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Get to know some of the Venice's secrets during this walking tour of hidden Venice. Let a local insider show you some of the city's more off-beat sights and listen to the city's best kept secrets and scandalous stories.

Destination

Venice, Italy

Category

Off The Beaten Track

Duration

2 hours

Transport mode

Walking tour

Available languages

English, Italiano, Español

Included

• Private guide

What you can expect

This is the plan

Check out the plan below to see what you'll get up to with your local host. Feel free to personalize this offer with Lucrezia.

1. Meeting point

   Meet at Campo S.S. Apostoli - Venice to start your journey

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2. Itinerary

   This is what our experience could look like, but it’s not set in stone! Once you book, you can chat directly with your host to make small tweaks to suit your preferences.

3. Meeting Point:

   Campo della Fava

4. Corte Licini

   Historical background

5. Campo Ss. Giovanni e Paolo

   The Big School of St. Mark

6. Campo S.M.Nova

   Get to know all about the famous Venetian Carnival

7. Corte del Milion

   See where famous Venetians such as Casanova and Marco Polo lived in the city and we will discover more about them!

8. Erbaria

   Unveil all the mysteries about Venice's history

9. Rialto Market

   Walk through the unique Venetian local market

10. San Polo District

    Take a stroll through the old red-light district of the city

11. Calle del Scaleter

    Scuola Grande di S.Rocco: the connection between St.Roch, the Plagues and the masks in Venice

12. Make it yours

    Want to tweak the itinerary? Book directly & chat afterwards with your host to adjust highlights, skip stops, or make small changes to fit your preferences.

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    Need something special? Personalize your experience for more time, alternative locations or a completely tailored plan.

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Flexible cancellation policy

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Reviews from guests

Tiel

21 January 2025

Thanks Lu for the great tour. It was great to see the hidden gems of your beautiful city. This was a real highlight of our time in Venice. And the list of places to eat was super helpful. See the real Venice with Lu!

Tim🇺🇸 United States

4 July 2024

This was our third trip to. Eunice and I thought we had seen all the highlights. Lucrezia definitely proved us wrong. So many highlights in the city that she took us to that we never knew were there. Took time answer all of our questions and even took us to multiple spots of the beaten path. Would definitely book another trip next time in Venice. So many new places

Wendy🇺🇸 United States

25 April 2024

I spent the afternoon with Lucrezia and had the most amazing experience! Lu took me to places in Venice that I never would have discovered without her. She was so knowledgeable about the history, art and culture of the Floating City. Lu even gave me recommendations for several local restaurants and the best gelato in all of Venice! This private tour was so memorable and truly a highlight of my time in Venice. Venice, I have fallen in love!

Joan🇺🇸 United States

1 December 2023

Loved this tour and Lucrezia! She was so kind and we learned so much history in a fun way! We were taken off the beaten path and did so much more than typical tourist things. She gave us so many great recommendations for everything from food, drinks, things to do that interested us all and where to stay when we return ( hopefully) one day! Absolutely wonderful tour! Wonderful tour!

Unknown

1 December 2023

Lucrezia was very knowledgeable and the pace was perfect! Highly recommend her! Outstanding

kirk🇺🇸 United States

22 October 2023

We had a wonderful time exploring Venice with Lucrezia! Learning about the city and its history. Fun facts all along the way!Explore Venice

Brian🇺🇲 United States Minor Outlying Islands

22 August 2023

A Christian was very knowledgeable, personable, and welcomed questions which she answered easily. She had great photos and information on her tablet, which made the presentation even more enjoyable.Lucrezia was super!

Shane🇦🇺 Australia

6 October 2022

Lucrezia gave us a fascinating 2 hours of fun, interesting facts and some amazing history of Venice. Stuff we’d never find by ourselves. Her list of bars/restaurants was extensive…and the ones we tried were the best we’ve had in Venice. Highly recommend. Exactly what we wanted!

Andrea🇺🇸 United States

27 September 2022

Our family of six took this tour on the day the rest of the party arrived. We have often found this a great way to beat jetlag and this kept everyone on their feet but also happily engaged. Lucrezia was delightful and very informative. This was a great way to get introduced to Venice while also getting us away from the over touristy places. Highly recommend. Wonderful introduction to Venice

dtp77cdys5🇦🇺 Australia

18 September 2022

Enjoyed wonderful insights into the history of Venice and the daily lives of those that live there. Lucrezia is a fantastic guide which I highly recommend to anyone looking to understand the customs, traditions and food of Venice in good company.Not to be missed

Funky Bees🇺🇸 United States

23 July 2022

Lucrezia was wonderful! Informative, polite, sweet, funny and made the Venice experience even better! Thanks so much Lu. Highly recommend Lu and With LocalsFood and back roads tour

qmg9r8tcwx🇺🇸 United States

18 July 2022

Our whole family really enjoyed this off-the-beaten-path tour with Lucrezia. She did a great job customizing for the varying ages in our group, and made it interesting for the kids, teens, and adults, which is no small feat! We would love to book another tour with Lu when we return to Venice, and would recommend her to anyone. Thanks again Lucrezia! A great tour of Venice with Lu

Graham🇺🇸 United States

27 June 2022

Lu was a wonderful guide. My wife and I had been to Venice several times before and so wanted a tour that was a little different and off the beaten path. Lu provided that, by taking us to several locations we hadn't been to before which provided a fascinating alternate view of Venice. Lu is incredibly knowledgeable about Venice and is also appropriately proud of her Venetian heritage. She is also extremely good company and it was fun to spend some of the time chatting over coffee. We would absolutely want to see Lu again the next time we visit Venice for another great walking tour.Wonderful, friendly local guide

Ari🇺🇸 United States

26 June 2022

I am so glad we chose Lucrezia as our tour guide in Venice. She customized our tour to exactly what we wanted and packed so many great things into our three hours together. We became fast friends and really enjoyed getting to know her and her history in Venice. She was energetic, friendly, fun, and she took great pictures. I will recommend her to everyone we know. Truly an amazing experience. Thanks Lu!!Lucrezia is the best!

Juan José🇵🇦 Panama

21 June 2022

Great time with LU, fully recommended, my whole family love it, specially my two boys, 16 and 13. Keep it up Lu!!!!Best venice trip

blott23🇺🇸 United States

8 June 2022

Lucrezia was absolutely wonderful! She took her time to walk us through parts of Venice that we would otherwise not have seen. She also pointed out many sights we would have completely missed - or not even known what they were. I highly recommend that if you do a tour in Venice, it's with Lucrezia. She friendly, funny and easy to understand. Well worth every euro spent - which we considered to be very reasonable!!OMG!! This was better than expected!

Fam.🇩🇪 Germany

1 June 2022

Wir haben unsere Runde fernab der üblichen Touristenpfade mit Lucrezia sehr genossen. Wir haben viele neue Informationen über Venedig erhalten. Lucrezia war sehr gut vorbereitet und sehr sympathisch. Informativ und sympathisch

Niamh🇮🇹 Italy

17 April 2022

Lucrezia is knowledgeable but light and fun in her approach. We thoroughly enjoyed our tour and learnt lots if interesting facts about the city. Highly recommended.Wonderful

Ellen🇺🇸 United States

17 April 2022

Valentina was fabulous. She knew the answer to every question we asked. And she's a super nice person. Highly recommend! Fantastic! Very interesting.

chklmnop🇩🇪 Germany

2 April 2022

The walking tour with Lucrezia is wonderful. We have been to Venice many times before and still learned so much. Lucrezia also has lots of great tips for restaurants and cafes.What a Fantantastic Tour

Cora🇳🇱 Netherlands

8 March 2022

The tour with Lucrezia was everything we were looking for in a tour: fascinating, knowledgeable and inspiring. This was not our first trip to Venice, and it was refreshing how much new info we got from Lucrezia. Venice can feel touristy and confusing but Lucrezia made La Serrinenisma come alive for us. Apart from this Lucrezia is just a lovely woman, she made us feel at ease and is easy to talk to her. We also recieved tips for restaurants and local food. We have tried 3 of her recommendations and we have enjoyed being there a lot. Bedankt Lucrzia, till next time! Wow

mike🇬🇧 United Kingdom

11 February 2022

We had a fabulous tour. It’s great to get off the beaten track and hear about the local customs and some of the less famous characters and places. Lu is really engaging and knowledgable and shared lots of tips. We would definitely do a tour with Lu again. Excellent

Natalia🇦🇹 Austria

25 October 2021

It was a profound tour with a lot if information, worthy its money. Lucrezia was very cooperative, punctual, and friendly. Moreover, she speaks a real good English, unlike some guides, who learned their tour by heart. We will visit Venice some more times, and I will definetly book Lucrezia for another guided tour. Lucrezia - a very good guide

eby🇺🇸 United States

9 August 2021

Lu was a perfect guide. She knew her stuff, was warm and friendly and kept a nice pace without overloading us. I would highly recommend her!Highly recommend

John🇨🇭 Switzerland

14 July 2021

Lucrezia responded very quickly and made it really easy to book the tour. We’ve been to Venice before and wanted something a bit more personal. Before we met she provided a (big) list of restaurants and recommendations - very nice! We arrived in San Marco and wound our way through lots of little streets until the meeting point - Lucrezia was already there and her tour was informative, interesting and obviously because you are a small group you get all the attention and time to ask questions. I can heartily recommend Lucrezia and withlocals.com, don’t hesitate - just book it - you won’t be disappointed. Interesting, flexible and very enjoyable

Stefano🇮🇹 Italy

18 October 2020

Ottima guida, molto simpatica e interessante. Ci ha guidato per una passeggiata in una Venezia meno luccicante di vetrine, ma molto vera e rilassante. Bella passeggiata a zonzo per venezia

Anna🇨🇭 Switzerland

17 October 2020

Lucrezia is an intelligent, very communicativ and sympatic person.

Raymond🇮🇹 Italy

29 September 2020

We arrived in Venice to a once in a lifetime situation. Venice without wall to wall tourists. We met up with Lucrezia in the afternoon for a very very pleasant couple hours wandering back streets in Venice. It is one thing to just wander about as a tourist, but another altogether to visit the sights with someone who knows all the background. The when, the why and the who. The famous merchant families of Venice and their rivalries. At the fish market, we learned that the Venetians set minimum sizes for various types of fish so as to not deplete their most precious resource. We have gone on tours with the WithLocals group a number of times. Touring Venice with a guide is a must, and touring Venice with the very friendly and knowledgeable guides of WithLocals is a double must. Top marks for Lucrezia. A personal tour full of insights

Gary🇬🇧 United Kingdom

21 September 2020

Lucrezia is so knowledgeable. We had a fantastic afternoon in vencice with her. I would reccomend her to everyone. The tour made the holiday!Amazing tour

Robert🇬🇧 United Kingdom

16 September 2020

Communication with Lucrzia was speedy, helpful and without doubt some of the best I've had. She was extremely flexible and willing to adjust the start time and meeting point of our tour. We booked this tour at the start of our trip to Venice as it gave a perfect introduction to the city and which added great meaning to the rest of our stay. Lucrzia made us feel most welcome speaking excellent English. She was patient answering all our questions with anecdotal and factual information. She is extremely knowledgeable giving us a great insight into the history, culture, politics, economy, architecture and life in Venice. Lucrezia made this tour most enjoyable and was generous with her time and in emailing me lots of additional information the next day. I believe this is the perfect tour to start your holiday in Venice with and that you find no better guide than Lucrezia. Thank you Lucrezia and hoping life will be good to you. ............ Joyce and RobertFantastic tour with a wonderful guide, Lucrezia

Niels🇳🇱 Netherlands

12 August 2020

We had a great introduction to Venice thanks to Lucrezia! With an answer to every question, the best spots and tips to explore Venice Lu really made it very special for both parents and kids!!5 Star Venice tour

Anke🇮🇹 Italy

28 July 2020

Wir haben die Führung mit Lucrezia sehr genossen, wir waren als Familie mit drei Kinder (12 bis 15 Jahre) unterwegs. Lucrezia hat die Geschichte der Stadt und ihre Architektur sehr anschaulich und spannend erzählt. Fazit: sehr empfehlenswert und gerne wieder😊City tour in venice

Stefan

27 July 2020

Lu is very competent, knows many small stories to tell and her English is perfect - not the usual bla bla you often hear. We as well as our three kids enjoyed the walk very much. Highly recommended.Best part of our vitis to Venice

Gianluca🇮🇹 Italy

17 July 2020

Devo ringraziare Lucrezia per gli ottimi momenti passati insieme. Volevo regalare un'esperienza unica a mia moglie per festeggiare l'anniversario di matrimonio, e le ore passate in compagnia di Lucrezia, i luoghi meravigliosi visitati e tutte le informazioni e le descrizioni ricevute hanno fatto da contorno ad un pomeriggio meraviglioso. UNICO! provare per crederci :-) sicuramente da consigliare a chiunque vuole passare dei momenti magici in una città unicaAnniversario di Matrimonio a Venezia

elizabeth🇨🇭 Switzerland

5 July 2020

Lu was wonderful. She was the perfect match for our family of 6. We have 3 kids ages 8,10 and 13..... Lu did a great job of engaging them. She provided a fantastic overview to the city. I will recommend her to all my friends visiting Venice 💕Wonderful tour

Nies

1 July 2020

Venice would not have been the same without Lucrezia. She was knowledgeable, engaging, flexible, easy to deal with, responsive, and great value for money. Thanks to her, our 13 year old said: "dad, my favorite part of our trip was Venice. ". I often book guides and she is the best I've ever had. We spent the 1st half of our time in Venice wondering down the streets, amlessly. I got fed up and booked her from my phone. By the time we got to St. marks and had a coffee, she was there. All that in just 90 minutes. She saved the day - and made the trip! She told us so much about Venice - things we unwittingly previously walked by, unaware...like the historic location of Marco Polo's family house. And she gave the history of what happend to it. If you go all the way to Venice, spend the extra money and make the trip worth while. You can not go wrong with Lucrezia. You have my word for it. Heck, we were ready to adopt her! Thanks Lucrezia and thanks to withlocals. Lucrezia made Venice for Us!

Jonathan🇺🇸 United States

4 January 2020

We had a wonderful tour with Lucrezia! We have two daughters, 10 and 11, and they stayed very interested and excited for the whole time, even with a lot of walking. She taught us the history of Venice and showed us the magic of this city that she obviously loves. Great tour guide!

Michelle🇮🇱 Israel

30 October 2019

We really enjoyed our time with Lucrezia. She is warm and had a for way of passing a lot of interesting details. We learned a lot about history of the Venetian empire and first settlers. History of the masks and carnival as well as technical details about how the city is built, the Campos, and wells. I recommend her as a guide!Great tour lovely guide!

Samantha🇺🇸 United States

17 October 2019

Lucrezia showed my friend and I all of the main attractions & history that Venice has to offer as well as the off the beaten path hidden gems. She was extremely knowledgable & fun! I would highly recommend her to anyone visiting Venice! Amazing Personal Tour of Venice with Lu!

Annette🇺🇸 United States

11 October 2019

We learned so much about Venice in just a few hours...Lucrezia's knowledge was amazing, and she took us to places we never would have found on our own. Thank you again!Lu knows everything!

Anthony🇨🇦 Canada

8 October 2019

We had a very short visit to Venice and we wanted to see and experience as much as possible. Lucrezia took us on an amazing adventure. Showing us all the sights, sounds and tastes of Venice. We were immersed in its culture and traditions. All jam packed into a short duration tour. We highly recommended Lucrezia her custom tour was perfectly tailored to our needs! Great experience of Venice in a short time

David🇬🇧 United Kingdom

1 September 2019

The tour with Lucrezia was on our last day in Venice but soon found that there was still a lot to discover, learn and enjoy. Lucrezia was very professional and taught us a lot about the history of Venice. The tour was everything but a typical touristic guided tour. Lucrezia made us a surprise and booked tickets to the "best view in town", made a detour to walk us to a local shop we needed to go before leaving Venice and took us to a great grab & go restaurant so we could get something quick for lunch. The tour ended at Basilica San Marco with skip the line tickets and couldn't really ask for more. Definitely recommend Lucrezia if you'd like to know Venice as you can't on your own... Lovely experience with an amazing company

Doug🇨🇦 Canada

20 August 2019

I never write a review the day we take a tour...I always wait at least one day to let the euphoria of the moment subside but we are still super impressed with our 2+ hours with Lucrezia (Lu) in Venice. Besides being a wonderful person, she is ridiculously knowledgeable about Venice as well as very well versed in travel...she was most capable about talking about other countries and places. We were able to see many sites and history that we would never had been able to find on our own! She was very attentive and very flexible in adjusting her schedule to accommodate special request. She also made many suggestions for activites to do after our tour (food, drink, etc.). I wholeheartedly recommend Lu for any people / group who want to make their stay in Venice more wonderful!! Well done Lucrezia :)Fantastic look at Venice!!

Michelle🇺🇸 United States

24 July 2019

Wonderful and informative your, Lu has a very generous and easy going energy! Thank you for an amazing customized tour - the adults and kids loved it!! Delightful tour with lots of local info -kid friendly too

Bryan🇺🇸 United States

19 July 2019

We had a great time with Lucrezia, she was easy going and fun. She took us to great locations and the kids had a great time. Highly recommend booking her The best way to start your trip

Keith🇺🇸 United States

3 July 2019

Lucrezia was an excellent tour guide for our group of 8. She helped us with recommendations for places to eat on the night we arrived. Overall her communication was great. She set up a nice boat ride down the Grand Canal, then a walking tour where she explained some of the interesting facts of the city and lastly set up gondola rides at a quiet location. Everything worked out fantastic and I would recommend her to anyone for a tour in Venice. Personalized tour of Venice

Nick🇸🇬 Singapore

18 June 2019

Lucrezia surprised us with so much information, pictures to explain certain things, and interacted well with our family of 4! Lovely personality & gave the tour with true passion for Venice. Such a great vibe about her. We highly recommend her.Loved her passion!

Micha🇳🇱 Netherlands

25 May 2019

We got a great tour from Lucrezia! She really went the extra mile to make to tour as interesting as possible. It was for sure one of the highlights of our visit in Venice. I would highly recommend doin it :)Great tour

Ronald🇺🇸 United States

25 May 2019

We had only a very short time to stop in Venice. Lucrezia was very accommodating with our schedule and worked to maximize every second. She made sure to deliver us back to the train station right on time. It was great great to get away from the areas crowded with other tourist and see the real Venice. She is so knowledgeable about her city and has such a kind and pleasant personality. Thank you for such a great time Lucrezia, we hope to see you again. The Murphys Lucrezia is amazing !

terry🇺🇸 United States

17 May 2019

Lucrezia is great, very knowlegable about the City, and it's history. She is a very nice person as well, speaks excellent English. On top of giving us a great overview of the history and culture of Venice, she was also able to give us restaurant and activities ideas . I will recommend to friends in their future visitsExcellent