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DiscoveringVenice - Walking Tours with a Private Guide

Dorsoduro 2268, 30123 Venice, Italy
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Ranked #3 of 67 activities in Venice
Type: Tours
Owner description: DiscoveringVenice is run by Antonella, Eugenia and their partner Federica. We are expert certified tour guides in Venice. We offer a wide range of... more » Owner description: DiscoveringVenice is run by Antonella, Eugenia and their partner Federica. We are expert certified tour guides in Venice. We offer a wide range of city walking tours and boat tours by private water taxi (Gran Canal and small canals, islands of the lagoon – Murano, Burano, Torcello). We are keen to organize customized exclusive tours to make you discover the "hidden Venice" and its back-streets, as well as the monumental classic Venice, its churches and museums. « less
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San Antonio, Texas
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 10 May 2013

Antonella provided a private tour for our family which consisted of my sister, niece my 78 year old Spanish-speaking mother and my wife and me. Since before we left, Antonella was very easy to communicate with and we were able to explain our dual-language group's needs. She met us early at our hotel and provided us a bilingual (Spanish-English) walking... More

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Long Island, NY
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 4 May 2013

I took a 2.5 hour tour with Federica and enjoyed it immensely. While she was able to offer a variety of tour possibilities, I knew that I wanted to see St. Mark's Basillica as well as the Doge's Pallace. With that request, Federica took it from there. She knew exactly the best time to enter each and since she is... More

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Asheville, North Carolina
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 2 May 2013

My husband and I made arrangements for two 2-hour tours with Antonella. Some friends from another tour we were on joined us in Venice and Antonella willingly accommodated all of us. Not only did Antonella take us to historic places such as St. Mark's Square and the Doge's Palace, she also took us to areas less traveled by tourists such... More

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London, United Kingdom
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 30 April 2013

We spent two afternoons with Antonella, walking through Venice and learnt a lot during the time spent with her. The tours were flexible and paced to suit us. We would definitely recommend these tours to those wanting either to see the major tourist sites or those parts of Venice not on the main tourist drags.

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Farnham, England, United Kingdom
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 30 April 2013

We were met by Federica at 9.00 am and spent 5 hours being lead through Venice with her great knowledge of History and many interesting facts. One hour was a water tour on a private boat which gave you a great overview of the city. She was very flexible in her approach and tailored the tour to our needs. She... More

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Swindon, United Kingdom
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 26 April 2013

Antonella Fantoni was our guide for our tour of Venice - it was well planned and very informative, we would not have understood the background to alot of of historic events that have taken place in Venice if we had not had this peronsal guided tour. Antonella explained the history very and at the right pace for us all. We... More

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 25 April 2013

Venice was very busy and we found having Antonella as a guide was a lovely mix of the informative and informality. This was our first visit we really enjoyed the pace and information of the tour. We plan to return and will definitely use this firm again. Anne Lavery

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chicago, illinois
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 22 April 2013

My large family and I had the good fortune to have Antonella as our tour guide in Venice this past March. I had booked the tour directly through Discovering Venice. Antonella was very knowledgable and entertaining. For our first morning in Venice we spent two hours with Antonella touring the Doges Palace followed by St. Marks. This was the perfect... More

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Sevenoaks
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 21 April 2013

One of the highlights of our 4 day visit to Venice was the walking tour with Federica. My daughter wanted to see some churches and to finish at the Rialto Bridge. So Federica took us on a 2 hour tour of churches starting with the Basilica and finishing with the Gloriosa del Frari from where she walked us through the... More

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Chicago, IL
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 9 April 2013

We had a wonderful experience with Antonella on a morning private guide tour. We had brought our two daughters ages 13 and 15 to Venice and it really is so very helpful to have another person review all the historical information. She was a private guide for us and we walked through the Palazzo Ducale, Bridge of Sighs, St. Marks... More

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