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Venice: Private Hidden Food & Grand Canal Boat Experience

Venice on foot and by boat, with hidden squares, minor canals, and a food tasting.

Private tour — just your group 2 hours Up to 25 guests Free itinerary changes Local expert guide
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Overview

Glide along the Grand Canal and minor canals past palaces and gardens, then discover hidden squares and alleys on foot with a food tasting to finish.

A private tour combining a boat ride along the Grand Canal and minor canals with a walking exploration of Venice's hidden squares and alleys, capped with a food tasting.

Highlights

  • Grand Canal by boat Glide past palaces, churches, gardens, and bridges.
  • Hidden squares on foot Discover alleys most visitors walk straight past.
  • Food tasting Finish the tour with a taste of local specialties.

What Stops Does This Tour Make?

A popular starting point — every Voyzo itinerary is fully customizable, so we'll shape the order and stops around your group.

P

Pickup

Meet your guide in central Venice for this combined boat-and-walking experience.

1

Grand Canal by boat

Glide past palaces, churches, gardens, and bridges.

2

Hidden squares on foot

Discover alleys most visitors walk straight past.

3

Food tasting

Finish the tour with a taste of local specialties.

D

Drop-off

Your guide walks you back to a convenient point near your hotel.

What's Included

A private local guide, just for your group
A professional, knowledgeable local guide
Your guide meets you right where you're staying
A fully customizable itinerary built around you

What's Not Included

Attraction admission tickets, unless noted as included
Meals and snacks
Gratuities for your guide or driver
Personal expenses

Why Book a Private Tour With Voyzo?

Your group only — never combined with strangers
Crowded 50+ seat group buses
Fully custom stops, built around you
A fixed script with no flexibility
Your guide meets you right where you're staying
Meeting at a fixed public meeting point
Direct, transparent pricing — no marketplace markup
Third-party booking fees

Important Information

Know Before You Book

  • Group size can range from 1 to 25 guests.
  • Pricing depends on group size and tour length, and is confirmed after your quote request.
  • Tour duration is flexible — the times shown are a typical starting point.

Know Before You Go

  • We'll confirm your exact meeting time and place after booking.
  • Bring a camera, comfortable shoes, and weather-appropriate layers.
  • Your pickup address is required to finalize the itinerary.

Special Requests

  • Mobility needs, dietary notes, or accessibility requirements? Let us know when requesting your quote and we'll arrange accordingly.
  • Traveling with young children or larger groups — just tell us, and we'll plan accordingly.

Frequently Asked Questions

Once your quote is accepted, we'll confirm your exact meeting time and place by email ahead of your tour date.
Yes — reach out to our team any time before your tour and we'll do our best to accommodate itinerary or schedule changes.

About This Tour

Glide along the Grand Canal and minor canals past palaces and gardens, then discover hidden squares and alleys on foot with a food tasting to finish. A private tour combining a boat ride along the Grand Canal and minor canals with a walking exploration of Venice's hidden squares and alleys, capped with a food tasting.

Venice's food has never been purely local — for centuries the city sat at the center of the spice trade between Europe and the East, and that position left a lasting mark on Venetian cooking, from the use of cinnamon and saffron in savory dishes to a general openness to bold, imported flavors that a lot of other Italian regional cuisines never really absorbed in quite the same way, even today.

This tour pairs that food culture with a route through two very different sides of the city. The boat portion covers the Grand Canal and its quieter offshoots, passing palace facades, churches, and private gardens most visitors only see from a distance, while the walking portion afterward turns into Venice's hidden squares and alleys — the kind of streets that don't lead anywhere obvious on a map but tend to hold the best small, unmarked spots to eat.

The food tasting that closes out the tour is built around that same idea: specific, local, and chosen by someone who actually knows the neighborhood, rather than a generic sampler aimed squarely at passing tourists with little time to spare and even less local context to go on.

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