Secret Venice: Explore Authentic Streets, Beautiful Squares, and Hidden Locations
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34 Ratings
Venezia
Uncover the hidden gems of Venice on a secret walking tour. Explore narrow streets, canals, and beautiful squares, away from the tourist crowds. Discover authentic locations that are often overlooked by visitors.
Duration: 2 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Campo Santa Margherita - Local life and some great secret corners of the city
  • Church of San Pantalon - Incredibile area of the city with one of the jewels of the city.
  • Ca’ Cappello - Universita Ca’ Foscari - University of Venice
  • Campo San Barnaba - Very local busy area of Venice - fruit shop on boat !
  • Squero di San Trovaso - Gondola making place !
  • Casin dei Nobili Showroom - Old gambling house
  • Gallerie dell’Accademia - Incredible collection of paintings form 1200 to 1900. Outside only.
  • Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute - Incredible church built at the end of one of the last plagues.
What's Included
  • Expert-led guided tours
  • Wine tasting in local vineyards
  • Traditional cuisine experiences
  • Breathtaking scenic hikes
  • Luxury accommodation
  • Private transport throughout your stay
  • Visit to historical landmarks
  • Interactive cooking classes
  • Nightly entertainment and cultural shows
  • Multiple language support available
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

An exclusive walking tour to discover the most authentic and well-preserved parts of the city: quaint alleys and waterways, beautiful plazas featuring wells and churches. This tour gives you a chance to explore parts of the city less crowded with tourists but more genuine, unlike the traditional tourist route. It highlights several spots that may not be well-known to visitors but are definitely worth seeing.

  • 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
Rialto Bridge
Sestiere San Polo
Exactly at Campo San Bortolomio next to the Pharmacy.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Jhmuelle
Mar 8, 2024
An amazing tour - As others have said before me, definitely book this tour and if possible, on your first day. Venice can be overwhelming for a new comer, Elisabetta makes it very logical. Along the way she provides a narrative of history, points out local favorites, and the “how to” on navigation. Two hours wasn’t nearly enough, we could have spent days with her.
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Alicia_m
Feb 25, 2024
Wonderful Tour and Venice Secrets! - Our tour guide, Alisabetta, communicated from several days before our booking up until even after the booking was over. She was incredibly friendly and easy to talk to and took us all over parts of Venice that my husband and I had not seen in the two days prior that we had been there. She told us history of Venice and answered many questions that we asked her about her own life and she also asked us about our lives. It felt like walking with a friend for a couple of hours. She even changed the tour up a little bit and accommodated our request for a specific kind of treat and showed us where our dinner reservations were later that day. She told me that she would send recommendations of restaurants to go to for the following days of our trip and followed up with them right after the tour. She even sent me several places to go the next day and was incredibly friendly. We felt like we made a friend! Highly recommended this private tour.
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Iliana_s
Jan 12, 2024
Awesome - Our tour guide Elisabetta was absolutely amazing! She was so sweet and very knowledgeable on all things Italy. Super helpful and made it very personable. She took us to some pretty awesome spots of Italy. We really enjoyed her company; it was just my husband and I with her and she did not disappoint where she took us. She gave some great recommendations of where to go eat as well.
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Sabinafm
Jan 2, 2024
True Venetian tour - Elisabetta was extremely friendly, and very engaging. She showed our family (9yo, 11yo) her local church, and while we were out she was greeted by her neighbors & family friends. Highly recommended if you are looking to learn about people who live in Venice!
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Kirby_l
Oct 22, 2023
Highly recommended tour of gorgeous Venice - Highly recommend touring Venice with Elisabetta. Really fun and informative, and she will show you all the best places to go for food, drink, shopping, sight seeing. Should be your first tour of the trip! A+
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Kellyrob56
Aug 10, 2023
Walking tour of Venice - Elizabetta was a wonderful tour guide. So friendly and accommodating to our needs. She is extremely knowledgable, her english was excellent, very patient with all our questions. I was with my adult daughter who had never been there before. Would highly recommend her!!!
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Simon
Jul 24, 2023
Hidden Venice tour 5 stars - Elisabetta is friendly, knowledgeable and tailored our tour to our interests. She spoke with enthusiasm about the history of the place she lives and brought Venice's past to life One tip is to buy a vaporetto pass as this allowed us to travel the Grand Canal with Elisabetta sharing information about the different palaces. We highly recommend this tour.
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Jenifer_f
Jul 13, 2023
Great insight on the history of the structures. - Great knowledge from a local! She was flexible in showing us areas that were of interest to us..... not just a typical pre-rehearsed tour.
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Kerri_w
May 24, 2023
Enjoying Venice together - Our family was enamored by Elisabetta. She was very informative and spoke English well. We were taken through the labyrinth that is Venice and shown her beauty.
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Noah_g
May 13, 2023
The way to get away from the tourist crush. - This tour was marvelous and we enjoyed seeing more of Venice than the tourist hotspots. Elizabetta was kind, patient and extremely knowledgeable about the history of Venice. She was a fantastic guide to the Venice of both the past and the present.
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