7 History Tours in Venice to Build a Day Around

Venice: St. Mark Basilica Ticket, Audioguide+History Gallery - Finding the office beside St. Mark’s Square

★★★★★★★★★★3.9 · 4,780 reviews · from $23Our pick

Visit St. Mark’s Basilica with priority entry, audio commentary, and a VR journey through Venice’s past for $23.

“Overall this was a great experience. I was slightly confused because I was under the impression that I booked a self-guided audio tour but when I went to retrieve my tickets we were placed in a group for a guided tour. The app even had us download the audio tour beforehand but our names were on the guides list so we went with it. It ended up being a great tour.”

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Venice’s Best: Basilica, Doge’s Palace, Gondola & History Gallery

2.Venice’s Best: Basilica, Doge’s Palace, Gondola & History Gallery

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 2,478 reviews · 3 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $129

Review of Venice’s Best tour: guided access to St. Mark’s Basilica and Doge’s Palace, a shared gondola ride, and Venice VR history.

“The tour guide is super knowledgeable, professional and nice! Learned so much about Venice, Basilica, and Doge! The guide made the buildings and paintings much more interesting and significant! Highly recommended! Thank you very much.”

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Venice: City Center Historical Guided Walking Tour

3.City Center Historical Guided Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.2 · 1,873 reviews · 1 - 2.5 hours · from $14

Explore Venice’s St. Mark’s Square, Rialto Bridge, quiet calli, La Fenice, VR history, and an optional gondola ride for $14.

“Guide Natalia was very knowledgeable and made the historical facts very interesting.”

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Venice: Bell Tower & St Mark’s Square History Gallery Ticket

4.Bell Tower & St Mark’s Square History Gallery Ticket

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 910 reviews · 1 hour · from $44

Review of Venice’s Bell Tower and History Gallery ticket, with 98-meter views, skip-the-line entry, VR history, value, and practical tips.

“Great thing to do in Venice, to see it from the top. The VR session was short but informative”

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Basilica, Doge’s Palace, History Gallery & Bell Tower Option

5.Basilica, Doge’s Palace, History Gallery & Bell Tower Option

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 586 reviews · 2 to 3 hours (approx.) · from $116Top rated

Review of Venice’s Doge’s Palace and St. Mark’s Basilica tour, with skip-the-line entry, Bridge of Sighs, VR history gallery, and bell tower option.

“A memorable tour of all the things to see and know in the basilica and the palace. Matteo shared his knowledge and was entertaining and, yes I’m going to say it, Matteo, he was nice too! I learned so much from him that I never would have learned otherwise. Thank you for sharing this knowledge of your Venice with us! The only thing I would add for the company is to maybe make the options (and which one I ended up getting) a little clearer since there are several combinations and it’s not as clear as it could be during booking and after booking what all is included and which…”

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