Venice Highlights: Gondola, Murano & Burano

Experience the best of Venice in one day! Explore iconic sights like St Marks Church and Doges Palace, take a gondola ride, and visit the artisan crafts of Murano and Burano.

Duration: 9 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Basilica di San Marco - Skip the long lines with our special tickets and head straight inside. From November to March, St. Mark’s Basilica does not offer skip-the-line entry as queues are typically minimal.
  • Doge’s Palace - Discover the intriguing history of the Venetian Republic as you tour the Doge’s Palace. This tour not only highlights the…
What's Included
  • Skip-the-line Entry and Guided tour of the Doge’s Palace
  • Skip-the-Line Entry and Guided tour of St Marks Basilica
  • Access to St. Mark’s Basilica (valued at €12 per person)
  • Round Trip Transportation to/from Murano & Burano Island
  • Glass Blowing Demonstration
  • Lace Making Demonstration
  • 30 Minute Gondola Ride
  • Professional, English Speaking…
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Want to uncover the finest of Venice but squeezed for time? This guided trip fuses the city’s top-notch landmarks into a single day tour! Savor fast track entry into the St Marks Church, behold the corridors of the Doges Palace, and view the city from its canals during your gondola ride, led by our experienced Gondoliers!
Post a relaxed lunch break, our…

Location
Colonna di San Todaro
Piazza San Marco
Please Arrive 15 Minutes Early. Between the two big columns in St. Mark’s Square (columns of San Marco & San Teodoro) located on the south side of the square, near the canal. Your guide will be holding a "The Tour Guy" sign.
Cancellation Policy

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

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Roderick_h
Oct 16, 2025
The islands were short,... - The islands were short, but nice. The trip to them was slower than anticipated. Burano is very quaint and should have more time dedicated. Guides Serena and Filippo were both top notch.
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Michael_p
Oct 16, 2025
Good tour with gondola ride - The tour was divided into two sections. The first part was a boat tour that took us to Murano and Burano island with a nice tour guide (Susanna?). She was very helpful and knowledgeable about Venice and the islands specifically. It was pretty cool to see the glass making demo and the islands being a bit different than central Venice. The second part was a tour of the Doge’s palace and Basilica with a great tour guide with a good sense of humor, Filippo. He was very helpful and attentive to others’ needs, etc, while keeping it light and having a nice flow. Tour caps off with a nice gondola ride. Recommend this highly.
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Gerald_t
Oct 15, 2025
One Day in Venice - It was a very interesting tour with water taxis to Murano and Burano. Our guide Claudia was wonderful, so full of energy and facts. Burano is actually a much bigger area than Murano. Doge Palace portion seemed a little long and gondola was fun, good start to see Venice.
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Anne_j
Oct 15, 2025
Roberta was an excellent... - Roberta was an excellent guide. She seemed to know everything about every place. She was conscious of everyone's needs. The Doge Palace was amazingly beautiful. I highly recommend this tour .
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Michael_c
Oct 11, 2025
Great tour to see Venice in a day. - This tour is al day long. 9 hours. We toured the main attractions at San Marcos., went on a Gondola ride, and took a nice boat ride to 2 other islands. This was a very organized tour. Our guide for the first half was Marco. He was very knowledgeable and funny. He was very easy to understand and kept the group together well in the large crowds of people. Alessia was our guide for the second half. She was well organized and did a great job as well. You could tell that she enjoyed her job, went out of her way to make sure everyone had a good time. This tour was well worth the money.
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Carolyn_s
Oct 9, 2025
Fabulous experience with great guides!! - We loved getting this guide to Venice in a day, breaking it up into two experiences was perfect. We started the day with our lovely guide Serena to the Islands of Murano to visit the incredible Murano Glass Factory, complete with a glass blowing demonstration and the fabulous museum to see all the creatiions!! Then next we visited the colorful fishing island of Burano that was just a delight. Great tip form our guide to visit Carmelina's Bakery for Burano BUSSOLÀ cookie. In the afternoon our guide became the fabulous NICO who led us through Doges Palace and St. Marks Basilica and absolutely amazed us with his knowledge and ability to answer any question asked!! Nico kept everyone engaged!1 Then to end the day in a gondola was the cherry on top!
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Deborah_d
Oct 8, 2025
Venice in a day! - Fabulous tour. Guide knew so much and had a great, engaging manner. We came away knowing so much more about Venice. The trip to Murano and Burbank was amazing! Loved every minute of this day!
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Orion0511
Oct 15, 2025
Time to enjoy Venice! - All the guides team were very helpful and informative, but in some parts of the tour for example in Burano time is really short to many things to do but time isn’t enough, otherwise was good. We recommend
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Jennifer_t
Oct 11, 2025
Burano and Murano and a gondola ride - Murano and Burano was worth doing, particularly Burano. Make sure you don’t stay at the glass factory in Murano - total rip off (although interesting display of what they do). Go wandering. Within 5 minutes there are lovely shops and cafes. Burano was amazing! The gondola ride was excellent. Morning walking tour was ok. Rather long!
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Mark_d
Oct 11, 2025
Worth the money spent - This is two seperate tours, with about an hour between them. The meeting point was very congested leading to some confusion.
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From $115
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).