Venice · SELF-GUIDED TOURS
Every Venice trip has one free morning too few. These 15 self-guided tours justify the slot, priced and timed so you can decide in minutes and get back to the fun part of planning.
Shared Grand Canal gondola with in-app commentary, a 15-minute gondola briefing, Gondola Gallery and VR ride, from $39 per person.
“Very educational and informative. The gondola ride was relaxing and enjoyable.”
Skip the line at Venice’s La Fenice with a 7-language audio guide. Visit the auditorium, Callas exhibit, and more.
“Very well organized audio tour. We especially appreciated that there was always ample seating available along the route so that we could listen to the audio in comfort. It did sometimes take a few moments to find the next part of the route.”
Skip-the-line entry to St. Mark’s Basilica with a phone audio guide, timed access, and easy pickup at the blue Clock Tower.
“Great, as everyone else waited in line to get into St Marks Basilica, we picked up our tickets exactly at the meeting point from a lovely young lady, then proceeded past all the people in line, to the 2nd door entrance, was scanned for metals by a guard, and was able to enter the Church within minutes. Well worth the small entrance fee we paid.”
Shared gondola ride near St Mark’s, with app audio and a shot at going under the Bridge of Sighs, plus 30 minutes on Venice water.
“Outstanding trip well worth the booking, Alexandre was superb and the gondola trip just summed it up Terrific stuff and highly recommend Our gondola was superb expertly manoeuvred through the canals of Venice”
Short Venice walk and a 30-minute gondola ride with live guide or app audio, starting near Madonna della Salute and the Grand Canal.
“Was perfect and relaxing thank you so much ! Bella Venezia”
Skip-the-line entry to St Mark's Basilica plus a mobile audio guide. See 8,000 sq m of golden mosaics and Byzantine art.
“Comprei um passeio para 10h35 ao chegar no ponto de encontro fui informada que mudou para as 12h. O pessoa que me atendeu disse que ou era isso , ou me devolvi o valor ao adentrar . Tive que mudar toda a programação para voltar depois pra retirar os ingressos ao ponto de encontro e me juntar a um grupo , que segundo a pessoa que me atendeu iria nos escoltar até a Basílica, que era obrigatório. Na fila ao lado de fora me deram os ingressos, não recebemos o áudio guia e fomos deixados na fila , que claramente não precisávamos de ninguém pra entrar. Ou seja me senti…”
Skip the long queue at Doge’s Palace with fast-track entry plus a multilingual audio app, then add Museo Correr near Piazza San Marco.
“It was easy to locate the tour operator and get our tickets. It made for an easy entry into the Doge's Palace.”
Explore Venice’s Jewish Ghetto with an app audio guide and synagogue entry. Walk Old and New Ghettos, plus the Levantine and Spanish Synagogues.
Skip the line to St Mark’s Basilica with priority access and an offline audio guide, plus a stroll break in Piazza San Marco.
“sans une bonne connexion raison il est tres compliqué voir impossible a chargé l'audioguide”
Self-guided Venice walk with smartphone audio and Google Maps links. See Frari, Rialto, St Mark’s and more for $7.81.
“The tour was great for my wife and I because we could go at our own pace and really pick what we wanted to spend time at. Tons of great information about Venice and its history. The guide was very easy to follow and the Google Maps links worked flawlessly!! This self guided tour was well worth the small amount of money spent and gave us an amazing path through the city.”
Venice City Walking Tour with a GPS app: 5 hours of audio in six languages from Piazza San Marco to Rialto and the ghetto area.
“Fácil de usar y puedes adaptarlo a tu ritmo. En algunas paradas echo en falta un poco más de información pero te da una visión general de los puntos más icónicos de la ciudad.”
Venezia audio guide app on your phone. 85 narrated stops, offline or online, text included, replay for 3 years.
“It was good for getting a basic idea. Entertainingly written. But some of the content was questionable—especially when it came to numbers, which made me fundamentally suspicious about the accuracy of the content. For example, it said that you have to climb 36 steps to reach the tower of St. Mark's Basilica. Really? It's almost 100 meters high! There were more inaccuracies like this.”
Self-guided Venice audio scavenger hunt from Frari to Rialto and St. Mark’s with riddles, GPS, and local tips. 2.5 hours.
“You have to pick up the documents, the place was not to be found and no one answered the phone. Believe in fraud.Auto-translated”
Self-guided Venice smartphone audio walk with offline map, 25 recordings, about 2 hours, key sights from St Mark’s to Rialto for $8.42.
“The app is easy to use. I could enjoy of the tour right away. The starting point mentioned here doesn't make sense, as the 1st point of the tour starts near the Piazza San Marco. All the rest is enjoyable, as we can do as many pauses as we wanted. The audio is clear and interesting, bringing some history information of each point and relates with actuality. Fortunately we had earbuds, so it was easy to hear it by two persons. For the price and if you can't do with local guide, this is pretty good.”
Skip-the-line Doge's Palace and Correr with Crown Tours audioguide app, self-paced in St. Mark's Square for a Venice history day.
“You can stay for a long time, or a short time with the self-guided tour with audio guide - whatever your preference is. It was nice to skip-the-line, and easy to find the Crowne Tour guides to retrieve our tickets and instructions for the audio guide.”
From the Basilica to the far lagoon — every experience, ranked.
