Venice Highlights: Private Walking Tour and Gondola Ride with Local Guide

Uncover the hidden treasures of Venice on a private walking tour and gondola ride. Discover impressive architecture, hear fascinating stories, and admire the city’s top attractions from the water.

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Campo San Luca - Our tour start from the Campo San Luca, between Rialto and Piazza San Marco. After admiring the Rialto Bridge, our guide will lead you inside a small courtyard, at the end of a narrow calle.
What's Included
  • Private Guided Walking Tour
  • Private Gondola ride in Grand Canal
Additional Information

Embark on a memorable guided tour of Venice and delve into its breathtaking architecture and clandestine treasures. Learn about its rich history and culture through captivating tales. Experience the renowned gondola ride along the canals, revealing the city’s scenic waterways, churches, museums, and other notable sites.
Points of Interest:

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Location
Campo San Luca
Please meet our guide at the Red Flag Bar, located on the circle of the H&M, Campo S. Luca Store, you can use the below Google Map Location GMAP: H&M, Campo S. Luca, 4473, 30124 Venezia VE, Italy
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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X7154kqlaurao
Aug 10, 2025
St Marco piazza Venice tour - Very informative! Highly recommend! History and culture. Ended with a beautiful gondola ride. Shaa was very helpful and knowledgeable!
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Chandan_j
Jul 20, 2025
Great guide, breathtaking city - Well informed guide helped us get more out of it by helping us understanding the history and the context, not just the details of the various beautiful monuments, art and architecture.
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Wendy_l
Jun 22, 2025
Very Informative - Excellent tour! Our guide Hossein was very informative and shared fascinating historical facts. Best guide so far a week into our trip.
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Northstar25768126093
Jun 2, 2025
Great Venice experience with Tour Guide Hossein - Booked a private tour through Venice with Hossein today. We had a great time and learnt a lot about Venice in these 2 hours. Hossein was a great tour guide and we can definately recommend the tour! The gondola ride was also great! Would book again. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Roycec124
May 18, 2025
Venice with Hossein was great! - Hossein took us on a wonderful journey of Venice. His knowledge was great and he was very gracious with our questions. Hossein was fantastic with amazing time management.
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K5p4fbq42q
May 16, 2025
great tour - great service, a lot of knowledge, great tour, great person. I would recomend him to anyone. We walked and talked a lot. He is very orepared for the history tour part.
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Susanbj6641ht
Apr 28, 2025
Super tour with super guide - Our guide was Hossein Abdolmaleki & he did a terrific job. My sister & I are older & go at a slow pace so Hossein really conducted the tour to meet our needs. We particularly wanted historical & background info about Venice that he provided. He even had a notebook with pictures that helped you visualize what he was telling us. Great tour
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Jason_s
Mar 20, 2025
Great way to understand... - Great way to understand some important parts of the city! Our guide was very informative. I highly suggest this tour
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David_b
Mar 16, 2025
An Engaging and Well-Paced Venice Tour with a Perfect Ending. Thank you Hossien! - Hossien was an excellent guide—friendly, knowledgeable, and engaging. He brought the history of Venice to life, made the tour interactive, and even took photos for us. He also shared great recommendations for shopping and dining. The tour was well-paced, providing ample time to see key sights without excessive walking. To top it off, he arranged a gondola ride for us, making for a perfect ending. The walking tour lasted about 1.5 hours, followed by a 20-30 minute gondola ride. I highly recommend this experience—10/10!
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Jeremy_b
Apr 16, 2025
Private walking tour and gondola ride - We are very disappointed in this tour. This tour was not what was expected and was by far the worst tour we have been on. The tour lasted 2 hours and not the stated time of 2 hours 30 minutes. We started at the Campo San Luca but thereafter, we did not get to do the following which were listed on the itinerary: admire the Rialto bridge, see the Scala Contarini del Bovolo, we did not go to the Campo Saint’ Angelo or Teatro La Fenice. We asked the tour guide Hossein, when we would see the Teatro La Fenice and he replied that there was nothing to see and that we could go and see it after our tour. He then took us to a shop near St Marks Square selling Venetian masks and regalia and told us to go in to have a look around and told us it was his friend’s shop. We were not particularly interested but we went in. Then when we came out of the shop the gondolas were outside the shop and Hossein then showed us to our gondola. He took out his phone and started recording his own comments and he then turned the phone to us and asked us if we would give a review. This was an extremely inappropriate action as we were put on the spot to say something to the camera which was already recording us. Finally, the gondola ride was supposed to be on the grand canal but we did not go anywhere near this. It lasted 30 minutes instead of the 45 minutes stated in your itinerary. The tour guide may have been knowledgeable about Venice and its history but he did not follow the published itinerary which was extremely disappointing. This was our most expensive tour and it was not value for money.
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up to 10 guests
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).