A 1 day tour of Venice including St.Mark's Basilica, Doge's Palace, & Gondola Ride – this full day tour of the city with our favourite walking tour company Take Walks ticks all the boxes. You'll see the main highlights of the city, go inside the Basilica and Doge's Palace, and even take a gondola ride.
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Spend two to three days in Venice, and you'll be able to experience the city's many highlights and visit a few of the surrounding islands, like Burano and Morano. With up to six days, you can add more local experiences—try a cooking class in a Venetian palace or rowing lessons from a professional gondolier.
The standard 30-minute gondola ride in Venice costs 80 EUR during the day and 120 EUR in the evening or at night (from 7 PM to 8 AM). This is the fixed price you pay for a private gondola ride and not per person.
Yes, Venice is a safe city to explore if you're travelling alone. Whether you're young, old, male or a female solo traveller, in Venice you'll never feel unsafe. The crime rate is low and even moving around on foot in the evening shouldn't concern you. This doesn't mean that you shouldn't take the usual precautions.
Venice's best travel months (also its busiest and most expensive) are April, May, June, September, and October. Summer in Venice is more temperate (high 70s and 80s) than in Italy's scorching inland cities.
During the summer months, when there's low tide (bassa marea), which is usually happening more frequently than in winter, the silt and mud are exposed and it smells.
However, as of August 2023 ? Venice is currently experiencing flooding earlier than it usually would, leaving tourists left to wander around famous landmarks such as Saint Mark's Square with water halfway up to their knees.
Venice is small. You can walk across it, from head to tail, in about an hour. Nearly all of your sightseeing is within a 20-minute walk of the Rialto Bridge or St. Mark's Square.