Venice kickstart private tour


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41 reviews   (4.95)

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Pricing Info: Per Person

Duration: 2 hours

Departs: Venice, Venice

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

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Overview

Welcome to Venice! Want to know the best places to eat? Which places to go to and which to avoid? Or simply get some help to navigate the city and better plan your stay? Book this private tour and get the perfect introduction to Venice!
First time in Venice? Wondering where to go and what to see in this fascinating city? Kickstart your time in Venice with 2 hours introduction to the city with the help of top rated guide. This tour is the city overview you were looking for that brings together sights of main highlights and attractions, plus must-have tips and tricks that will help you get acquainted with the city, its people, and culture.
So, ready to start your time in Venice in the best way possible? On this private tour, you’ll meet up with the local guide at your hotel and any place you prefer and have a tailor-made experience.
Any questions? Book the tour and ask before your trip about anything that pops into your mind and get all the answers you need for the perfect Venice trip.


What's Included

Nature and Interpretive Guide & Tour leader

What's Not Included

Water bus ticket, if needed. tickets will be purchased on board


Traveler Information

  • YOUTH: Age: 0 - 15
  • ADULT: Age: 16 - 99

Additional Info

  • Guides required to regularly wash hands
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Guides required to regularly wash hands
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed

Cancellation Policy

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

  • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
  • Experience may be cancelled due to Insufficient travelers

What To Expect

Laguna di Venezia
We will jump over centuries to understand how the lagoon have been shaped by the Republic of Venice to its own purposes and survival, creating herculean barriers from the sea, deviating rivers while keeping a delicate balance between human intervention and natural events.

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Venice
Discover how the Venetian lagoon is connected with the Adriatic Sea through three port inlets, allowing the exchange of waters to enter and exit from the Adriatic Sea at the rhythm of the tides.
This cyclical movement performs an indispensable function for the balance of its ecosystem: high tide becomes a problem for Venice only when it exceeds the level of 80 cm, the limit beyond we can speak of "Acqua Alta" ("High water")

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

City of Venice
Understand the complicated mix of phenomena causing Acqua Alta and why some are predictable and others much less. You will discover why rain has nothing do to with it and how lunar phases and astronomical tides, strong winds low pressure plays a much bigger role.

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

You will get explained how is possible that with 80 cm tides your feet keep dry and why a tide of 140cm is impacting the city so hardly.

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Lido di Venezia
Venice experienced a similar situation on the evening in 2019, making clear that natural events are more and more linked with global climate changes and over tourism exploiting the city. We will understand more about what happened visiting some places heavily impacted back on those days.

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Campo Santa Maria Formosa
Venice experienced a dramatic situation also at the end of 2019, making clear that natural events are more and more linked with global climate changes and over tourism exploiting the city. We will understand more about what happened visiting some places heavily impacted back on those days.

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free


Reviews

Private tour of Venise, far away from the crowd
Ga_bruxelles, 15-12-2022
Very nice moment spent on Dec 10th with Valerio. We enjoyed it very much. Valerio designed this tour for us, including authentic areas, interesting explanations, confidential churches and monuments, far away from the crowd. Exactly what we wanted to do. Many thanks for the list of restaurants, chocolate stores, café, gelato..
Incredbile, insightful... Memories made!!
annaoR7355VK, 27-10-2022
Valerio is an excellent, insightful and charming guide! We spent three hours with him exploring Venice like a local. He knows his way around the little alleys and offers us an experience like a local. He was outstanding with our 8-year-old son, involving him all the time and giving him a live long memory. If you want to visit the usual touristy places, a guide is not needed. Converter if you want to see everything else.and learn about the history and uniqueness of Venice in a casual walk, Valerio is your man! We will defiantly come back to spend more time with him!
A Venice Must!
gregport85, 26-09-2022
The walking tour we did with Valerio was the absolute highlight of our time in Venice. He is the friendliest, most interesting guide and showed us more than we ever expected to see in just two hours, all the while really giving us the locals experience. This is the walking tour we will measure all future tours by!
“ Off The Beaten track” Private Tour of Venice
Spirited, 27-06-2022
Visited Venice for the first time with a friend for a much delayed birthday celebration. I arranged a private tour with Valerio on our first day to firstly see some sights off the beaten track which I love but also to get some recommendations for good restaurants etc. He was able to personalise a 2 hour tour for us and was flexible about changing this on the day when we threw other suggestions at him. He has a great deal of knowledge about the history of Venice but is fun and engaging. I think he would be good with kids too. All his recommendations for restaurants / cafes were great and not excessively touristy. I would definitely join him on another tour when I return to Venice.
The perfect Host for Venice!
Semiplume, 18-04-2022
Valerio is really great in what he's doing; it was a real pleasure being shown around by him. There wasn't a single question he couldn't answer (we tried hard!), and he mastered the almost impossible task of getting our 9 year old nephew interested in history!




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