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• Poorset of service from tour operators

  Leonora J,

  Sep 15, 2025

  - Review from Viator

  1.00

  Our water taxi was late but we could have made it to the tour being late coming from the mainland by about 5 minutes. However I was informed that we would not be permitted to join once the tour started. Then I asked if I could come straight there with my suitcase. That apparently is also not permitted. So, after paying a whole lot of money for something I really wanted to see, I was not able to because of silly rules, whether they are real or made up I dont know. Dont understand them if they were real. No advice, not telling me when the next tour is, nothing at all.. only no. All in all Venice was a huge disappointment, from rude public workers to the unpleasantness of locals towards “tourists” and the fact that there were no assistance or advice offered by tour operators for any small unforeseen hickup. On another tour I asked where the pick up spot was and the only answer I consistently received was “dont forget your voucher”. viator should really make more of an effort to vet these tours and make sure whet is advertised is actually correct. They are expensive enough.

• Family friendly & so informative!

  Tanya H,

  Jul 6, 2025

  - Review from Viator

  5.00

  Very informative as we knew nothing about Venice history- we added the gondola ride to the end & the kids (ages 14-23) found it interesting. They loved ending on the gondola! Audio buds were a tad large- uncomfortable & spotty at times to hear but we just stood close enough to hear her voice! Well organized team & we felt safe with them!

• Tour was very enjoyable. ...

  Kristine F,

  Jun 30, 2025

  - Review from Viator

  5.00

  Tour was very enjoyable. The tour guide, Micro was very informative and very entertaining. Although it was hot, it was well worth doing.

• venice is very beautiful

  Marjorie V,

  Aug 19, 2024

  - Review from Viator

  3.00

  the tour of st mark's was very informative and interesting. the guide was great and everything went smoothly. however the wait time between the end of the tour til the gondola was too long with no place to sit at st. mark's.

• Asking for $30 refund per ticket for short Gondola ride

  Linda L,

  Oct 29, 2023

  - Review from Viator

  2.00

  We only got a 15 minute gondola ride! We were promised more. We had to wait a long time while most of the group were riding and then got a very short ride in order to make the meeting for the walking tour. The walking tour was very good. I am asking Viator for a $30 refund per ticket.

• Professional and courteous tour company

  Stephanie E,

  Jul 25, 2023

  - Review from Viator

  5.00

  We missed our originally scheduled tour time (thunderstorm plus Venice is very hard to navigate at times- leave your hotel early!) but we were able to get on with another tour and were so grateful! Our tour guide was a native Venetian and passionate about city history. There is a lot you miss in the narrow streets and she covered so much. We had time to do the gondola ride, which was lovely and lasted about 20 minutes. The queue for the gondola was a little hectic and we were standing in the sun for a while so bring water and a parasol if you’re visiting in the summer. Otherwise, great experience.

• Not good for the money spent.

  Cynthia M,

  Jul 23, 2023

  - Review from Viator

  2.00

  The gondola ride was nice but they just take you around, no discussion about anything, very assembly-line like (and you can get a gondola ride on your own for significantly chaper). However, the walking tour was not good. We expected a walking tour of ~ 1.5- 2 hours and the guide spent the first 20 minutes checking out the radios. Then, we saw no highlights of Venice at all. It was like she just wanted to take us to see three sisterns and a theatre that had burned down a couple of times in a non-descript part of the area near where the tour office was for 50 minutes. She spent more time telling us over and over about how we had to stay to the side so anyone (other than us) could get by, where she was going to turn and how we had to be back for the gondola (why the tour was so short). It felt like maybe this tour operator got paid by the city to keep tourists out of the way.The walking tour part wasn't a tour at all but a complete waste of time and money.

• We had a great adventure...

  George E,

  Jun 18, 2023

  - Review from Viator

  5.00

  We had a great adventure with our gondola and later with Donatella, who we are highly recommending. We saw a lot of secret sightseeings around Venice and also had a lot of information concerning the relationship of Verona to our country.

• Gondola ride the highlight

  Gill L,

  May 15, 2023

  - Review from Viator

  4.00

  The gondola ride was good. The walking tour was good in the way you saw things you wouldn’t see otherwise although at times it was rather boring and hard to understand the guide as he mumbled

• Beautiful Venice

  Manuela S,

  Oct 30, 2022

  - Review from Viator

  5.00

  We enjoyed the Gondola Ride and the walking tour very much. The guide was very informative and walked us through very interesting alleys and kept us attentive.

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