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PRIVATE VENICE TOURS AND BOAT TOURS OF VENICE AND ITS LAGOON
Are you planning your holidays in Venice? With our Venice Tours you will discover the most famous treasuries of Venice as well as the less known undiscovered Venice.
Venice Guide and Boat offers a wide range of high quality Venice tours and transfers. You can book private Venice guided tours with a local qualified guide and Venice boat tours. Furthermore we organize excursions and daily cruises to explore the Venetian Lagoon and it’s peculiar environment. We offer also tours to the Veneto Villas, the authentic medieval villages and the Wine Routes on the Veneto Mainland. If you are interested in Venice culinary tradition, book our tours dedicated on food and wine tasting. We arrange all kind of private transfers in Venice and can help you planning your holidays to get the most of your visit to Venice and the Veneto.
Venice Guide and Boat’s qualified Venice local tour guide will make your Venice Tours unforgettable. Experience our cruises in the Lagoon of Venice for a unique adventure with our luxury private boat.
If you are interested in Art & History book a Venice tour to discover Venice and its Heritage. Our tours explain why the site “Venice and its Lagoon” is in the UNESCO World Heritage List. Try our enjoyable and relaxing Venice walks to see the undiscovered Venice. Most noteworthy, our boat tours will make you appreciate the Lagoon of Venice, one of the most important wetlands in the world. If you are travelling on a cruise ship, see our shore excursions designed for cruisers who are in Venice just for one day. You will make the most of a day ashore.
We operate on your schedule and at your own pace. Our Venice tours are all inclusive, so you don’t have to buy your admissions and you will skip the line when entering museums or churches. You can easily book all services directly with Venice Guide and Boat with our e-commerce secure system. We have everything you need for an unforgettable Venice experience!
VGB Blog
Why a Private Boat Tour is the Best Way to See the Venice Lagoon
Most visitors to Venice walk the same well-worn path: St. Mark’s Basilica, the Rialto Bridge, a gelato, and back to the hotel. It is a perfectly fine itinerary — but it misses the point entirely. Venice was not built for land. It was built for water. The city’s soul, its scale, and its centuries of […]
Leonardo Loredan: Venice’s Shrewd Strategist at the Basilica of Saints John and Paul
When Leonardo Loredan became Doge in 1501, Venice was teetering on the edge of great peril. During his twenty-year rule, he masterfully navigated the Republic through the turbulent League of Cambrai—an alliance of France, the Pope, the Holy Roman Empire, and others designed to crush Venetian power. Despite early defeats, Loredan’s political skill and diplomacy […]
Santorio Santorio: The Venetian Pioneer of Modern Medicine at the Marciana Library
Santorio Santorio (1561–1636), a Venetian physician and inventor, profoundly shaped modern medical science. He pioneered the use of the pulsilogium, a pendulum-based instrument that precisely measured the pulse—an innovation built on Galileo’s laws of motion. Through quantifying human vitals, Santorio transformed medical observation into a scientific practice
Regata Storica 2025: Venice’s Epic Water Parade and Rowing Spectacle
On Sunday, September 7, 2025, Venice will once again host the Regata Storica, its iconic historical regatta along the Grand Canal. This annual event, held on the first Sunday of September, is a living echo of Venice’s maritime and civic grandeur—rich in history, pageantry, and fierce competition.
