Venice Small Group Walking Tour With St. Mark's Terrace Option

Shannon was an excellent guide. Very knowledgeable and excellent experience. Highly recommended.

We had an amazing evening tour of St. Mark's and the Doge's Palace with Sabrina. She was fun and knowledgeable, and she accommodated our group, which ranged in age from 17 to 97. She went above and beyond. Her enthusiasm for the art and history of St. Mark's, especially as they turned on the lights, was contagious. I would highly recommend asking for Sabrina for your tour.

I’ve been on three tours of the Vatican, and this is the first one I truly enjoyed. Eva was a fantastic tour guide of our small group of 6. She was so knowledgeable and so interesting in the way she imparted information, that you couldn’t help but be mesmerized. She took time to go over the Sistine Chapel before we went in, because you can’t guide while in there. She seemed to choose the most interesting pieces to talk about wherever we were. It was a truly wonderful experience.

Elisa did a wonderful job touring us and explaining what we were seeing and the history behind it. Fantastic job!

We loved our Venice in a Day private tour with Marie-Therese. She was so fun and engaging and our whole familly was raving both about the beautiful and interesting things we saw and our wonderful guide. She combined interesting history with good humor and kept a perfect pace. It was the best way to start our trip! We felt like we really understood what it meant to be Venetian. Thank you!

Great tour with Claudia (aka Clachan)! Very detailed throughout the morning. Lots of enthusiasm and knowledge of papal history.

Monica was a fantastic guide. Very personable and knowledgeable. Made for a great experience and a great start for our family vacation.

Carlotta was a wonderful tour guide. Delightful and full of helpful information all throughout the tour. We would highly recommend her.

Laura was amazing and knowledgeable, incredibly friendly and engaging, the Vatican was beautiful, 10/10 would go again, difficult to squeeze into 3 hours

Giovanni was an exceptional tour guide! His knowledge goes well above what we expected! It was impressive that he could answer any questions we had for him. His friendly demeanor added to the grandeur of this historic site! Ask for Giovanni if you want a superb tour!

Sure was a great guide very entertaining and very knowledgeable. I would highly recommend this tour. There’s a lot to cover. Go in the morning.

Fabrizio was an incredible tour guide - very knowledgable, personable, patient, and thoughtful. Really helped us understand the privilege we had to see some of the private areas that our tour had access to, as well as consider the Vatican from political, artistic, and social historial perspectives. So grateful he was our guide for this once-in-a-lifetime experience. Thank you Fabrizio!

We did a private after hours tour of Doge’s Palace and St Mark’s Basilica. Adriana was our tour guide. The tour is excellent especially the after hours private visit to the St Mark’s Basilica. To be the one if the very few people in St Marks after dark and to see the Basilica slowly light up from complete darkness inside is magical. Adriana was very good and explained all aspects in detail. We really recommend this experience

Venice can be overwhelming with all the islands, bridges, and sketchy (at best) signage (unless you are on a major thoroughfare). This was my third trip to Venice and I was determined to see more than the usual highlights or subject myself to one of the large tours. This tour provided that opportunity. Our guide was very knowledgeable. I thought I had a good working knowledge of Venice's history, but she filled in the gaps and provided many wonderful insights into not only the history, but how people lived in Venice in the past and present. My favorite part was the information on Venice's architecture, to the point where I could look at a building and make an intelligent guess on it's age and the age of any "improvements" (not unusual to have a 14th-century building with another story added in the 1600s). Also, our guide was very patient as both my sister and I use canes and Venice is a real challenge for someone mildly disabled. Our tour of Venice was one of the highlights of our 3-week trip!

Sabrina was a very knowledgeable and friendly guide. The tour took us to the tourist sites but also a local market. The great advantage with Livitaly tours are the guaranteed small group size that gives the tour a very personal feel. Very enjoyable!

Our guide Pamela was wonderful. We had no problem meeting up with her. We were a very small tour group. Just the two of us and Pamela. We are so happy Livitaly does not cancel for undersized groups. Our tour even lasted longer than advertised, we just enjoyed each other's company. The skip-the-line is a great option because we saw the long lines. It is so nice to have someone point out each area of interest and be so knowledgeable. Pamela even arranged for us to use the elevator at the Doge's Palace. Our tour ended with a wonderful recommendation for dinner. The restaurant was Osteria Alle Testiere. It was delicious, Thank you Pamela!

Wow, we had the BEST day in Venice with our LivItaly guide, Marie...she is a great guide in that she was incredibly nice, knowledgeable and patient with our family of 3 teenagers ages 17, 15 & 12. It was a five hour walking tour through the fascinating labyrinth of Venice’s canals and squares, and Marie had such interesting stories and historical anecdotes about everything we saw...she really brought the history of Venice to life! We started at the Church of San Giacomo, then walked to many great squares and churches, including Marco Polo’s house, then St Mark’s Basilica and Doge’s Palace. We especially loved the Palace and seeing the prison and the Hall of the Great Council and hearing about Venice’s incredible history and the way they governed and their financial power as their own republic. Marie’s art history background, knowledge of history in general and overall love of the city of Venice was so apparent and appreciated! For lunch, she took us to the best pizza spot which my kids loved. We ended with a gondola ride which was a perfect end to a fantastic tour. Thank you Marie and thank you LivItaly...we will recommend you to everyone we know who visits Italy!

Our guide Sara gave us an entertaining and interesting tour packed with local knowledge and history. I would highly recommend this tour as a flavour of Venetian life, culture and history. Thank you Sara!

<p>Mary was our private tour guide - really a friendly and knowledgeable guide in Venice. She gave us a thourough history of Venice, walked through many of the significant sights - showed us many of the significant structures, how they fit into Venice's history. Our tour ended at St Marks Basillica - amazing. We walked right in, totally bypassing what appeared to be a several hour wait in line. We really enjoyed the tour</p>