gondola after walking tour over. Walking tour should have ended at gondola boarding site. Enjoyable gondola ride even though gondolier did not engage with us.
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Salimah_m
Apr 24, 2025
Great tour - Great tour guide it was just a little long. I was expecting the tour to go right into the gondola and the set up is like Second tour great value for the money beautiful gondola ride I learned a-lot about the city. I would just restructure the timing and when and how the activities are placed. Overall it was great
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Ester_p
Sep 21, 2025
disappointing - The truth was terrible, you don't have a phone to call and everything is via chat, we were the only couple who had requested the tour, we were outside the square in front of where we needed to go we didn't understand the explanation we had to go inside an agency, a girl came out of the agency we asked and didn't answer, then she came in and played crazy, which just had to say it was inside the venue, we ran out of excursion, because the guide didn't even know bother to send a WhatsApp, the gondola tour we had to do in English not in Spanish as we had paid, the agency that carries this tour leaves a lot to be desired, we were relocated for another day that we had another tour, which I explained told us we would give time, and we lost it because we didn't. I have never done a tour so badly organized and unprofessional. I don’t understand how an Enterprise like Viator has such an agency, but I guess as we are many tourists one more or less, but for these companies we are one more, but those who travel we pay and that money does not give us, and that happened to us the first day, and it left us very baffled.
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Jonathon_s
Apr 29, 2025
Buyer Beware - Do Not Book!!!! - Be very careful with this tour operator. Description of the tour timeline is very misleading. If you plan to book other tours after completing this one, you should skip this experience. There is an undisclosed “break” in between the walking tour and the gondola ride. This caused conflict with our Murano boat tour. We could not complete the gondola ride which was disappointing. When we confronted the tour operator, they offered no assistance and fully acknowledged the misleading tour timeline after I showed them my confirmation emails and booking details with Viator. They claimed that it was Viator’s error and not their error. Told me to take it to Viator to request a refund for the gondola portion. This tour is available as a stand alone walking tour - the gondola was an added option that could have easily been refunded. The tour operator rejected the request. Dishonest to say the least and not a business that I would ever use again. I would be wary of any and all tours that this company operates.
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Weiguo_q
Nov 24, 2024
Poor customer service - Honestly, I didn’t get chance to enjoy this tour and quite disappointed with your service. We were severe sick unexpectedly the night before the tour morning. It was less 24 hours to notify. But how do we control our medical condition? Otherwise nothing is called “Emergency”. I had several conversations with support team, got no refund even partial refund. So disappointed.
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