Secret Venice: Explore Authentic Streets, Beautiful Squares, and Hidden Locations

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: 24 hours
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.

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528janinel
Sep 27, 2024
Explore Venice with a local. - A wonderful way to discover Venice. We went at 8:30am so missed the large crowds. Elisabetta was a wonderful guide . She is a local and has a real understanding of the Venice life its change over the years. She was very personable and it felt like we were walking the city with a friend. Highly recommend.
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Gary_c
Sep 26, 2024
If you are looking to experience Venice away from the crowds, this is for you. - We had a great time wandering the quiet back streets of Venice. Our guide, Martina, was very accommodating and shared many stories and historical facts about the city. It was one of the best walking tours I have ever taken. She treated us all to a Gelato.
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Susan_m
Sep 12, 2024
Great guide - Elisabetta was an outstanding guide. Born and raised right in Venice, she was a wealth of knowledge. It was just my husband and I who are fairly quiet people and she put us at ease and carried the conversation very well. We covered a lot of ground. It was great!
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Jetty_a
Sep 9, 2024
Prefect way to see lesser known sites of Venice. - Loved the tour and our tour guide Elisabetta. Our favorite part of the tour besides seeing various parts of Venice we would have never seen on our own was visiting the Church of St Pantelon. Thank you Elisabetta for giving us a great tour.
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Amy_w
Sep 5, 2024
Loved our experience - We loved loved, loved our personal tour with Elisabetta! Her tour was exactly what we wanted. She made our day!
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Dreamer57505004780
Aug 8, 2024
Walking Tour of Venice By a Venetian Native - We and two other couples booked a walking tour of Venice and were very happy with the tour. We learned alot of history presented in an interesting manner which can interest someone who is not a history buff. She was very flexible in order to meet the individual needs regarding physical issues and physical stamina of our group of six as well as our divergent interests. We especially appreciated her finding a short line to enter St Marks cathedral Highly recommended.
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145irenea
Jun 23, 2024
Hidden passages of Doges Palace - Excellent guide who was very knowledgeable and passionate about the tour. Explained the artwork and life in the time of when these events occurred.
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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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