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.
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Select participants and date
Free cancellation up to 24 hours in advance!
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.
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Excellent tour
Gopalakrishnan Munusamy
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July 06, 2025
truly comprehensive tour experience. The guide was well-informed and efficiently led us to all the destinations outlined in the tour description.
5 stars
Shekhar Dagam
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July 06, 2025
Paola was very knowledgeable and set a wonderful pace for the tour
Interesting, but lengthy
Amy Vetter
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July 05, 2025
The tour was interesting, but was a little long. I feel Doge’s Palace could have been shortened. We were also there in 7/4, so the heat made it seem longer.
Lance Berryhill
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July 04, 2025
Roberto Ramirez
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July 02, 2025
Fantastic journey through Venice!!
Mark Bacik
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June 28, 2025
Our guide Gracia was fabulous!!! They managed this well even in the crowds. The gondola ride is included and really fun!!!
Alexis Bergen
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June 27, 2025
Yvonne Veale
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June 26, 2025
Our tour in Venice
Angela Brenner
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June 26, 2025
Susie was a fantastic tour guide through Venice. She was engaging in every aspect, including our 4 children! Thank you so much for your knowledge and care of us through your beautiful city. Would recommend this tour to anyone.
Excellent way to see Venice in all its glory.
Nigel Slocombe
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June 26, 2025
A must do tour of Venice, being able to skip the queues to see inside such magnificent buildings, housing amazing frescoes, paintings, sculptures and architecture.
Our tour guide Julia, was so helpful and knowledgeable, which was always a bonus.
Brilliant gondola ride to finish off the first half of the tour was a beautiful way. Following free time for lunch we met again to tour the Basilica. Again details of an interesting history and stunning architecture. To finish the tour, guided walk to the Rialto bridge. Julia was socially engaged with the group and made it a pleasant tour.
Heather Vachon
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June 25, 2025
Nico is great
John Crump
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June 24, 2025
Nico was one of the best tour guides we have ever had. He was very receptive to our needs. He was very knowledgeable with our tour. He was also very nice.
Alison Martel
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June 23, 2025
Venice in a day with gondola ride
Dannie Charlton
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June 20, 2025
Had a great time. Tour guide was very good. She knew a lot of facts and was very kind to all patrons. Would definitely book again with this company.
Twila Bondi
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June 20, 2025
Lori Swett
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June 19, 2025
Bruce Hartley
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June 17, 2025
Linda Past
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June 17, 2025
Tour was great. Marco the guide was excellent. He is knowledgeable and funny. Knows the area well. We learned alot from him. Gondola ride was the right length. Excellent tour. We would highly recommend
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!