Venice Walking Tour and Gondola Ride: Explore Charming Squares, Bridges, and Narrow Streets

Embark on a Venice walking tour and gondola ride to uncover the hidden treasures of this enchanting city. Explore charming squares, bridges, and narrow streets, and glide along the canals in a classic Venetian gondola. Discover the highlights of Venice with a knowledgeable guide, from Piazza San Marco to Rialto Bridge.

Duration: 2 hours, 27 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Piazza San Marco - The Gondola Ride departs from Bacino Orseolo, located just behind St. Mark’s Square, which you can explore independently.
  • Gondole Stazio Danieli - Board the Gondola at Bacino Orseolo, situated right behind St. Mark’s Square.
  • Scala Contarini del Bovolo - Admire the stunning and elegant spiral staircase from the…
What's Included
  • Professional guide
  • Gondola ride (30 minutes)
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Interior visits to Venice attractions
Additional Information

Delight in a pedestrian exploration through the city, discovering its gems spread across quaint squares, bridges, and narrow paths, followed by a distinctive Venetian gondola boat ride. Traverse the Grand Canal and the minor waterways around the Fenice district, absorbing the allure of this romantic city as you meander through scenic cobblestone streets…

Location
Alilaguna & Bucintoro Viaggi -Ticket Office San Marco Giardinetti
Riva degli Schiavoni
Alilaguna ticket office is located at San Marco Giardinetti vaporetto stop, next to the Royal Gardens. Please don't look for Alilaguna office on Google maps. Strictly requested to be at the meeting point 15 minutes before the departure of the tour.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Michelle_p
Sep 25, 2025
Venice Tour - Our guide was a real gem! He was so knowledgeable, always sprinkling in fun facts and light humor. Lots of fun!!
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Jennifer_a
Sep 24, 2025
Must do!! - Christina was a wonderful guide. She's a born and raised Venetian with 40 years of experience. An absolute wealth of information and so classy. She gave us a dinner recommendation and it was also fabulous!
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Sergio
Sep 18, 2025
Walk through VENEZIA canals by gondola. - A good account of the introductory guide to the activity. I walk to the gondolas. Small groups and gondola very safe, clean and cared for.
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Michael_s
Aug 28, 2025
Our guide Elena was... - Our guide Elena was excellent, and we had a great time on this tour and the gondola ride. Elena was highly knowledgeable and told the story of venice throughout the tour extremely well. The gondola ride started down the grand canal before turning down a side canal, with plenty of opportunities for pictures! My only negative comment would be that its hard to find the tour start, maybe having a brighter / more obvious sign would help. The area the tour starts in is quite busy, so it was hard to find which group was ours.
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Jenny_c
Aug 20, 2025
Wonderful walking tour. - Francesca our guide was fantastic. So informative and enthusiastic. Thank you. When issues arose (lateness) she was very calm and dealt with it efficiently.
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Raymond_l
Aug 9, 2025
Venice walk tour and gondola - Our guide Francesca was great on the walking tour, however the Gondala operator did not say a word to us at all which made our Gondola ride pretty ordinary.
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Joannash7056tb
Sep 7, 2025
Great walk, could be better gondolier - Our walking tour was great. It was a nice way to see all the interesting parts of Venice and learn some hidden secrets. The gondola ride was with a different person. He didn’t even say hello to us-not one word the entire ride. That was disappointing.
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Terri_h
Aug 26, 2025
Not what I expected - It was a wonderful experience, but the tour guide really makes or breaks this activity, unfortunately our tour guide was not very exciting. We enjoyed the walking tour, being able to go to places we would not have gone otherwise, but wish our tour guide was a little bit more engaging. Yet there are many different tour guides, so hopefully this was just one average example. Loved going on the gondola! That was an awesome experience for us!
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Russell_d
Aug 26, 2025
Be early or they sell your tickets - Met at the meeting point at designated time. Tour left without us. Apparently if you aren’t early they sell your tickets to someone else. We caught up with our tour and they were full so couldn’t allow us to join. Not a great experience.
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Diana_o
Aug 9, 2025
Tour company not friendly - Not worth the price spare yourself the aggravation with rude tour guides.You will have a better experience on your own.
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up to 9 guests
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).