VENICE
1520 Tours Reviewed
Venice has a way of testing your patience. This St. Mark’s Basilica tour gives you the fast track, then swaps the long wait for gold mosaics, architecture stories, and a terrace view. You start at Colonna di San Marco and…
Valpolicella tastes better when it feels personal. This 4-hour small-group wine outing takes you out of Verona and into the hills for winery visits focused on Amarone and the wines made around it. You’ll ride in comfort, meet real people…
Venice is famous, but the logistics can be brutal. This tour strings together St Mark’s Basilica and Doge’s Palace with a 30-minute gondola, then sends you out to Murano for glassblowing and Burano for lace-making. Guides like Marco and Flavia…
Venice slows down when you sit in a gondola. A 30-minute shared gondola ride is one of the simplest ways to get that classic canal feeling fast, gliding past old bridges and turning corners you’d never spot on foot. You’re…
Murano glass happens fast, right in front of you. I love the exclusive music built for the show and the up-close glass work that you can actually follow as it changes shape. One possible drawback: it’s only 25 minutes, so…
Venice’s power palace comes with stories. This guided tour is a tight, high-impact look at Palazzo Ducale (Doge’s Palace)—built for politics, performance, and control. You’ll get the best parts of the building’s layout and decoration in a way that’s easier…
Venice has a secret weapon: the music itself. This Vivaldi Four Seasons concert is staged in the Church of Santa Maria della Visitazione (la Pietà), the same kind of storied setting where Vivaldi worked and played. I love the simple,…
Verona’s story walks right past you. This small-group route ties together UNESCO-listed landmarks and the city’s pop-culture pull, all with a local licensed guide guiding your eyes (not just your feet). I love how the tour links the Roman Arena…
Verona smells amazing when you start rolling dough. This hands-on cooking class turns you from spectator into cook in a professional kitchen in the historic heart of Verona, with fresh pasta and classic tiramisù at the center. I especially like…
Venice is best at water level. This short gondola ride is a graceful way to see the San Marco area from the water, with palaces and Grand Canal views you miss from the sidewalk. You’ll also get on-board music as…
A boat ride on Lake Garda hits different. In 90 minutes, you get a private view of Sirmione’s shoreline, plus famous landmarks like the Grotte di Catullo and Isola del Garda, from the water where they’re meant to be seen.…
Murano glass feels close enough to touch. In about 2.5 hours, a private water taxi picks you up at your Venice hotel and glides across the lagoon for glass-blowing at Colleoni, with big views of the Grand Canal. I like…
Venice without the gondola grind. This 90-minute ride on a full electric boat is all about the calm routes and the places most people never see. You glide in silence through Venice’s canals, with room to sit back, look up,…
Verona gets easier with a smart plan. This small-group walk threads Roman Verona with Shakespeare-era stops and a hilltop cable car view, so you’re not just ticking boxes. Guides like Morris and Monica are known for mixing clear stories with…
Dinosaurs and fossils, right on the Grand Canal. This Natural History Museum ticket gets you into a gorgeous 13th-century palazzo packed with about 2 million historical objects, plus big prehistoric stars like a 7m Ouranosaurus and a Sarchosuchus imperator skull.…
