Small Group Venice Grand Canal Panoramic Tour

Highlights

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Itinerary

1. Navigate on board an elegant water taxi the famos s-shaped canal, the Grand Canal

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2. St. Mark's Square has always been the most important Square in Venice and it has been defined as "the most beautiful drawing room of Europe".

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3. The Doge's Palace is one of the finest example of Venetian Gothic style. It was the residence of the Doge, and the political and judicial heart of the city.

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4. The island of San Giorgio Maggiore is located right in front of St. Mark's Square. On the island there is a 6th-century Benedictine church designed by Andrea Palladio.

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5. The Church of the Redeemer was designed by the architect Andrea Palladio and built as a votive church to thank God for the deliverance of the city from a major outbreak of the plague.

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6. The Ca' Pesaro is a Baroque marble palace facing the Grand Canal built by the Venetian architect, Baldassarre Longhena, who also designed the church of the Salute and Ca' Rezzonico, for the noble and wealthy Pesaro family.

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7. At the beginning of the Grand Canal, the "barefoot bridge" connects the Railway station to the rest of the city.

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8. It is a particularly notable example of the 18th century Venetian baroque and rococo architecture and interior decoration, and displays paintings by the leading Venetian painters of the period, including Francesco Guardi and Giambattista Tiepolo. Nowadays it hosts a public museum dedicated to 18th-century Venice (Museo del Settecento Veneziano).

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9. Designed in the 16th century, Ca' Vendramin Calergi now hosts the casino of Venice.

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10. The Ca' d'Oro or Palazzo Santa Sofia is a palace on the Grand Canal . One of the oldest palace in the city, its name means "golden house" due to the gilt and polychrome external decorations which once adorned its walls.

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11. Pass under one of the most iconic symbol of Venice: the Rialto Bridge.

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12. The Accademia Bridge is the only wooden bridge in Venice.

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Cancellation

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.

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How it compares in Venice

• Its from-price is 76% below the median of the 210 city tours we list in Venice.
• It is shorter than most of them.
• By number of reviews it ranks 27 of 210.
• The operator lists free cancellation on it.

About Venice

Venice floats on a lagoon of more than a hundred islands, a city of canals, palaces and bridges with no cars, where every walk ends somewhere unexpected.

The Grand Canal sweeps through the city in a great reversed S, lined with palaces and crossed by the Rialto Bridge. Near its mouth, Piazza San Marco gathers St Mark's Basilica with its golden mosaics, the Doge's Palace, the Bridge of Sighs and the tall brick campanile. Water buses and gondolas show the city from the angle it was built to be seen.

Top-ranked sights in Venice: St. Mark's Square (Piazza San Marco), St. Mark's Basilica (Basilica di San Marco), Grand Canal.

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