A Venetian palace, wood engraving c. 1880.
Venice, Ducal Palace
Basilica di San Marco, aquatint c.1830
Venice Tours
Our small-group cultural tours of Venice take you further and deeper into Veneto. With special, out-of-hours access to the Basilica di San Marco - as well as on-the-spot insights by our expert lecturers - we give you an unrivalled view of La Serenissima.
Few cities reward our painstaking approach as comprehensively as Venice. Amidst the swirling crowds, we thread carefully-chosen, thoroughly-researched paths and visit the widest possible range of monuments. Our Venetian Palaces itinerary includes dinner in a private Gothic palazzo as well as a close inspection of the Doge’s Palace. Meanwhile, on our Venice Revisited tour we explore rarely-seen trading houses in the Rialto district as well as Palladio’s magnificent Il Redentore church. Masterpieces by Titian, Bellini and Tintoretto, Vivaldi’s work as musical director at the Ospedale della Pietà, the city’s quarantine station at Lazzaretto Nuovo: all are grist to our mill as we find new ways into this most beautiful and evocative of subjects.
Featured Venice Tours
Expert speakers
Spotlight on Venice
Important information
Local currency
Euro (€)
Time difference
GMT +1
Flight time from London
2 hrs
Our bases & transport in Venice
4-star hotel in an excellent location on the Grand Canal near Campo Sant’Angelo and the Rialto Bridge.
Delightful, quiet 4-star hotel situated halfway between Piazza San Marco and the Rialto bridge.
A historic and elegant 5-star hotel positioned at the mouth of the Grand Canal with magnificent views of Santa Maria della Salute directly opposite.
Transport
A vaporetto pass for the duration of the tours is included. On some departures there are private motoscafo transfers between the hotel and airport in Venice.