• Activities in Venice, Italy

• Venice Walking Tour with a Private Guide

The hub of Venetian life, Piazza San Marco (St. Mark’s Square), is located in the city of Venice. When you explore the winding alleyways through canals and bridges and uncover secret locations just a short distance from St. Mark’s Square—with the Doge’s Palace standing close to the Basilica—your guide will point out historical sights along the route.

You may see the Procuratie, the Bridge of Sighs, and the Rialto Bridge on your way from Rialto Market to St. Mark’s Square. See the Basilica, a masterpiece of Byzantine architecture, and the Doge’s Palace from the outside. Discover the vibrant atmosphere and cafés at the heart of Venice life.

• Exclusive: Private Tour in St. Mark’s Basilica at Night

Start in St. Mark’s Square with your VIP tour. You’ll enter the Basilica by yourself and get a unique opportunity to see St. Mark’s Basilica like nearly no one else has or ever will (aside from the Doge himself)

Normally, the sites you will see are off-limits to the general public. The custodian will open doors to places like the crypt, which is said to be where St. Mark’s bones are housed. The walls here are also discolored from previous floods that wreaked havoc on Venice; the crypt used to be inundated each time a high tide struck the city. When all 43,000 square feet of the mosaics are light up, shimmering, and gleaming in the dark, they are at their most stunning.

The narrative of how St. Mark’s became St. Mark’s, which revolves around a prophesy, a kidnapping, and a perilous sea trip, will be told to you by your knowledgeable guide!

Your St. Mark’s Basilica trip will be conducted in small groups of no more than 25 individuals.

Take a one-hour trip with us around the center of Venice to view the Basilica the way it was designed to be seen: imposing, stunning, and gorgeous. The experience will leave you with lifelong memories.

• Private Venetian Motorboat to Murano, Burano and Torcello

On a private trip on a traditional boat, explore the Venetian Lagoon as you sail to three of its most stunning islands. Go on a classic Venetian speedboat and travel to Murano, the home of the best blown glass in the world.

Next go to Burano, the home of lacemaking to see the famed biscuit makers at work, and peaceful Torcello to see one of Venice’s oldest communities.

Highlights 

• • One of the first islands to receive refugees fleeing the invasion was Isola Torcello.
  • Vetreria Artistica Colleon: See a glassblower creating distinctive creations while learning about Murano art glass.
  • Duomo di Murano Santi Maria e Donato: A little lagoon jewel. You’ll be taken aback by this Church from the seventh century.
  • Burano Island is a World Heritage Site. The vibrant village will win your heart. Burano Island is distinguished by its lace, fish, and Bussola bisquits.
  • Murano: With your guide, tour the city’s historic district.

• Private Gondola Ride on the Grand Canal

See Venice, the “Floating City,” at its most alluring from the sea. Take a trip in a private gondola around the Grand Canal.

When your gondolier pulls your classic gondola through Venice’s heart, you will pass by famous sites and enter beautiful side canals.

Pass by:

• • Canal Grande: The Canal Grande is said to as “the most beautiful route in the world”. Gondola serenades have long been a part of Venetian culture, a practice that hasn’t changed for a city that hasn’t. If you glance about, you will almost certainly see the same thing an 18th-century aristocrat, a courtesan from the Renaissance, and even a shopkeeper from the Middle Ages would have seen.
  • Teatro La Fenice: The Fenice is now Venice’s sole opera house, having once been one of the city’s seven principal theaters. It is unquestionably a gem among European theaters and has been shining ever since the finest opera composers of the time, including Bellini, Donizetti, and Rossini, created and performed their works here. Yet Giuseppe Verdi is the composer most associated with the Fenice and with the memories of Venice.
  • Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute: The church of the Madonna della Salute is accessible here as you enter the Grand Canal. The church’s size and strategic placement at the Grand Canal’s entry, which allows it to look out upon the rest of the city from every angle, immediately grab the attention of onlookers.
  • Palazzo Gritti Badoer:  The Gritti Palace is named after the Gritti family, a prominent Venetian family, whose most notable member was Andrea Gritti, the Doge of Venice during the Renaissance. Andrea Gritti led the Venetian armies against the League of Cambrai, a coalition of France, Spain, and the Holy Roman Empire, which sought to thwart Venice’s expansionist ambitions in France.
  • Peggy Guggenheim Collection: One of the most significant art collections in the entire world is the Peggy Guggenheim Collection. Peggy Guggenheim, a native of New York who moved to Venice in 1949, started to feed her obsession with art by purchasing this magnificent structure, where she displayed priceless pieces of art for the benefit of the entire world. Guggenheim frequently sunbathed on the lovely terrace you see while admiring the Canal Grande.