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From Ravenna Port Luxury Venice by Boat & Gondola Transfer & Tour
Badge of ExcellenceRavenna, Italy
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- 7 hours
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- Offered in: English
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Overview
The perfect pick for cruise ship passengers who are arriving at Ravenna Port—this shore excursion makes exploring Venice an effortless mission. After a port pickup, get taken to Venice where you can safely store your luggage. Explore Venice with the perfect combination of walking tour and traveling by water taxi and gondola. Tick off top Venice sights—such as St Mark’s Square, Rialto Bridge, and Doge’s Palace.
- Stress-free trip to Venice directly from Ravenna Port
- Don’t worry about luggage: It’s safely stored
- Enjoy an intimate gondola ride with a maximum of five passengers
- A guide provides commentary and ensures you don’t get lost
What's Included
- Small groups of maximum 10 people per guide
- 30-minute Gondola Ride in groups of max. 5 people
- Luggage transportation from ship and storage during tour in Venice
- Entrance fees (none will be required during your tour)
- Food and drinks
- Gratuities
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- Cruise Port - RavennaAdriatic Sea, 48123 Ravenna RA, Italy
Our hosts will be waiting at the port of Ravenna holding up signs that reads "Vexperio" and your name on it.
End point
- Piazzale Roma, 30135 Venezia VE, Italy
What To Expect
Begin your tour of Venice with pick up directly at the Ravenna port and transport by air-conditioned vehicle to the meeting point in Venice, where you will join your guide and store your luggage for the day. From here, you will be divided into groups of 15 and transfer to the water taxi pick-up point in Piazzale Rome in Venice proper.
Board a water taxi for the scenic trip along the Grand Canal to St. Mark’s Square, with guide commentary along the way to learn about the city’s history and architecture. Disembark and take a turn around the square with your guide to admire the facades of St. Mark’s Basilica and the Doge’s Palace.
Next, enjoy a 30-minute gondola ride along the historic canals before a final guided walk over the Rialto Bridge and through the Rialto Market (or free time, if you prefer) before the water taxi ride back to pick up your stored luggage.
Board a water taxi for the scenic trip along the Grand Canal to St. Mark’s Square, with guide commentary along the way to learn about the city’s history and architecture. Disembark and take a turn around the square with your guide to admire the facades of St. Mark’s Basilica and the Doge’s Palace.
Next, enjoy a 30-minute gondola ride along the historic canals before a final guided walk over the Rialto Bridge and through the Rialto Market (or free time, if you prefer) before the water taxi ride back to pick up your stored luggage.
Cruise Port - Ravenna
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Tronchetto
2 hours 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Piazzale Roma
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Piazza San Marco
1 hour • Admission Ticket Free
Basilica di San Marco
20 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
Doge's Palace
20 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
Piazza San Marco
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
Ponte di Rialto
20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Mercati di Rialto
40 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Piazza San Marco
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Piazzale Roma
20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking, unless booked within 9 days of travel. In this case confirmation will be received within 48 hours, subject to availability
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Please bring some change in EUR for toilet stops, beverages and for lunch. Please ask our tour guide in Venice to arrange for a stop at an ATM if you do not have EUR with you. US dollars are not accepted in Italy.
- This tour is not wheelchair or scooter accessible but passengers with reduced mobiliy can do a minimal amount of walking, as we bring the group to and from the St. Mark's Square on a boat.
Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
- Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
- This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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5.0
32 reviews
DKF, May 2024
The transfer from Civitavecchia (cruise port) was seamless. The drivers handled our bags for the entire day. It made it easier to enjoy our tour of Venice. If you are lucky enough to have Sebastian as your tour guide, you are in great hands. As a local Venetian he is knowledgeable about the history and culture of Venice. Sebastian has a typical pride of any local Italian where he wants you to fall in love with his home town. He will tell you where NOT to eat, show you all the best that Venice has to offer, and provide you with the back story of this charming city built on 100+ islands.
Response from Host, May 2024
Hello!
Your kind words made our day, truly, and they will make Sebastian's too as soon as I let him know!
We were super lucky to have such amazing guests with us in Venice!
Thank you again for choosing Vexperio and hopefully, see you soon one day!
Warm regards,
Magda
Vexperio
Ferrel_G, Oct 2023
Our tour was terrific. Very knowledgeable and helped with our luggage and arranged for a water water taxi to our hotel.
Cheryl_H, Oct 2023
Great tour. Octavia was a wonderful tour guide and I would recommend to anyone thinking about going to Venice.
Brittany_W, Sep 2023
This tour was the perfect end to our honeymoon! Seamless pickup at Ravenna port in a private vehicle and ride to Venice where we met our incredible guide for the day, Sebastian. We can not stop raving about him! We not only did & saw all the highlights of Venice, but also had such a valuable insiders look at things from a born & raised Venetian. Would HIGHLY recommend!
vicky_b, Sep 2023
Elena was an incredible guide! She be made the tour the best experience by sharing stories of history we could relate to -and only stories that someone who grew up in Venice could do. The Venice tour sights were the highlight of a 2 week trip thru Greece and Italy. This tour was well worth the $$$!!
LUCAS_B, Sep 2023
The sights, the seamless pickup, the history, and the gondola ride. Our guide was helpful, friendly, knowledgeable and fun. I highly recommend!
Beth_F, Aug 2023
Elena was amazing! So was our driver and our water taxi driver. Everyone was professional and knowledgeable. We were taken from Ravenna where our cruise shipped docked to Venice where we met Elena. She took us all over Venice, out for an amazing lunch, on a gondola and helped us get our luggage and arranged for a water taxi to get us back to our hotel. When we got flooded in St Marks Square and couldn’t get to our hotel, AFTER THE TOUR!, she came back and found us and helped us navigate the back streets and even carried our heavy luggage to get us to our hotel. She was funny and knowledgeable and super helpful. It was the best money we spent on our trip. I would highly recommend this tour and Elena in particular. I feel like we struck gold with her as our guide. She gave us her what’s app and was helpful to us even after the tour ended. A true gem :)
Stephanie_F, Jul 2023
From start to finish, this was a fantastic experience and we felt taken care of every step of the way. We booked this months in advance and had a group of 16. The cap on the online booking was 15 and viator was very responsive, working with the local your company to confirm we could have 16. They also asked questions like the makeup of our group (8 adults and 8 children), things we wanted to see, if we wanted to add lunch, etc. The day before our arrival in Ravenna, the local operator reached out to confirm all details and provide contact information for our guide. When we arrived in Ravenna, a large bus was waiting to take us to Venice, where we were met by Elena. Elena was outstanding. She ushered us all to the bathroom, onto water taxis and to our Airbnb to drop all of our belongings, even helping to carry suitcases to the third floor. She then took us to an amazing lunch where she kept the kids table under control so the adults could enjoy our meal. Next up was our gondola ride, and she led us over the Rialto and through Piazza San Marco, providing facts and jokes and taking pictures all along the way. She made sure we got on our gondolas, took tons of photos, and bid us goodbye. I received 81 photos the next day, all captured by Elena during our time together. She truly went above and beyond being a tour guide and we appreciated everything so very much. This was absolutely the best way to transition from the cruise to our time in Venice. Thanks so much, Viator, Vexperio and Elena!!
Reynaldo_S, Jul 2023
Ellenor was our guide. She Is truly the best. She was very informative, personable and very perfessional. She made the experience one that my family will cherish for a lifetime. I would definitely recommend her. Her ability to bring Venice to life and creates a desire where the family is anxious to come back and experience it again and again.
tracey_b, Jul 2023
Easily the best excursion on our trip! Elena was amazing! She made us feel so welcome and was accommodating to our group of 11. We saw the highlights in Venice, ate some amazing food that we would not have found on our own and even rode in a gondola. She made sure we got back to the hotel together as well. Elena had a great personality that kept our group engaged and made us feel very special. Highly recommend!
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