Best Spots in Venice for The Memory Makers
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From the classic Venice Kayak and 17-18th Century Dress-Up Experience, to lesser-known spots worth adding to your trip.
★ 4.9 · 127 reviews
Paddle through Venice with Venice Kayak, a guided tour that puts you on the water instead of the crowded bridges. Glide along quiet canals with a local guide who shares the city's stories, ideally as the sun sets.
★ 4.7 · 538 reviews
Step into Venice's past in rich eighteenth-century costume. Choose masks and accessories, then pose at the studio and on the waterside.
★ 5.0 · 631 reviews
Make your own glass piece under the guidance of a Venetian artisan. Learn the technique, work the glass yourself and take it home.
★ 4.8 · 4,472 reviews
Experience opera the way Venetian aristocrats did, inside Palazzo Barbarigo-Minotto on the Grand Canal. Follow singers and a small ensemble through three historic rooms, each becoming the stage for a new act.
★ 4.7 · 16,271 reviews
Step into Teatro La Fenice, Venice's celebrated opera house, reborn after its fire. Join a daytime audio-guided visit of the gilded auditorium, or book an evening of opera, ballet, or a concert.
★ 4.8 · 566 reviews
Meet your photographer outside Caffè Florian and slip into a private gondola for a Venice portrait session. Glide through the canals while being guided into natural poses, then receive an edited online gallery within 48 hours.
★ 4.8 · 2,391 reviews
Discover the Venetian Lagoon Tour and Galleon Dinner, an evening cruise departing near the Naval Museum. Sip a welcome Prosecco, then enjoy five courses with wine as the lagoon islands and city waterfront glide past.
★ 4.6 · 2,077 reviews
Paint your own Venetian Carnival mask with an experienced instructor. Choose your colours and take home a one-of-a-kind souvenir.
★ 4.8 · 1,576 reviews
Watch the light fade over the lagoon on the Catamaran Sunset Jazz Cruise with Aperitivo. Sip your included drink, nibble cicchetti and listen to live saxophone jazz as the Giudecca Canal and St. Mark's Bay glide past.
★ 4.9 · 1,378 reviews
Discover the Pasta and Tiramisu Cooking Class, a hands-on session in a Dorsoduro restaurant. Knead and shape fresh pasta, build your own tiramisu, then sit down with wine to eat everything you made.
★ 4.7 · 480 reviews
Experience Venice's two great monuments at the end of the day on the After-Hours St. Mark's & Doge's Palace VIP Tour. Walk the palace halls and Bridge of Sighs, then see the basilica's mosaics, Pala d'Oro and crypt after closing.
★ 4.8 · 786 reviews
Step inside St. Mark's Basilica once the crowds have gone on the After-Hours St. Mark's Tour. Follow a guide through the illuminated mosaics and the crypt, with the option to add Doge's Palace.
★ 5.0 · 477 reviews
Taste Prosecco in the hills where it is made. Visit two wineries, enjoy a light lunch and learn how the bubbles are produced.
★ 4.9 · 522 reviews
Explore Cannaregio at dusk through ghost stories and tales of crime. Enjoy a spritz and two cicchetti along the way.
★ 4.8 · 1,075 reviews
Discover a darker side of Venice at sunset in San Polo. Follow canal-side paths while hearing tales of smugglers, spies and mystery.
★ 4.8 · 911 reviews
Learn the ghost stories and murders hidden in Venice's alleys. A local guide shows you the small details that tell them.
★ 4.8 · 379 reviews
Discover Ristorante Glam, an intimate two-Michelin-star table in a luxury hotel with a leafy courtyard. Spend an unhurried evening on imaginative dishes built from the finest lagoon ingredients.
★ 4.3 · 1,161 reviews
Choose your own route on the Off the Beaten Path Private Gondola Ride. Slip through quiet San Polo canals, or pick a longer ride that adds the Grand Canal, Rialto and the St. Mark's area.
★ 4.9 · 1,704 reviews
Discover the Sunset Walking Tour with Food and Wine Tastings, an evening route through seven independent Venetian venues. Taste your way through more than 14 dishes with regional wines before settling down to a seated dinner.
★ 4.9 · 611 reviews
Visit the Dolomites' most photographed lakes in a small-group minivan. Walk beside Lake Braies and Lake Misurina and explore Cortina.
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★ 4.7 · 907 reviews
See Venice your way with a private local host. Choose between famous sights and quiet neighbourhoods and set your own pace.
★ 4.4 · 646 reviews
Explore Venice's lanes and squares with a professional guide and walk to the Rialto. Pick a package with a gondola ride to see the canals from the water.
★ 4.6 · 721 reviews
Pair Venice's top monuments with a canal ride on the Doge's Palace and St. Mark's Tour with Gondola Ride. Tour the basilica and palace with a guide, then glide through the waterways in a shared gondola.
★ 4.9 · 1,145 reviews
Swap Venice's canals for the lakes and peaks of the Dolomites. Stop at Lake Misurina and wander Cortina d'Ampezzo.
★ 4.7 · 7,523 reviews
Sail by private boat to Murano and Burano with a guide. Watch glass and lace being made, then wander Burano's coloured houses.
★ 4.3 · 87 reviews
Treat yourself to Oro at Hotel Cipriani, an elegant fine-dining room on Giudecca. Enjoy a long, multi-course Italian meal in a refined interior or on the waterside terrace.
★ 4.7 · 533 reviews
Go behind the scenes of Doge's Palace on the Secret Itineraries route. Step into hidden offices, prison cells and the story of Casanova's escape, then finish with a guided visit to St. Mark's Basilica.
★ 4.2 · 26,522 reviews
Step aboard the Grand Canal Gondola Ride for a classic view of Venice from the water. Hear the craft's story at the Gondola Gallery, then glide past the Salute church and palaces along the canal.
★ 4.2 · 3,692 reviews
Stroll from St. Mark's Square to the Rialto and stop for a spritz like a local. Add a gondola ride if you like.
★ 4.9 · 572 reviews
Discover the Food Tasting Tour with Cicchetti and Wine, a guided stroll through three Venetian districts. Sample around 15 small bites with seasonal wine at locally run bars while your guide shares the stories behind each stop.
Venice · ⚽ Sport
Venice Kayak
3h
Venice · 🧭 Tours
17-18th Century Dress-Up Experience
2h
Create Your Glass Artwork: Private Lesson With Local Artisan
Venice · 🎭 Entertainment
Traveling Opera in a Historic Palace on Grand Canal
Teatro La Fenice
Private Gondola Ride with Personal Photographer
45 min
Venice · 🍽️ Food
Venetian Lagoon Tour and Galleon Dinner
4h
Carnival Mask Workshop
Catamaran Sunset Jazz Cruise with Aperitivo
1h30
Pasta and Tiramisu Cooking Class with Fine Wine
Venice · 🏛️ Landmark
After-Hours St. Mark’s & Doge's Palace VIP Tour
2h30
After-Hours St. Mark’s Tour
Wine tour from Venice to Prosecco Hills in small-group
8h
Ghosts, Crimes & Legends Sunset Tour with Spritz
Crimes, Legends, and Mysteries Sunset Tour
Mysterious Tales of Ghosts and Murders
Ristorante Glam
Off the Beaten Path Private Gondola Ride
1h
Sunset Walking Tour with Food and Wine Tastings
Dolomites, Cortina and Lake Braies Day Trip
10h
Private Walking Tour with a Local
City Center Walking Tour with Gondola Ride Option
30 min
Doge's Palace and St. Mark's Tour with Gondola Ride
Dolomites Day Trip with Cortina and 2 Lakes
Murano & Burano Guided Tour by Private Boat with Glassmaking
Oro Restaurant
St Marks Basilica, Doges Palace & Secret Passages
Grand Canal Gondola Ride
St Marco - Rialto Walking Tour & Spritz Like a Local
Food Tasting Tour with Cicchetti and Wine
