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Tours of the City Walking Tours Walks Inside Venice (tel: (041) 524 1706; website: www.walksinsidevenice.com) organises comprehensive English-speaking tours around the city. The company caters for small groups of up to 15 people and charges €57 by the hour (most tours are three hours long). Sights visited depend on the tour taken and include the Bridge of Sighs, the Doges’ Palace and the largely unspoilt Cannaregio District. Tours usually depart from the hotel in which the client stays or from St Mark’s Square (although not necessarily). Other cultural, historic and artistic tours also can be booked at tourist information offices. The tourist office has an excellent range of free brochures outlining suggested walking routes. Boat Tours Venice Walks & Tours, Via Villanova 27 (tel: (041) 296 0282 or 520 8616 to book; fax: (041) 241 0256; e-mail: info@venice-day-tours.com; website: www.venicewalksandtours.com) offers a boat tour of the Grand Canal, although this may seem unnecessary, seeing as the local ferry network is the most efficient and cheapest way of getting out and about on the water. However, no local ferry will include a glass of sparkling wine while whisking its passengers down some lesser known canals in a luxurious motor launch. The 70-minute tour departs Monday-Saturday 1630 (April-October) and costs €40 per person (with a minimum of four and a maximum of eight people per ride). |
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