Take a walking tour

Walking tours are often the best way to get to know a new city and are a great option for first time visitors to Venice to get their bearings and familiarise themselves with this city’s (very confusing) layout more closely. The narrow winding lanes and canals of Venice can be very confusing and it is easy to get lost so taking a walking tour is a good way to ensure that you see all the places you wanted to visit and learn more about their history, without spending hours wandering around lost.

There are a wide range of themed walking tours offered in Venice; there is even a free walking tour! Most tours of Venice can be booked as a private tours or small group tours. Tours involving top Venetian attractions (like St Mark’s Square, the Rialto Bridge etc) also offer convenient amenities such as priority entrance to St Mark’s Basilica. During the Classical Venice tour, the interesting history of the Rialto Bridge will be revealed to you; the Special Venice tour will explain the origins of the Bridge of Sighs’ name ( hint – it is nothing romantic).
Those looking for something more offbeat can try the Hidden Venice tour that reveals interesting stories and anecdotes, secret areas of Venice and marvellous churches containing amazing works of art or try the Castello district tour which will introduce to you the pantheon of Venice’s doges and illustrious people.