Venice Best Sights & Artisan Crafts: St Marks, Doges Palace, Gondola Ride, Murano, and Burano Tour

Experience the best of Venice in one day! Explore iconic sights like St Marks Church and Doges Palace, take a gondola ride, and visit the artisan crafts of Murano and Burano.

Duration: 9 hours
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Basilica di San Marco - Skip the long lines with our special tickets and head straight inside. From November to March, St. Mark’s Basilica does not offer skip-the-line entry as queues are typically minimal.
  • Doge’s Palace - Discover the intriguing history of the Venetian Republic as you tour the Doge’s Palace. This tour not only highlights the…
What's Included
  • Glass Blowing Demonstration
  • Professional, English Speaking Guide
  • 30 Minute Gondola Ride
  • Small-group size, maximum 20 participants
  • Some Free Time to Explore Burano Island
  • Round Trip Transportation to/from Murano & Burano Island
  • Skip-the-line Entry and Guided tour of the Doge’s Palace
  • Skip-the-Line Entry and Guided tour of St Marks Basilica
  • Lace Making Demonstration
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Want to uncover the finest of Venice but squeezed for time? This guided trip fuses the city’s top-notch landmarks into a single day tour! Savor fast track entry into the St Marks Church, behold the corridors of the Doges Palace, and view the city from its canals during your gondola ride, led by our experienced Gondoliers!
Post a relaxed lunch break, our…

Location
Colonna di San Todaro
Piazza San Marco
Please Arrive 15 Minutes Early. Between the two big columns in St. Mark’s Square (columns of San Marco & San Teodoro) located on the south side of the square, near the canal. Your guide will be holding a "The Tour Guy" sign.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Carolyn_s
May 15, 2025
Excellent tour of Venice and surrounding islands - An excellent way to see the sights and experience Venice if you only have a short amount of time. It does take the whole day so be prepared for a long day with short breaks.
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Ninawf2123hz
May 13, 2025
Great guides, comprehensive intro to Venice - The full deal! Very thorough introduction to Venice. Our guides, Rita and Alessia, were super knowledgeable and kind. Memorable, full day. Expect to be tired afterwards! Ladies- make sure to cover your legs to your knees and shoulders (or have an extra scarf or something to be able to do so), or they won’t let you in the basilica.
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Borocosmopolite
May 12, 2025
Max of Venice in 9 hours - great - We were not sure what to expect - two major landmarks of Venice AND Murano and Burano islands as well within one day sounded bit too good to be true with quality experience. However, we were very satisfied. Gondola included in the price was definitely a bonus. This tour does not grant access to any galleries such as Correr, Acedemia or Guggenheim, but with the time allocated it does provide a lot. I would recommend this to a friend for sure. Nicole was an amazing and professional tour guide who gave us several great recommendations for restaurants we might miss since we are not local. Very customer oriented. We were pretty curious how the organization would be handled, but if you are at the designated time at the designated place, you will be taken care of by one of the staff members. Thanks Nicole, you are the best.
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Bassam_k
May 11, 2025
BK Venice - It was wonderful. Both guides Marco and Cesilia were excellent and gave a very interesting tour of Venice.
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George_r
May 10, 2025
Excellent Day - Both of our tours, Doge Palace in the morning and Murano/Burano in the afternoon were great. The palace is extremely interesting, and our guide was great. The islands were beautiful, and if you’ve never seen glass making before, it’s a must.
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Lovetravel826393
May 9, 2025
Great! - The morning half was Burano and Murano, the afternoon Chapel and Doges palace, finishing with a gondola ride. Murano is entirely about the glass factory, and very pricey wares. Burano had more freedom and a little time to shop or take photos, after a lace demonstration. Both tour guides were great (Flavia and Eleina), but the afternoon tour with Eleina was spectacular. She provided so much additional information and context to the tour. Explaining the symbols in the art, what locals think about various things, little details and humor I would have otherwise missed. The morning tour was good, but it felt less genuine. We were being given recommendations - and frequently physically shown as part of the tour, but was it because it's good or because they get kickbacks from it? The glass store asked for our tour guide's name. Wasn't the guide's fault, more the setup of the tour.
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Carlise_c
May 9, 2025
Marco and Cecelia were... - Marco and Cecelia were amazing tour guides giving us good details and explanation about Venice. A must do.
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Tony_w
May 7, 2025
Enjoyed the tour. Perhaps... - Enjoyed the tour. Perhaps a little more time on Burano would have been good. Tour guide Flavia and tour guide Martina were both fantastic. They were very knowledgeable and engaging. Recommend both very highly.
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Briana_g
May 5, 2025
Great Way to Discover Venice - Big shout out to our extremely knowledgeable guide in the first half of the tour. She knew everything about the Doge Palace, and I felt like I learned and experienced a lot. I am also grateful for our second guide Cecilia, who was so kind and kept the good times rolling in Murano and Burano island.
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Roxanne_j
May 6, 2025
First Guide talked... - First Guide talked nonstop. It was hard to know what she was talking about as it wasn’t always near the thing she was talking about. Gondala was fun. First guide didn’t tell us where or when to meet after the Gondala. People heard some being told while others weren’t told directly.
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up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).