Licensed tour guides in Venice
St. Mark's, the Doge's Palace, the Grand Canal, the islands of the lagoon: Venice is explored on foot and by vaporetto, and with a guide you step off the routes everyone else takes. On AskTour you'll find licensed tour guides working in Venice and Veneto, and each one is verified before joining AskTour.
What to see in Venice with a guide
The places where a guide makes all the difference: they know how to get in, what to look at and what to tell you.
St. Mark's Basilica
The golden mosaics, the Pala d'Oro and the museum with the bronze horses, then the loggia overlooking the square. Entry is at your booked time.
Doge's Palace and Bridge of Sighs
The halls where the doges governed, the prisons across the Bridge of Sighs and, by reservation, the Secret Itineraries.
Rialto and San Polo
The bridge and the market, then the calli to the Frari, with Titian's Assumption, and to the Scuola Grande di San Rocco painted by Tintoretto.
Gallerie dell'Accademia and Dorsoduro
Bellini, Giorgione, Titian and Veronese, then the Peggy Guggenheim Collection and the walk along the Zattere.
Cannaregio and the Ghetto
The neighborhood that gave its name to every ghetto, with its synagogues, and the fondamenta, the canalside walkways where Venetians live.
Murano, Burano and Torcello
The glass furnaces, the fishermen's colorful houses and the mosaics of Torcello Cathedral.
Beyond Venice: Padua, the Brenta Riviera and Verona
Giotto's Scrovegni Chapel, which can only be visited with a reservation, the Venetian villas along the Brenta, and Verona. All doable as day trips.
How to choose a tour guide in Venice
- Make sure they are licensed. Ask for the QR code on their badge and scan it: their profile opens on the National Register of the Italian Ministry of Tourism. How to recognize a licensed guide.
- Make sure they speak your language. A tour in the language of the people listening is worth twice as much: on AskTour there are guides in all languages.
- Private or group. A private tour follows your pace and your questions; in a group you share the cost.
- Clear about tickets. Ask who books them and whether they are included in the price before you confirm.
- Headsets for groups. At crowded sites they let you hear the guide without having to follow them closely.
Some AskTour guides in Venice
Licensed guides on AskTour who have chosen to have a public page, with their tours. The official list of all licensed tour guides in Italy is the National Register of the Italian Ministry of Tourism.
Tours to book in Venice
Offered by AskTour guides: choose a date and book online.
