Venice Audio Guided Walking Tour 3h30 and 26 Audio Commentaries

Highlights

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Itinerary

1. You are standing in front of the mamma of all the religious buildings in Venice. Historically in search of prestige, the city of Doges wanted to be able to host a relic that would live up to its claims.

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2. We grant you, from one bridge to another in Venice, the differences are not frankly striking. Except maybe with this one! Spanning the Grand Canal, like three other companions, the Accademia Bridge owes its existence to the Austrians.

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3. What would Venice be without its bridges? This is a question that more than one person has already asked. The thing is, to know that, we would have to make a damn good step back in history. Venice, as we know it today, is quite different from that of the past.

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4. Now that you’ve arrived by the canal, look at the dock opposite and more specifically at the first 3-level building, to the left of the church steeple. Built between 1748 and 1772 on behalf of a wealthy Venetian family, which gave it its name, the Grassi Palace has been a cultural address in Venice since 2005.

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5. Once the home of Francesco Foscari, 65th Doge of Venice, the old palace on your right has always been connected to the world of education. In 1866, a Venetian Jew founded the city’s Royal Higher School of Commerce, whose ultimate objective was to improve merchants and prepare commercial science teachers for secondary schools.

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6. The second largest building in Venice, the Basilica dei Frari, as we see it today, took more than 100 years to be built. In addition to its tall 70-metre campanile, dating from the 14th century, the monument returns a simple exterior façade, made of brick and some white and pink stone elements.

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7. In all, the beautiful Venice has no less than six districts. And, without really knowing it, you are currently in one of the oldest, but especially the smallest of them: San Polo.

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8. All in color, and charged with good smell, here is another typically Venetian stop that takes place right in front of you. In a sector where the trade in fabrics, spices and other commodities was once concentrated, the Rialto Point of Sale has been part of Venice’s identity since the 13th century.

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9. The Rialto Bridge is a big Rising Star in Venice’s tourist advertisements and one of the most famous symbols of the Doge City. Except that before reaching this success, the monument went through a rather long and complicated history.

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10. From a narrow alley to a curved bridge, it is common to cross squares in Venice. But be careful, in order not to risk irritating the locals, you should know that there is only one real place in the city. Naturally, it’s St. Mark’s Square.

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11. Venice is one of those destinations where you like to stay more than once. We can’t tell if it’s its romantic atmosphere or the peaceful waters of its lagoon that rock us the most. But deep down, do you really know Venice?

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12. It is positioned facing the canal that normally you should see the silhouette of a tower that soars into the sky. Located on the island of the same name, the San Giorgio Campanile is the third largest in its category in the whole city.

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Cancellation

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

Reviews

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How it compares in Venice

• Its from-price is 96% below the median of the 1991 experiences we list in Venice.
• It is longer than most of them.
• By number of reviews it ranks 928 of 1991.
• 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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