Venice Castello 2-Hour Guided Walking Tour & Shared Gondola Ride - Post Office Meeting Point & Personal Audio

Start at St. Mark's Square,
walk Castello and ride a gondola

This tour combines a walking tour that starts at a meeting point in central Venice with a gondola ride. The walking tour lasts about 2 hours, and including the gondola ride the total time is about 2 to 2.5 hours. You hear the commentary through a personal audio system and headphones.

See the architecture of St. Mark's Square

The guide introduces the history of Venice at the square and shares stories about the buildings around you. You see the Doge's Palace, the political center of the Venetian Republic, St. Mark's Basilica with its ornate facade and mosaics, and the Campanile that towers over the square.

The guided walking tour does not include entry to museums or tourist attractions.

Walk the lanes and squares of Castello

You walk through a quieter, more residential area along narrow calli, picturesque canals, bridges and open campi. You see Campo Santa Maria Formosa, one of Venice's large squares, and its church, then continue to the square with the Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo, called the Pantheon of Venice because many doges are buried there, and the Colleoni equestrian monument.

The guide tells stories about Marco Polo, and you pass his former residence and the Teatro Malibran, one of the city's old theaters.

Ride a gondola near San Moisè

When the walk ends, you move to Campo San Moisè and board a traditional gondola. You glide along the Grand Canal and then into smaller, quieter canals to see Venice from a different perspective.

The gondola ride is shared by up to 5 people, and seats are assigned by the gondolier. A guide does not accompany the gondola ride.

※ The schedule may change in bad weather.
※ If the activity cannot run at the selected time, it is rescheduled to another time on the same day.