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The Heart of Venice: A Self-Guided Audio Tour

Venice, Italy
1 hour
(4)
Walking Tours
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City Highlights
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May 19, 2025
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The Heart of Venice: A Self-Guided Audio Tour
Adult
Ages: 6-99 years old
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What You Will Do

As you wander through the ancient streets and beautiful open squares of this city, you’ll learn some of the fascinating stories that are tied to this magical place. We’ll start in Piazza San Marco, the most famous and most central point of Venice. You’ll learn the story of The Old Lady with the Mortar and admire the ornate Church of San Zulian. Meander through Campo San Salvador and then enjoy the splendor of the Teatro Comunale Carlo Goldoni, a theatre named after Carlo Goldoni, a Venetian playwright from the 1700's. You’ll also visit La Fenice, the opera house that hosted the first performances of "Rigoletto" and "La Traviata." The walk ends on the famous Rialto Bridge which is where the first bridge on the Grand Canal was ever built. The tour is ready whenever you are and the audio plays automatically at exactly the right time and place using your smartphone's GPS and the VoiceMap mobile app, which also works offline.

What's Included?

  • Lifetime access to The Heart of Venice tour
  • VoiceMap Application
  • Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata

What's Not Included?

  • Smartphone
  • Transportation
  • Food/Drink
  • Tickets or entrance fees to any museums or other attractions en route

Cancellation Policy

All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.

Itinerary

Meeting Point

We'll start at Piazza San Marco. Before arrival, install the VoiceMap app and use the code provided on your ticket. This is a self-guided audio tour that you can start, pause, or restart any time and complete at your own pace. Directions to the starting point are in the app.

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Piazza San Marco

Piazza San Marco is the most famous and most central point of Venice. Everyone who has come here in the past 1000 years or so has visited this place. It was once famously called “the drawing room of Europe”, but Venetians simply call it “the Piazza". It has been the site of much elegance, drama and history. State visits of popes and emperors, public executions, religious processions, and of course, Carnival - the Piazza is where all that is grand has happened in one of the world's grandest cities, and in our tour you will hear her stories.

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Additional Information

This activity is operated by VoiceMap Audio Tours
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • On certain dates, most travelers staying outside of Venice who are planning to visit for the day will be required to pay a €5 access fee. For further details (including exemptions) and to learn what days this fee is applicable, please visit: https://cda.ve.it

Guide Options

  • Audio Guide - English

Customer Reviews

Great idea!
(viator)
2024-08-29
A really nice way to explore at your own pace with a guide. Interface worked well, was easy to understand and gave us some fun I teresting info. Highly recommend.
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(tripadvisor)
2024-05-26
Wir hatten nur einen Tag in Venedig (waren von Chiogga per Boot gekommen) und haben mit dieser Tour einen superguten Eindruck bekommen. Es hat uns sehr gut gefallen.
Venice in the setting sun.
(tripadvisor)
2021-06-25
Was there in Oct 2019 and used this tour. Great Tour. We were walking late afternoon and into the evening. So atmospheric as the lights came on, a really unique experience. We were taken just off the beaten track and we felt that we really did soak up some of that atmosphere.
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