Walking Tours Of Venice

[Monterey Girl]

We are going to take a 14 day cruise to Europe in October. Our cruise ends in Venice where we are staying an extra two days.

My question: Has anyone here ever taken any of the walking tours of Venice ? Any opinions pro or con ? Should I pre reserve or wait until we get there or maybe even have our hotel recommend one a head of time? I had pretty much decided to buy a good guide book and just hoof it on our own but after reading everything I can get my hands on, I am afraid we might miss something or not know what the heck we are looking at ! For example, we would really like to go to where they still make gondolas by hand . How would I find out out where they are and how to get to them !!

I would really REALLY appreciate some help with this.

 

MG :)

[alcman]

HI MG,

 

We are also staying in Venice after the October 7 cruise and plan on doing it on foot as much as possible. We used the Rick Steves and Insight books for our walking tours and they were great. I would check out both books as they come with maps and good summaries of the sites. I think Venice can only be done justice on foot, except for going to the other Islands :D .

 

Jerry

[cberge]

If you do decide you want a good walking tour of Venice...stop at the Tourist Office tucked in a corner by S.Marco,and asked what they may have going.They do a really good job and the people that do the tours are very well informed on all the aspects of Venice.You can do a half day that will give some insight and then strike out on your own.You do not need to prebook anything.

[awms]

Hi there:-

 

We visited Venice last May/06 for three (3) days pre-cruise. We did our own walking tour and felt that after three days we had enough of Venice seeing everything we wanted to before boarding the ship. We did some on-line research and found the website http://www.visitorsforvenice.com invaluable in terms of hotel accomodations near the cruise terminal, sightseeing etc.

 

FYI

[RTLS]

Hi,

For people like me, who really like to plan ahead, there are walking tours that can be pre-booked.

 

Rick Steves recommends http://www.tours-italy.com and there are quite a few choices, we have chosen the Original Venice Walking tour for our visit to Venice this May. You could probably just turn up without reservations.