Excursion to the Islands of Murano, Burano and Torcello

• Visit the famous Venetian islands of Murano, Burano and Torcello
• Goes through the canals of Venice
• Discover iconic places of handcrafts like glass and laces factories
• Divided into nine islets crossed by a wide canal, Murano is the island of glass blowing. A long and still-thriving tradition dating back to 1291, when the glass artisans moved here their kilns from the old city center due to the fear of fires dangers. Murano history and wealth is entirely related to the glass: during the 15th and 16th centuries it was the main glass centre in Europe.

Excursion to the Islands of Murano, Burano and Torcello

Doge’s Palace and Saint Mark’s Basilica tour

 

• Discover the Palazzo Ducale with its splendid rooms and masterpieces
• Explore the Golden Basilica, a masterpiece of byzantine art
• Enjoy a privileged entry to avoid the queues: skip the line
• Take part in a guided tour to learn more about the history of Venice

Doge’s Palace and Saint Mark’s Basilica tour

Doge’s Palace skip-the-line tour

• Visit the Palazzo Ducale, the seat of the Venetian political power, avoiding queues
• Enter the Venetian prisons, famous for hosting Giacomo Casanova
• Admire the gold staircase and the realism of the scenes depicted
• Relive the anguish of the prisoners crossing the famous Bridge of Sighs
• Meet your guide at the meeting point in St Mark’s Square

Doge’s Palace skip-the-line tour

Classic Venice gondola ride

Embark on a gondola ride through the Grand Canal where you will see wondrous beauty and culture in every direction. You will be in the S. Maria della Salute area and in the minor canals / Fenice area. The magnificent journey ends at the station Vallaresso (Dogana) dock.

Today the Gran Canal is filled with modern transportation, but the gondolas still holds a valuable place in Venice’s history as one of the icons of the city. In the 17th and 18th century it is estimated that there were anywhere from eight to ten thousand gondolas that treaded through the canals of Venice. Today the art of the gondolier is being preserved in the historical center of Venice with only four hundred gondolas remaining. Taking a ride on a gondola gives you a different perspective of the city and takes you by places that you might have not been able to reach by foot.

Since we want you to enjoy, relax and take in the beauty of the sights around you no commentary from the guide will be given. Take this time to sit back, relax and enjoy the ride!

Classic Venice gondola ride

Water Taxi shuttle transfer from Venice Airport to the center

Venice Shuttle is a fast shared boat service from Marco Polo Airport to Venice center and vice versa. You will experience the pleasure of reaching your hotel comfortably and quickly, travelling on a watertaxi admiring Venice and avoiding the overcrowding of public transport at a very convenient rate.

Shuttle from the airport

Show-up with your voucher at Venice City Tours desk (n. 69) which is located in the arrival hall at the left side of the exit. From arrival lounge to watertaxi embarkation pier, there is a short walking distance (7 minutes approx.). The shuttle boat leaves from the airport once or twice an hour in accordance with the arrival flights. You will share the watertaxi together with other customers and will be transferred – directly or with other stops – to your hotel nearest mooring point. Once in Venice you’ll reach the hotel on your own (you will be handed a plan for reaching the hotel).

Shuttle to the airport
One day prior your departure, you will receive at your hotel a written pick-up as confirmation of your transfer. The shuttle boat leaves to the airport approximately once an hour, in accordance with the departure flights. You will share the taxi boat together with other customers and will be transferred – directly or with others stops – to the airport. You are required to show up at the foreseen meeting point 15 minutes before the departure.

Water Taxi shuttle transfer from Venice Airport to the center

30-minute private gondola ride in Venice

Experience an exclusive and romantic 30-minute private gondola ride on the canals of Venice.
Discover the city from the water, as it was meant to be seen. See picturesque canals and enchanting Venetian architecture and share the ride with a loved one.

It is estimated that there were 8-10 thousand gondolas operating on the canals of Venice during the 17th and 18th centuries. Today, there are just 400 that are still in active service. Do not miss this opportunity to experience Venice from one of these icons on a private 30-minute ride.

Although most of the gondolas are used for touristic purposes, you’ll be fascinated by the strong bond they continue to have with the history of Venice.

Learn how each part of the boat has symbolic meanings. For example, the ferro or prow has 5 or 6 pettini (prongs) to symbolize the city’s sestieri (districts). Made of iron to balance the weight of the gondolier, the S shape evokes the flow of “Canal Grande”.

30-minute private gondola ride in Venice

Gondola ride experience

• A 35 minutes ride on the traditional Venetian gondola
• Slide among centuries of history and picturesque views
• Enter the breathtaking Canal Grande
• Enjoy amazing photography opportunities

The gondola is one of the main symbols of Venice, as emblematic of the famous water city as mysterious in its origins. Not many people know that at the beginning this unique vessel was different from the one we can admire today, changing across time together with the city it is associated to. Of course, the history of the gondola is deeply bounded to the one of Venice

Gondola ride experience

Doge’s Palace and St Mark’s Square museums skip-the-line tickets

Visit the Doge’s Palace, a masterpiece of Gothic architecture and the seat of the Venetian political power for centuries, with skip-the-line open tickets valid for 3 months. See its magnificent triumphal arches, the splendid golden staircase and masterpieces by Titian, Veronese, Tiepolo and Tintoretto.

This ticket also includes the St. Mark’s Square museums, such as Museo Correr – with its temporary exhibitions –, the National Archaeological Museum – one of the oldest public museums in Europe, home to an important collection of Greek and Roman sculptures – and the monumental rooms of the Biblioteca Marciana.

Doge’s Palace and St Mark’s Square museums skip-the-line tickets

The Golden Basilica: St. Mark’s Basilica skip-the-line tour

For you a guided tour in one of the most incredible cathedrals of the world. On this tour, escorted by a tour guide and planned with the Curia of Venice, you will enjoy a full visit of this masterpiece of Byzantine art. You’ll have the pleasure of discovering the beautiful gold mosaics and marble inlays of the floors, sitting comfortably while your guide shows you the represented biblical scenes, the history and the particularities of this ancient basilica.

Admire the Pala d’Oro, an exquisite example of the Byzantine art with its thousands of gems and precious stones and enjoy the view of the Treasury; a splendor of the religious art collected along the centuries.

The privileged entry and the special collaboration with the Curia of Venice allow us to avoid the queues! An audio-receiver device will be included.

The Golden Basilica: St. Mark’s Basilica skip-the-line tour

Gondola serenade with a musician on board

Experience culture, beauty and romance of Venice in a relaxing way. Your visit to Venice would not be complete without treating yourself to a gondola ride accompanied with a beautiful serenade.

Today the Gran Canal is filled with modern transportation, but the gondolas still holds a valuable place in Venice’s history as one of the icons of the city. In the 17th and 18th century it is estimated that there were anywhere from eight to ten thousand gondolas that treaded through the canals of Venice. Today the art of the gondolier is being preserved in the historical center of Venice with only four hundred gondolas remaining. Taking a ride on a gondola gives you a different perspective of the city and takes you by places that you might have not been able to reach by foot.

Since we want you to enjoy, relax and take in the beauty of the sights around you no commentary from the guide will be given but your ears will be filled with a splendid serenade. Take this time to sit back, relax and enjoy the ride!

Gondola serenade with a musician on board

Alilaguna Transport from Marco Polo Airport to Venice City Centre

The Alilaguna navigation network is made up of five lines that connect the Marco Polo Airport to the center of Venice, along with Lido, Murano, and Punta Sabbioni.

You can choose between a one-way or roundtrip ticket.

Alilaguna Lines:

• BLUE LINE: Marco Polo Airport – Murano Colonna – Fondamente Nove – Hospital – Basins – Lido Santa Maria Elisabetta – Arsenale – San Zaccaria Jolanda – Piazza San Marco – Zattere – Giudecca Hotel Hilton Molino Stucky – Maritime Station or vice versa
• ORANGE LINE: Marco Polo Airport – Fondamenta Nuove – Madonna dell’Orto – Guglie (Railway) – San Stae – Rialto – Sant’Angelo – Ca’ Rezzonico – Santa Maria del Giglio – Piazza San Marco or vice versa
• RED LINE: Marco Polo Airport – Murano Museum – Lido Santa Maria Elisabetta – Giudecca Zitelle or vice versa (Seasonal line, operating from April to November)

Alilaguna Transport from Marco Polo Airport to Venice City Centre

La Fenice Theatre guided visit

Built in 1792 in Neoclassical style following a competitive public exam won by one of Canova’s friend, Giannantonio Selva, the theatre was at the time one of the many private theatres for theatrical and opera performing.

In December 1836 a big fire destroyed the inside structure that was rebuilt one year later just like a mythical bird rebirthing from the ashes.

In the 19th century, the theatre staged world premieres of numerous operas including Rossini’s Tancredi, Sigismondo and Semiramide, Bellini’s I Capuleti e i Montecchi (The Capulets and the Montagues) and Beatrice di Tenda, Donizetti’s Belisario (Belisarius), Pia de’ Tolomei, Maria de Rudenz, Verdi’s Ernani, Attila, Rigoletto, La traviata and Simon Boccanegra.

With a seating capacity for over 1,000 people, the Fenice boasts excellent acoustics (which were improved when the theatre was rebuilt after the devastating fire of 1996), a 98-member orchestra and 66-person opera chorus, a dedicated local audience and a large international following. The theatre is a leading creative venue, staging more than one hundred opera performances per year, a major symphonic season conducted by prominent conductors from across the globe, the full cycles of symphonies by Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms and Mahler, a contemporary repertoire focused especially on Venetian artists such as Nono and Maderna, ballets, and chamber music concerts.

 

La Fenice Theatre guided visit

Venice hop-on hop-off boat tour: 24 and 48-hour tickets

• Explore Venice onboard a red city sightseeing boat
• 24 or 48-hour red boat ticket: explore the Laguna at your pace
• Get on and off at any stop to admire the 400 bridges of the city
• Welcome and assistance at the new City Sightseeing Venice Visitor Center
• Built on an archipelago of 118 small islands around 800 B.C., Venice is an extraordinary mix of artistic and cultural influences that reached the city by land and most of all by sea over the centuries. Venice is crossed by 150 canals and connected by over 400 bridges: that’s why you can only visit the city on foot or by boat. Admiring the beauty and splendour of the city from the sea is a lifetime experience you will never forget. City Sightseeing launches its own “red boats” to accompany you around the Laguna.

Venice hop-on hop-off boat tour: 24 and 48-hour tickets

Carnival of Venice 2020 walking theatre show

In Venice, from the middle of the fifteenth century, the nobles and the wealthy were preceded by a servant called “Codega” equipped with a lantern to enlighten their path in the darkness of night delighting them with anecdotes and stories.

You will get your own personal host to guide you through the maze of mystery that belongs to the lagoon. A leap in the past that will inspire you to be the actors in a moving mise en scene that will push you into the heart of the life of the Serenissima Republic and its Carnival.

You will learn about Casanova and the Levantine, about the gondolier that became a priest and about the elephant that found shelter in a church. You will discover why an angel was put as a palace guardian and why the bridge between two convents is called “The Devil’s Bridge”, but also the secret language of fans and the legends of a number of ghosts that are said to live in Venice.

Through the stories of the “Codega”, you will be escorted to unusual and secret places of Venice that differ from the peaceful chaos of Carnival, and you will be able to find out about some of the interesting facts of the history and daily life of the Serenissima Republic.

Carnival of Venice 2020 walking theatre show

Ducal Venice: Morning Walking Tour with Doge’s Palace

• Take part in a guided tour to visit the highlights of Venice
• Explore Piazza San Marco with its main monuments
• Visit the Doge’s Palace, the seat of the Venetian political power
• Listen to anecdotes on the square of Santa Maria Formosa

Have a walk (no entrances) through the most characteristic and important places for the history of Venice. A qualified and experienced guide will escort you through the millennium of life of the Serenissima Republic, recalling the past full of charm of this unique city. Treat yourself to an essential and multillingual tour for the understanding of Venice.

Ducal Venice: Morning Walking Tour with Doge’s Palace

Highlights of Venice walking tour with Doge’s Palace and Saint Mark’s Basilica

Have a walk (no entrances) through the most characteristic and important places for the history of Venice. A qualified and experienced guide will escort you through the millennium of life of the Serenissima Republic, recalling the past full of charm of this unique city. Treat yourself to an essential and multillingual tour for the understanding of Venice.

• Discover Venice’ most famous buildings and symbols
• Skip the line at Basilica San Marco and Doge’s Palace
• Listen to interesting facts about Venice’s history and present
• Admire the characteristic “campo”, Venice’s picturesque squares

Highlights of Venice walking tour with Doge’s Palace and Saint Mark’s Basilica

Murano: Glass Factory Tour with Blowing Demo and Workshop from Venice

Murano: Glass Factory Tour

La Fenice Theatre: Tickets with audio guide

La Fenice Theatre: Tickets with audio guide

Historic walking tour of Venice

• Piazza San Marco: Origins, history and description of the main monuments, such as Basilica San Marco, Palazzo Ducale, Bell Tower, Clock Tower and Procuratie
• Santa Maria Formosa: History and anecdotes related to this wonderful and characteristic square
• Campo SS. Giovanni e Paolo: The “Pantheon” of Venice, the Great School of Charity, the Captains of fortune
• Marco Polo’s House and Malibran Theatre: Anecdotes and past and recent history cross each other in this beautiful corner of Venice
• Return to San Marco through the Mercerie, vital connection between Rialto and San Marco and the main street for the city shopping.

Historic walking tour of Venice

Alone in St. Mark’s Basilica: after hours tour

• Exclusive after-hours access to St. Mark’s Basilica, Venice’s most famous site
• Feel privileged as a Basilica guard will unlock the doors for you to explore special areas
• See the 43,000 square feet of illuminated mosaics; even more breathtaking lit up at night
• Delve into the history of St. Mark’s and of Venice with your enthusiastic, English-speaking guide

Alone in St. Mark’s Basilica: after hours tour

Gondola ride and Saint Mark’s Basilica tour

• Admire the charm of Venice seen from the water
• Visit the Saint Mark’s Basilica, a masterpiece of byzantine art
• Enter the breathtaking Canal Grande
• Enjoy a privileged entry to avoid the line at the church

Gondola ride and Saint Mark’s Basilica tour

Cortina and the Dolomites day trip from Venice

Enjoy a fantastic full day tour from Venice to discover the most famous towns and lakes of the Dolomites with their breathtaking views and landscapes! Pieve di Cadore, Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Cortina, Lake Misurina, Lake Auronzo are waiting for you.

Your first stop will be Cortina d’Ampezzo, where you could visit the town and have lunch in one of the excellent restaurants of the city or take the Cortina-Faloria cable car to fully appreciate the beauty of the Ampezzo Dolomites.

After that, you will head to Lake Misurina, a lovely place for a walk in the open air. It is known also as the “pearl of the Dolomites” and it is one of the most beautiful Italian lakes, thanks to its mirror waters.

Tre Cime di Lavaredo has an extraordinary and privileged “terrace” of the natural park, from which it is possible to admire the entire panorama of the Dolomites and where you can visit the galleries dug into the mountain.

Cortina and the Dolomites day trip from Venice

Prosecco Wine Road Trip from Venice

Discover Prosecco wine road and its region enjoying a relaxing and slow full day trip from Venice.

This tour will take you to Valdobbiadene, a city well known for its wonderful vineyard and super tasting wines. Here, at about 11.30am you will reach the first winery where you will have your first wine tasting. Experts say that this is the perfect time to taste some wine since your body is at its top ready to welcome all the sensations wine can give you: from the nose sense of smell with its perfumes to the brain.

In the winery, an expert will guide you first to see the winery itself and then to the cellar to explain the method of Prosecco making, from grape pickling to the fermentation. In the tasting room, you will enjoy some different types of Prosecco (Brut, Extra Dry, Dray, Cartizze or Rosè) or other wines. You will enjoy a nice lunch in a wonderful restaurant next to the vineyard, with a breathtaking view (lunch expenses are not included).

After lunch, you will head to Follina, where you could admire the wonderful abbey and its cloister from the XII century. The tour will go on with another tasting in another selected vineyard, where you could also see a wonderful vineyard and understand another different method of making the Prosecco.

Prosecco Wine Road Trip from Venice

Chocolate Tasting in Venice

We’ve all heard about wine and food tastings, but how about a chocolate tasting?

From Monday to Saturday, from 11.00 to 16.00 you can taste the delicacy produced in our laboratory and traces the history of chocolate.
This experience is perfect for either you and your spouse or for a group of friends! Your mission is to discover the deliciousness that chocolate has to offer.

Dragées, chocolate covers, pralines and truffles are just some of the many products you will find – and taste! – in this wonderful shop!

Chocolate Tasting in Venice

Armenian Venice private tour

The purpose of this itinerary is to approach the Armenian culture and the historical presence in Venice, which became stable from the 12th century. The bond between the city and Armenians was based on diplomatic, commercial and cultural exchanges which reflect in monuments, buildings, churches, palaces, calli, campielli. The Armenian presence in the city is also confirmed by the names of some places. Afterward, with the assignment of the island of San Lazzaro (which was called “the Armenians’ island” in 1717) to the Mechitarists congregation, Venice became one of the main European centers of the Armenian culture.

An Armenian-Venetian guide will lead you to three of the most important places of Armenian memory in Venice. The itinerary will be carried out by an Armenian guide, while on the island you will be welcomed by a Mechitarist Father.

Armenian Venice private tour

Fresh Pasta Private Cooking Class

Join this private cooking class and learn how to make the best fresh pasta ever!

Your personal chef and all the ingredients will be waiting for you at the kitchen, ready for the lesson.

You will learn to make 3 different types of pasta, like Spaghetti, Tagliolini, Gnocchi or Ravioli, with 3 different sauces made with seasonal meat, fish and vegetables.

At the end of the class, you will taste the delicious dishes that you prepared.

Fresh Pasta Private Cooking Class

Artisanal ice cream workshop in Venice

Join this amazing workshop and you will learn all the secrets for making the best ice cream ever!

This experience will let you learn the tips and tricks to create gourmet ice cream.

You will follow recipes based on natural elements and you could choose the best and freshest ingredients, according to Italian tradition.

You will start from fresh milk and water and step by step you will add fresh fruit and creamy ingredients to obtain an unforgettable, healthy and tasty ice-creams and sorbets.

Artisanal ice cream workshop in Venice

Private Venetian art and architecture walking tour

This two hour private tour is the perfect way to discover the art and architecture of Venice, away from the buzzing crowds, experience the hidden masterpieces in this city. If you have little formal knowledge of art or architecture but are keen to become fully immersed in the aesthetic beauty of Venice, then this is the tour for you! Your expert guide will take you through the labyrinth of narrow alleys, numerous bridges, winding canals and across wide picturesque “campi” or squares, providing you with examples of the development of typical Venetian architectural genres.

Visit the interior of the magnificent cathedral of Saints Giovanni and Paolo, to admire the gothic architectural structure, with the largest stained window in Venice, and once inside, view the resting place of the Venetian Doges. Your official guide will be pleased to answer any of your questions regarding the history of these fascinating works of art. You will also have the opportunity to visit the Miracoli Church, a hidden jewel in this remarkable city of water. Recently restored, see the renaissance facade and discover the origins of this unexpected miniature church. The former residence of Marco Polo, probably the most famous Venetian merchant, and the surrounding Corte del Milion is also part of the itinerary of this tour and will provide you with further understanding on the evolution of the broad range of artistic and architectural influences you can witness around the city.

Private Venetian art and architecture walking tour

Chocolate Workshop in Venice

 

Enjoy a sensational workshop and learn how to make chocolate with a chocolate master!

The chef will reveal you all the secrets and the best techniques to dilute chocolate, create ganache or a mousse.

Make extraordinary chocolate truffles and enjoy a cup of hot chocolate (during winter).

Gain the knowledge about chocolate, taste the truffles that you made and bring them home with you!

Chocolate Workshop in Venice

Venetian Cichetti Private Cooking Class

Join this private cooking class and learn to cook Cicheti like a local with your personal chef.

Cicheti are small plates that turn everyday meals into high-street-food bite-size delicacies.

During this class you will prepare 6 or 7 different types of gourmet Cicheti made with seasonal meat, fish and vegetables.

At the end of the class you will taste what you made with your hands together with a good glass of Prosecco!

Venetian Cichetti Private Cooking Class

Create your own Perfume Tour and Workshop

 

Join this extraordinary tour and learn about the history of Venetian perfumery.

You will visit Palazzo Mocenigo, an ancient 16th-century palace, which became the Study Centre of the History of Textiles, Costumes, and Perfume.

Your friendly guide will reveal you the story and the secrets about the history of the Venetian perfumery, talking about the old merchants of the past, to the precious raw materials they imported from the East. There, you could also meet a Master Perfumer and you could have an incredible sensory experience.

At the end of the visit, you could also participate in a unique workshop, where you could make your own perfume and create your personal fragrance.

Create your own Perfume Tour and Workshop

1 Hour private Gondola ride

Admire Venice from the most exclusive and breathtaking point of view: the water. Slide among centuries of history and picturesque views on a traditional Venetian gondola, an experience you will hardly forget. The gondola is one of the main symbols of Venice, as emblematic of the famous water city as mysterious in its origins. Not many people know that at the beginning this unique vessel was different from the one we can admire today, changing across time together with the city it is associated with. Of course, the history of the gondola is deeply bonded with the Venice one.

Considered one of the most beautiful and elegant boats on Earth, it is built through unique techniques and each part of it also has symbolic meanings. For example, its multi-pronged ferro, or prow, does have five or six “pettini”, symbolic of the six “sestieri” in which Venice is divided into. The function of this part made of iron is to balance gondoliere’s weigh and it has an “S” shape evoking the flow of the Canal Grande.

Not only elegance and beauty then, but a whole world also embodied in this boat nowadays the symbol of Venice. Let yourself experience in first person the gondola through this tour. An enchanting and relaxing way to enjoy the colours, lights, sights, charm and beauty of Venice. You will admire elegant bank-side palaces, unique bridges and breath the charming and magic atmosphere that only a town built on the water can give you. Can you imagine a better experience to share with the people you love? Probably difficult to find. Just take your smile and beloved one with you, the timeless beauty of Venice seen from the gondola will do the rest.

1 Hour private Gondola ride