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Venice in a day

Duration: 5 hours

Costs of the guide: 500 €

Extra charges:
Museum tickets each person:
Doge Palace: 15/30 €,
skip-the-line at San Marco: € 30/36;
"cicchetti" and food: your own choice;
boat ride for 1 h sightseeing: from 150 €, according to the number of people

Only in Venice for one day? Skip the lines and explore the must-see sights like St. Mark's Square, Rialto, and a boat tour in this 5-hour guided tour.

Saint Mark's Square: power and splendour

Duration suggested: 3 hours

Fee for the guided tour: 300 €

Tickets for museums:
Doge's Palace: full ticket € 25 or 30 nd reduced ticket € 13 or 15, depending on reductions
Skip-the-line entrance to St. Mark's Basilica with Golden Altarpiece and Museum Terrace: 30/36 €

Guided tour in the Doge's Palace and Saint Mark's Basilica: a journey through Venice’s history, with Renaissance masterpieces, the Bridge of Sighs, and the stunning Golden Altarpiece.

Venice: An Introduction to History through Places of Power and Trade

An introduction to the history of Venice

Duration: 3 hours

Cost: 300 euros

A walk through Venice’s monumental sites, from Piazza San Marco to Rialto, to discover its history, monuments, and urban layout. Perfect for first-time visitors!

Frari and San Rocco

Duration: 2 hours

Fee for the guided tour: 200 €

Tickets for museums:
Frari Church: 5 €; Scuola Grande di San Rocco: 10 €

Guided tour of the Basilica of the Frari and the Scuola Grande di San Rocco: on the backdrop of the rivalries between Bellini, Titian and Tintoretto, two unmissable places

boat tour in venice with a ìn official guide

Boat tour with a guide: a unique experience

Suggested duration: 2 hours

Price: starting from 200 € + cost of transportation (private taxis are about 150 euros per hour)

Explore Venice's history from the water with a boat tour along the Grand Canal, a stop at San Giorgio Maggiore for some amazing pictures, and a cruise through the minor canals of authentic Venice.

A jump into 18th-century Venice

Duration: 3 hours

Fee: 300 €

Extra costs:
entrance tickets to the museums

Explore Venice's 18th century art and opulence with a visit to Ca' Rezzonico and to the Scuola Grande dei Carmini

Murano glass: history, technology and art

Duration: 3 hours

Cost: 300 euros

Transportation:
2 rides (to and back) by water taxi, about 80 euros each

A tour to discover the history of Murano glass, with a visit to the Glass Museum and to a furnace to observe the glass-blowing process

Cultural shopping: buy local!

This is a highly tailor-suitable itinerary.
For more info, please contact me at info@guidedvenice.com

Explore Venice’s art and culture while shopping for Murano glass, Burano lace, and visiting local workshops of jewelers, chandeliers makers, and more!

Frari Church: Titian and other masterpieces

Duration: 2 hours

Fee for the guided tour: 200 €

Tickets:
Frari: 5 €

Guided tour of the Frari Church, home to exceptional works by Titian, Bellini, and Paolo Veneziano. Admire Donatello's sculpture, plus the funeral monuments of Titian and Canova.

The Academia Gallery collections

Duration: 2 (just highlights) or 3 hours (recommended)

Fee for the guided tour: from 200 €

Tickets for museum:
Gallerie dell'Accademia: 10/15€

The most relevant museum of Venetian art, housing masterpieces from Paolo Veneziano to Canova. A journey through Art History

Murano, Burano and Torcello

Duration: from 4 hours

Fee for the guided tour:400 €

Tickets for museums (per person):
Glass Museum: from 10 €;
Torcello's basilica: from 5 €

Extra fees: private taxi or vaporetto (water bus). The choice about transportation can influence the lenght of the tour, please write for more information: info@guidedvenice.com

Explore the Northern Lagoon: Murano, worldwide famous capital of the glass-making; Burano, celebrated for its colorful houses and its lace production; and Torcello, with its stunning mosaics.

The Correr Museum

Duration: 2 hours
Cost: €200 + tickets
Please note that the Correr ticket is included in the one for the Doge's Palace, the Marciana Library and the National Archiological Museum.

It is the city's museum, with one of the most extraordinary collections of artifacts and works of art in Venice

If you are afraid of missing the most popular sights in Venice choose among these routes