5 Full-Day Tours in Venice Worth Booking

1.From Lake Garda: Full-Day Guided Group Tour of Venice

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 1,389 reviews · from $94Our pick

Travel from Lake Garda to Venice with an English or German-speaking guide, a private lagoon boat, a 40-minute walking tour, and about 3.5 hours of free time. Guides such as Francesco, Gabriella, Thomas, and Christina have led past departures. Optional gondola and lagoon cruises cost extra.

“Nice trip to Venice with our fantastic guide Alessandro! In few words: smile, relax and a lot od interesting stories. You can also buy an aditional gondola ride or a boat cruise to discover the lagoon. I highly recommend. Grazie Alessandro 😊”

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2.Full-Day Venice Lagoon Tour: Visit Murano, Burano and Torcello

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 332 reviews · 6 hours (approx.) · from $36Best value

Spend about six hours traveling by boat from Venice to Murano, Burano, and Torcello. You will see a glassblowing demonstration, colorful homes, lacework, Burano biscuits, Devil’s Bridge, and Torcello Cathedral. The English service may include multilingual commentary, and the schedule can favor Murano.

“The tour guide was very informative. We were to meet the guide at 11:45 infront of the KFC in Venice. The guide was over half an hour late getting to our tour due to a previous walking tour that took longer than antisipated. There was nobody on site with any signs. The boat was there waiting for the guide to show up. Once we left, the visit to the islands was nice. We were suppose to end our tour where we were picked up but due to the size of the boat were we dropped off somewhere else that required us to walk over 20 minutes to the train station.…”

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3.Murano, Burano and Torcello Islands Full-Day Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 147 reviews · from $94

Travel from Venice to Murano, Burano, and Torcello by motorboat on a six-hour tour with multilingual assistance. Watch a glass-blowing demonstration, enjoy free time on each island, and return to Riva degli Schiavoni. Guides may include Eva or Marinella.

“the beautiful cities and the glass blowing demo was really neat so much talent in the masters. the ease of getting off and on the boat was great”

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4.Venice to Padua Full-Day Brenta Riviera Boat Cruise

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 118 reviews · from $157

Spend a full day aboard Il Burchiello, cruising from Venice along the Brenta Riviera to Padua. You will tour Villa Foscari, Villa Widmann, and Villa Pisani, pass 70 riverside villas, and travel through nine swing bridges and five locks. Lunch is optional and return transport is not included.

“Excellent. However we got the bus back after visiting the last historic building as it Would of been too long a day. Lunch was rather rushed, fewer courses would of been preferable!”

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5.Full-Day Venice to Padua Burchiello Brenta Riviera Boat Cruise

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 75 reviews · 9 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $177

Spend about 9½ hours cruising from Venice San Marco to Padua with a multilingual guide, stopping at La Malcontenta, Villa Widmann, and Villa Pisani. The slow boat ride includes locks, swing bridges, countryside views, and an optional lunch stop in Oriago. Return transport is not included.

“Sadly this trip was way too long. Didn't arrive Padua till almost 7pm so we opted to miss the last 2 hours and take a bus back to Venice. There was a one hour lunch stop as well which i felt was excessive. The 3 palaces we saw were lovely but we had excess time there as well, except for the last and biggest . Our guide was very knowledgeable and did a great job of translating into 3 languages.”

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