Unique, custom private tours designed for those who'd like to experience this intimate city even more up-close and personally.

What We Offer

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Venetian Dream Package

We recommend this option particularly for those travelers who are here a minimum of three days. We personally help you create a custom Venetian itinerary according to your interests, budget, and the way you like to travel.

venezia castello arsenale - 05We’ll start with a phone conversation to get a feel for your interests and intentions during your time in Venice. We’ll recommend lodging according to your taste and budget, and hand-craft your itinerary according to the way you like to travel: concentrating on glass or gastronomia, architecture or 15th century art; music or meandering, day-trips or day-dreaming. We take care of the details, so you can start practicing your Italian!

We start with a phone interview, and finish with your ideal itinerary that also includes the invaluable one-hour Venice: A Welcome Introduction.

INCLUDES:

  • one-hour Venice: A Welcome Introduction
  • lodging recommendations
  • tour and sightseeing advice, both organized and free time
  • dining recommendations, from panini to the primi to premium
  • evening options: theatre, music
  • favorite gondoliers, and other ways to get on the water
  • train reservations, going and coming from Venice
  • transfers arrangements, vaporetto pass recommendations, detailed arrival and departure information

COST:
€310, arrangements for a 3-4 day stay, up to four people.
€410, arrangements for a one week stay, up to six people

(The above quotes are for travelers with identical arrangements, and include the one-hour, on-site Welcome Introduction.)

By the Hour

If all you need are a few questions answered by an expert, our e-mail, phone, Skype-chat, and on-site assistance is available at an hourly rate. Phone and other consultations are made by appointment (we\'ll call on our dime, though).

Ardidos eateries - 02Can you recommend and book a hotel? Where should we eat tonight? Should we drive or take the train from the Cinque Terre to Venice? Do you have a suggestion for a day trip from Venice? Where should we go to get off the beaten path? No matter how specific or how general your question, we can give you just the amount of help you need…according to who you are and how you like to travel.

INCLUDES:
Venice travel consulting and advice by the hour, by e-mail, chat session, phone conversation, or on-site…your choice.

COST:
€45 per hour