Venice and Lagoon Islands Tour: Eco-Friendly Boat Ride with Audio Guides and Hop-On Hop-Off Access

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Experience an eco-friendly boat ride through Venice and its Lagoon, with audio guides and hop-on hop-off access. Visit famous landmarks and explore the islands of Murano, Burano, and Torcello.

Duration: 8 hours

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

S. Lucia FFSS (in front of the KFC restaurant) - Tronchetto - San Marco Giardinetti Reali - Murano (in front of ELLEGI MURANO GLASS) - Zattere (Fondamenta Zattere Al Ponte Longo) - Tronchetto - S. Lucia FFSS (Route)

Operating Schedule: Find all the timetables in our photos.

1. Ferrovia Compartimentale (ex F30)
Present yourself in front of the “VENETIANA” sign at the stop in front of the KFC.

2. Stop Flixbus Venice
Tronchetto in front of the Flixbus stop

3. Fermata S. Marco
Present yourself in front of the “VENETIANA” sign at the stop, at the piers in front of the Royal Gardens.

4. Fondamenta S. Giovanni dei Battuti, 4
Murano. Coincidence with our line to Burano, Torcello and Punta Sabbioni - ELLEGI MURANO GLASS murano glassmakers - church of San Pietro in martire – calle Santo Stefano – clock tower – glass museum

5. CFZ Zattere - Biblioteca Area Linguistica (BALI) - Cultural Flow Zone - Università Ca’ Foscari
Rafts

6. Stop Flixbus Venice

7. Ferrovia Compartimentale (ex F30)
Venice Santa Lucia train station (in front of KFC restaurant)

Points of Interest

Piazza San Marco
Doge’s Palace
Basilica di San Marco
Ponte dei Sospiri
Ponte di Rialto
Canal Grande
Torre dell’Orologio
Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute
Punta della Dogana
Teatro La Fenice
Peggy Guggenheim Collection
Gallerie dell’Accademia
Murano

Punta Sabbioni (pier n.4) – Murano (in front of ELLEGI MURANO GLASS) – Torcello – Burano (Fondamenta del Pizzo) – Punta Sabbioni (Route)

Operating Schedule: You can find all the timetables in our photos.

1. Ristorante All’Ancora
Punta Sabbioni (Wharf 4)

2. Fondamenta S. Giovanni dei Battuti, 4
Murano. Coincidence with our line to S. Lucia Station - Piazza San Marco and historic center

Torcello
Burano (Fondamenta del Pizzo)

5. Ristorante All’Ancora
Punta Sabbioni (Wharf 4)

Points of Interest

Murano
Ellegi - Murano Glass Shop
Museo del Vetro
Isola Torcello
Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta e Chiesa di Santa Fosca
Trono di Attila
Isola di Burano - World Heritage Site
Museo del Merletto
Burano

What's Included

Gift for children
Visit and demonstration at a glass factory in Murano
Air conditioning
Pets allowed on board for free
USB ports for mobile phone charging available on board
Audio guides on board and on foot

What's Not Included

Meals
Entrances to monuments
Hotel pickup
Wi-Fi on board
Bathroom on board
Earphones not included

Additional Information

Let yourself be transported across the lagoon and discover the most famous monuments of Venice aboard a panoramic eco boat. Starting from Venice S. Lucia Station (or from Tronchetto) enjoy the beauty of the Giudecca Canal and its palaces and churches: the Molino Stucky, the Church of the Gesuati, the Church of the Redentore and Punta della Dogana. Get off at Piazza S. Marco and let yourself be guided by the audio guides included in the ticket to discover the monuments, history and legends of the “Serenissima”. Depart from San Marco and reach the island of Murano where you will have the opportunity (included in the ticket price) to watch a master glassmaker demonstrate inside a real furnace.
For the entire duration of the boat journey you will always be accompanied by audio guides created by the Cooperativa Guide Turistici Authorized of Venice and by the famous Venetian storyteller Alberto Toso Fei.

Among the images you will find all the timetables.

The timetables can be found in the photo gallery
Electric wheelchairs cannot be accommodated
ATTENTION: please remember that on some days between 25 April 2024 and 14 July 2024, every visitor to Venice is required to pay an access fee directly to the Municipality of Venice, subject to various exclusions. For dates, payment methods, to benefit from the exclusions and for all information in this regard go to the website cda.ve.it. . We also remind you that the contribution is not necessary if you visit only and exclusively the islands of Murano, Torcello and Burano.

Cancellation Policy

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

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Rayofsj

Sep 5, 2024

Good Boats - The boats are nice. It’s a little hard to find where the meetup point is near Saint Marks Square. It’s across from the Royal Garden just down the walkway from Doge Palace. The boats had air conditioning sections which was good. The time tables are a little bit inflexible but it’s an easy way to get around the Venice Lagoon.

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Noah_l

Aug 26, 2024

Fun Boat - I liked it but I wish the timetables were flexible. It might be hard to find the meeting point if coming from San Marco Square. It’s right in front of the royal garden near the square. I liked that the boat had an air conditioned section.

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Kara_c

Aug 24, 2024

Recommended - Nice tour but be sure to download the POPguide app so you can find the starting points. Recommended for a cheaper way to get around Venice. Highly recommend the islands.

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408mckennaj

Aug 18, 2024

A must do activity in Venice! - This was a great way to see Venice and the islands in a relaxing way without the hassle of figuring out transportation. It is especially nice on a hot day because they have AC on most of their boats! Highly recommend this company for anyone traveling to Venice.

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Daniela_p

Sep 15, 2024

Murano factory visit - Visiting Murano glass blowing factory Signage not very clear and need more info re timetable and connection between the two lines.

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Colton_g

Aug 8, 2024

Pretty good for day. - Handy to be able to see multiple islands. Good drivers and the schedule is easy to read to make the boats. Don’t need much time one each island so the times work well. Wish there was more boats going back to Venice at end of day can be easy missed at end of day if not careful.

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Pia_s

Sep 1, 2024

Nice experience - Hop on and off was fine. No AC and very hot to wait around but this is expected with all of these boats. Schedule was timely for all islands.

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935karir

Aug 20, 2024

Skip this one - I want to start by saying I am a fan of the hop on hop off tours - great way to cover ground, get a good overview of a city, and spare your feet some steps. This one...not so much. I booked it expecting a good experience, but figuring that at the very least, it'd be relatively inexpensive, unlimited transportation around the city with fewer stops than the vaporetto. I should have really looked at the maps and timetables first. The options for stops and boats are limited, particularly as you visit the outer islands. There are few seats outdoors on the boats and the audio commentary is via an app you need to download to your phone - there is no scrolling, timed audio commentary you plug your earphones into like on other hop on/off tours. Even with the app, the audio clips are very simple, repetitive, and poorly timed, not really following the routes. We ended up paying for vaporetto anyway because we didn't want to wait for hours on Murano/Burano. I hate to write a negative review as the staff seemed helpful - they came to find you if you were near the stop - and the boats we rode were on time. I just wish I had done my homework on this one - it turned out to be a waste of money. The best water audio "tour" we had was the 1 line vaporetto using the free Rick Steves 40-min podcast audio guide. I would guess there are other self-guided audio tours you could download that would be more informative anyway, or just book guided walking tours. I also realized the flexibility of the vaporetto, with multiple lines and frequent boats, provided a much better means to navigate this beautiful city. Even for my fellow fans of hop on hop off, do yourself a favor and skip this one.

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Howgin

Sep 18, 2024

Beware you might end up using another form of transportation if their boat never shows up! - When I first saw the offered hop on hop off boat excursion, I thought that it would be the perfect solution for us, so we booked 2 48 hour tickets. We sometimes have walking issues and thought that it would be a good way to see the various islands of Venice. When we arrived in Venice from the airport we passed by a Venetiana tour boat…it looked great , I thought! The next day we stood by the dock nearest our hotel a half hour earlier than their first scheduled stop. I asked a few people, including one at a nearby “official” information center plus I had referred to the boat company’s website. No boat showed up after an hour and a half…maybe tomorrow? (Again a no show!)We ended up buying and using public transportation for touring Venice which was okay but not the tour that we imagined. Only one other time during our 4 days had we noticed a Venetiana boat. If we had initially boarded their boat the question is how long would we have had to wait to finish our tour or would we have been stranded and resort to the public transportation.

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H1630zvandim

Aug 13, 2024

Absolute rip-off with hop on hop off - Purely commercial orientation and no sign of hop on hop off, not even in the beginning. The timetable is so coordinated that you had to stay at the approached place. For example in Murano with a visit to a glass blowing shop followed by a sales show with significantly inflated prices. Ca. 20% more than in the gift shop on St. Mark's Square. The sound could have been heard via an app, but impossible without ear studs. None were distributed. Absolutely not recommended.

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