Family Friendly Venice Private City Tour: Engaging Exploration for Kids and Adults
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37 Ratings
Venezia
Embark on a family-friendly Venice private city tour that engages both kids and adults. Explore main highlights and hidden gems through activities like treasure hunts and pop quizzes. Learn about the culture, language, and history of Venice in an entertaining and educational way.
Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Rialto Bridge - The Ponte di Rialto is the oldest of the four bridges spanning the Grand Canal in Venice and was designed to allow passage of galleys.

  • Marco Polo’s House - Here lived one of the most well-known explorers with his family when he wasn’t travelling the world.

  • libreria Acqua alta - Cozy, offbeat bookstore featuring lots of vintage titles along with unique displays & resident cats.

  • Chiesa di San Giacomo di Rialto - Depending on your host and their chosen route for the tour, this stop might also be included in your route.

  • T Fondaco Dei Tedeschi - Depending on your host and their chosen route for the tour, this stop might also be included in your route.

  • Calle del Paradiso - Depending on your host and their chosen route for the tour, this stop might also be included in your route.

  • Campo Santa Maria Formosa - Depending on your host and their chosen route for the tour, this stop might also be included in your route.

  • Piazza San Marco - Depending on your host and their chosen route for the tour, this stop might also be included in your route.

What's Included
  • Local guide
  • Private Tour
  • Local snack for kids and adults
What's Not Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information

Venturing into the city with your little ones is now a breeze! On this exclusive Venice tour, your family will be well-cared for, escorted by a local guide. The highlight of this tour is that it equally caters to adults and children.

Embark on an adventure which allows you to experience Venice from a child’s perspective. Explore significant landmarks like the Acqua Alta Bookstore, Marco Polo’s residence, and the Rialto Bridge, and delve into hidden treasures through fun activities such as scavenger hunts and trivia games. Your children will be enriched by a new culture, its language, and historical background, courtesy of your local host’s insightful narratives. This tour strikes a perfect balance between entertaining and instructional!

Withlocals provides the Family Friendly City Tour™, a flagship tour offered in prominent cities around the globe. We collaborate with enthusiastic local guides who receive a just compensation. We contribute to local economies by solely promoting local products and counteract overwhelming tourism by limiting the group size. Our tours are eco-friendly and drift off the beaten tourist track

  • On certain dates, most travelers staying outside of Venice who are planning to visit for the day will be required to pay a €5 access fee. For further details (including exemptions) and to learn what days this fee is applicable, please visit: https://cda.ve.it
Location
Campo San Giacomo di Rialto
Meet your host at the Fountain at Campo San Giacomo di Rialto
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Yeltneb1
Apr 8, 2024
Fantastic and informative introductory family tour of Venice - Our tour with Romy was fantastic. She is incredibly friendly and knowledgeable. We learnt so much about Venice during our tour and Romy showed us many things we wouldn’t have noticed had we been looking around on our own. She kept our 8 and 10 year old children entertained and it was great doing the tour early in our trip as they are now pointing out things they learnt and understand more about the places we are visiting. It was such a brilliant introduction to Venice and well worth doing and has also highlighted things we would like to explore more during our stay. Thank you Romy.
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Kirstyl81
Oct 27, 2023
A wonderful morning exploring Venice - Genny was the perfect host, great communication before the tour and very flexible with arrangements to meet our needs. We all loved her from the moment we met, it felt like meeting an old friend because Genny is so warm, funny and kind. She even made sure my shy 9 year old was completely comfortable and engaged. We learnt a lot about beautiful Venice and Genny gave us lots of tips for the rest of our trip. We would not hesitate to recommend Genny and would be sure to book again if we are lucky enough to return.
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Nyckatewk
Oct 11, 2023
Genny was the best! - Venice City Kids Tour with Genny: by far one our for FAVORITE activities in Venice. Genny was the best tour guide - she has 2 kids of her own and was so engaging and funny with our kids. We loved her so much - everyone in Venice seemed to know her; yelling “Ciao, Genny!” everywhere we went. Because of her, she got us a private glass blowing demonstration (which we didn’t think we could do because we couldn’t book one in time), a mask making class with San Marco 596 after our tour ANDD she called in a favor and got us entrance to the rooftop of the Fondaco dei Tedeschi with the most incredible views of Venice when we couldn’t get our own tickets 🥲 Please book her — you will not be disappointed. Plus she got our boys a little treat that they loved. She is truly special!
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Babette
Aug 13, 2023
Great experience with a big smile - We close our visit to Venice with a tour from Genny. Genny is fantastic, she shows us the first church, pillory, the (fish) market and the best gelateria and pizzeria in Venice. She tells the story of the masks, carnival and the plague, the rats and cats heroes, the prison and the bookshop. But above all, she takes us to the old ware house where all the famous fashion brands are located nowadays, not for shopping but for the roof terrace where you have a 360 degree view of Venice! Not pre-booked but Genny gets us up fir 15 minutes. She is an example of who does good, meets well and a smile costs nothing. With her disarming stories, smile and character, she get everything done during the tour and she knows how to inform and intrigue all 5 of us. We love Genny!
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Martin
Aug 10, 2023
Fantastic guide for our young family in packed Venice - Genny kicked our day in Venice off in a great way. Visiting the city in August, it was obviously packed. Having a 6 and 4 year old with us, it was a blessing to have her pick us up near the ferry, and then navigate us through the crowds to the beautiful narrow and quiet alleys peacefully. Of course she told a cool anecdotes, and took us to a rooftop that we wound have never found otherwise. If you want to make a nice Venice experience with the kids a great one: just book Genny!
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Anyauk7
Jul 17, 2023
Amazing family oriented private tour of Venice! - Adair was amazing! My kids (5 and 11 y.o.) were a bit tired from a jet lag but she was very engaging and patient with them! They really enjoyed the scavenger hunt and a special treat at the end. Even though Venice can be very busy, Adair’s tour felt very intimate. We walked via charming steers and didn’t see a lot of people all the time. She was easy to talk to and knew a lot of interesting facts about the history of the city which appealed to both adults and the kids. She gave us great tips and advice on how to navigate Venice best and some of her recommendations for food and drinks were fantastic! It was our first time private tour and I cannot recommend it enough. Thank you Adair!
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904victoriyam
Jun 28, 2023
Wonderful tour of Venice with Veronica! - We had a wonderful city tour with Veronica! She was friendly, knowledgeable and kept our kids engaged the whole time with scavenger hunt game and prizes while telling us about history and culture of Venice. Her recommendations for lunch were also great. We highly recommend Veronica to all travelers and especially families with kids!
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Becki_l
Jun 27, 2023
An enjoyable and informative tour with Adair! - Adair was a wonderful and engaging tour guide for our family, including a 16yo and an 11yo. She created a treasure hunt for the kids that kept them engaged and ended with a gelato reward at the best gelato place in Venice. She gave us a really good overview of the city and it’s history during our walking tour, which was just long enough on a hot day. We would highly recommend a tour with Adair!
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Ben_w
Jun 16, 2023
Roberto was amazing, I would highly recommend - Roberto was the greatest tour guide I have ever had. I am twelve and the tour was interesting and he knows all the little secrets, he even bought us gelato. If you are in Venice you have to take a tour with him.
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Jiyun_j
Jun 19, 2023
Not for kids - My kids didn’t like the tour at all. We had to stop our tour less than 1 hour. We felt like it was waste of time.
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