Venice
Guided Tours
OUR
GUIDES
In Venice Today operates exclusively with native Venetian professional
guides who use all their experience to organize tailor-made visits throughout
all Venice, its villas and its lagoon. Doing their best to satisfy all
your needs for a memorable stay, however special they may be.
OUR
TOURS
Our tours are for small, private parties. We do not group different
people together. Our guide will meet you at your hotel in Venice, at
the time you choose. The tour will be entirely designed to meet your
interests, curiosities, and any requirements for seeing Venice. On request,
we can also provide assistance and guide services for educational programs
or cultural events.
HOW
TO BOOK
Select a tour among those shown on the righthand side of this page.
Specify date, number of participants, the hotel in which you'll be staying
in Venice, and write to us for reservations. One of our guides will
promptly reply and provide all the necessary information and details.
Should you need any advice about selecting a tour, feel free to contact
us, and we'll be happy to help you ! As soon as you confirm (that should
be at least two weeks before the tour), we'll send you your guide's
name and cell phone number. Book a tour guide in Venice and confirm
your reservation one week before your arrival!
Cost
and form of Payment
We charge 60 Euro/hour (1 EUR=1 US $; 0.60 GBP). Up to 15 people. Most
of the tours last 2 hours. So calculate 120 euros for a 2 hours tour
of Venice. The Lagoon tour lasts 4-5 hours.
Entrance fees to museums, churches and transportation are not included.
You'll pay your guide directly in cash or travelers' cheques.
Museums
and Exhibitions
We
also conduct tours in the Museums: Doge's Palace, Academy Galleries,
Ca' Rezzonico, Ca' D'Oro, Correr Museums, Guggenheim Collection, Ca'
Mocenigo...
Would you like to visit the major art exhibitions in town with an expert?
Contact us and we'll provide you specialist. Our fee is 120 euros for
a two hour visit for a party up to 15 people.
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VENICE
GUIDED TOURS AVAILABLE
ART
& HISTORY IN VENICE
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St Mark's Square, the symbol of the Serene Republic (2 hours - 120
Euro)
A leap into the past visiting the city's highlights: St Mark's Basilica,
the Doge's Palace, the Bridge of Sighs and the Prisons. You can't
miss it if you are in Venice for the first time!
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Bellini, Titian and Tintoretto - History and religion in Venice
(2 hours - 120 Euro)
Visit to the Frari Church and to the Scuola Grande di San Rocco,
including some of the most important works by these great masters,
which are regarded as milestones in Venetian art.
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The Accademia Galleries (2 hours - 120 Euro)
The most complete panorama of Venetian painting in existence, ranging
from the 14th to the 18th centuries: masterpieces of the most outstanding
masters of the Venetian School of Colour.
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Ca'
Rezzonico - the museum of the 18th-century Venice (2 hours - 120
Euro)
Visit to one of the most splendid palaces in Venice, which recreates
the life of Venetian society at the height if its glory: on display
are elegant furnishings and paintings of the refined 18th century.
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The
Guggenheim Museum in Venice (2 hours - 120 Euro)
One of the most important collections of modern art in the world
housed in the bizarre one-floor palace of Ca' Venier dei Leoni,
Peggy Guggenheim's Venetian house. Masterpieces by Picasso,
Kandinsky, Pollock, Ernst, Chagall, Dalì and many others.
VENICE
SPECIAL TOURS
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The Rialto, heart of the business district (2 hours - 120 Euro)
A
tour in the city's commercial quarter, where bankers, brokers and
merchants conducted their affairs. Wandering through the lively
market, we'll stop in a traditional Venetian bacaro to drink a glass
of wine.
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Wandering
around in Castello (2 hours - 120 Euro)
A stroll through the largest sestiere of the city, from the busy
Riva degli Schiavoni to the quiet back area, with its elegant palaces
and fine churches, including the Venetian pantheon Santi Giovanni
e Paolo.
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Wandering
around in Cannaregio (2 hours - 120 Euro)
A walk in a maze of narrow alleys: one of the most fascinating sestieri
of the city, still inhabited by true Venetians and including the
world's oldest Jewish ghetto and the impressive church of Madonna
dell'Orto.
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A
trip to the lagoon islands (4 hours - 240 Euro + the cost of the
private taxi)
A boat tour lasting 4 hours to enjoy the islands of the lagoon as
Torcello, Murano and Burano. The first is important for its ancient
cathedral; the second is world-famous for the art of glass-making;
Burano for its gaily-coloured houses
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