Visit St. Mark's Basilica, Doge's Palace, Rialto Bridge, and the hidden areas of Venice
Free CancellationSkip the Line
4.94
( 316 reviews )
6 h
Max 20 Guests
Venice's narrow streets, winding canals, and countless attractions means it's easy to lose your way in this floating city. Our Venice In A Day tour takes away the guesswork with skip-the-line access to St. Mark's Basilica and Doge’s Palace, ensuring you maximize your time. Discover hidden gems and charming back streets with a passionate local guide who reveals the secrets of Venice. Finish your day with a relaxing gondola ride, capturing the true essence of Venice.
You'll meet your local guide on the south side of St. Mark's Square, near the canal, between the San Marco and San Teodoro columns. Once you and your small group are there, your guide will share the incredible history of Venice and the piazza you're currently standing in. You'll get skip-the-line access to the two most important and famous buildings in Venice: St. Mark's Basilica and Doge's Palace. And our local guide will take you to some...
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Passionate English-speaking guide
Skip the line tickets
St. Mark's Basilica
Doge's Palace
30-minute Venetian gondola ride
Venice walking tour
Group size of 15
Tour guide gratuities
Meal
Meet your guide at St. Mark's Square
Begin your tour at the easy-to-reach St. Mark's Square, famous for its Basilica, storied Doge's Palace, and Renaissance clock tower.
St. Mark's Basilica
With skip-the-line tickets, pass the queue and enter the magnificent St. Mark’s Basilica, whose opulent gold mosaics are sure to impress.
Rialto Bridge
Walk across the oldest of the four bridges spanning the Grand Canal and learn how it has long been an essential link in Venetian trade.
Rialto Market
Witness the buzz of the Rialto Market, where Venetians have shopped for fresh produce, seafood, and local delicacies since the 11th century.
Gondola ride
Take a 30-minute gondola ride, an essential Venetian experience, to drift under bridges, past historic palazzos, and through ancient canals.
For Reference Only. Itineraries are subject to change
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. Our friendly representative will be there holding a sign with our company name on it. Please arrive 15 minutes early to check in. Your tour will end inside of Doge's Palace.
We recommend bringing comfortable walking shoes, a camera, and a water bottle. Large bags and backpacks are not allowed and will have to be checked before entering the Doge's Palace and St. Mark's. It's best to leave them at your hotel if possible.
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Great experience
Heidi Behnke
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June 14, 2025
Highly recommend. Guide very knowledgable. Very informative tour. Loved the gondola ride!
Great tour of Venice!
Kristen Maxwell
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June 13, 2025
We enjoyed our tour of Venice and learned so much about its history while having a few laughs on the way! Marco was very knowledgeable. The gondola ride was awesome.
Good tour
Ruth Lagos
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June 11, 2025
Our guide, Marco, was great. He was witty and gave us interesting facts. When we switched over to the second guide for the gondola ride, it was a little chaotic because of the crowds from other groups who were gathering for their rides. It would have helped father second guide still had the microphone so we could hear her, but we figured it out. I would have also liked recommendations for where to eat for lunch. We popped into one place for pizza, and it was honestly the worst pizza I have ever eaten; it was clearly frozen from a box, not The Tour Guys fault, but it could have been avoided if they had made some suggestions. The second half of the tour with Marco was great. It was insanely hot, so bring plenty of water, a hat, and sunscreen for the walking tour part.
Jeffery Nagy
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June 11, 2025
Jackie Smith
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June 11, 2025
Great way to spend a day in Venice
Dan Colt
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June 10, 2025
This was a very informative tour to see the highlights of Venice. We saw almost everything on the list except the Rialto ridge. Our guide walked us by it but we were not taken across it to see it up close. We enjoyed the gondola ride and all of the other sights and learned a lot about the history of Venice. Recommend!
Alex Barendregt
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June 10, 2025
Brady Burton
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June 09, 2025
Marco was amazing leading this tour
Heather Lanier
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June 08, 2025
If you are lucky enough to have Marco lead your tour you are in for a treat. He was amazing and very informative. To add he has a great sense of humor that made the tour that much enjoyable. Great guide!
Kannan Jayaraman
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June 07, 2025
Great tour , Guide was knowledgeable and covered a lot of what Venice had to offer in just a day ,
Katharine Rhodes
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June 04, 2025
Nice
Gwen Hagenbarth
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June 03, 2025
Tour around the streets in Venice was very nice. Gondola ride was disappointing. Afternoon tour of the museum was too long.
Jill Mueller
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June 02, 2025
Irina Chizh
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June 01, 2025
Kurt Austin
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May 31, 2025
DOGE came to life
David Payne
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May 30, 2025
Mark our guide was super knowledgeable, fun, kept a good pace, and a bit cheeky. St Marks was powerful and interesting too, but the guide wasn't as good as Mark. DOGE was our favorite tour of the trip!
Fun and informative
Brandon Lurie
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May 29, 2025
We learned about Venetian history and culture. Edina was entertaining and thoughtfully answered our questions.
Venice in a Day Tour with Gondola Ride
Richard Lippert
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May 29, 2025
Our tour guide was “Marco”. We had a group of 9 in our family and the tour had something in it for everyone from ages 16-56. Great way to get some of the fascinating history of Venice. Nice break in the middle to grab some food and not feel rushed. After the official tour, our guide provided additional guidance and walked us to another location (very nice hospitality).
Awesome Experience
Shelley Franco
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May 29, 2025
Great tour that included the Basilica, Doge Palace, gondola ride and random wandering through streets of Venice. Elena was a remarkable guide. She kept the group energized with her knowledge of the history of Venice and its current culture and kept us all in stitches with her wit. We would love to do another tour with her!
Day tour covered all the top sites in Venuce
Marie Neff Szuja
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May 27, 2025
The Tour Guy covered the important places in Venice including a gondola ride! Ear phones definitely helped, not only hear but to also follow the guides. Make sure you load the gondola immediately after your partner or you could be too far apart to enjoy the ride together. Very glad we had a lunch break between the two tour sessions. They did not do the Market nor the Tower.
Thomas Acosta
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May 26, 2025
Great!
Brian Lax
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May 25, 2025
Would highly recommend this tour.
Perfect tour to see Venice
Kimberly Ahlstrom
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May 25, 2025
We had an amazing tour with Roberta. She was really passionate about each of the places she was showing us. We were able to see the main attractions of Venice all in half a day and take a short gondola ride. We would definitely recommend this tour and Roberta to everyone
