Rialto Offbeat Walk & Blooming Grand Canal Palace

2 hours and 30 minutes

Easy

Explore Venice from a fresh perspective with a guided walking tour that blends history and originality, combining the classic with the unexpected

🚶‍♀️✨ Discover Venice Beyond the Usual — A Journey Through Secrets, Splendor, and Virtual Time Travel ✨🚶‍♂️

Step off the beaten path and into the soul of the city with this original guided walking tour that blends Venetian history, art, and innovation. Ideal for curious travelers seeking the charm of the unexpected, this experience reveals a more authentic and inspiring Venice, away from the typical crowds.

🟢 Rialto Bridge – A Masterpiece of Trade & Design
Begin in the heart of Venice at the legendary Rialto Bridge, once the city’s bustling commercial hub and a Renaissance marvel of design. From here, your guide leads you through a fascinating route: Campo San Gallo, Piazza San Marco, Campo Santa Maria Formosa, Campo Santi Giovanni e Paolo, Palazzo Soranzo Van Axel, Corte Seconda del Milion with tales of Marco Polo and a pause in a traditional bacaro, the Riva del Carbon with its view of the Rialto Bridge, and the artistic Palazzo Fortuny, before circling back to Campo San Gallo. Each stop uncovers stories that shaped Venice’s past.

🟠 Palazzo Fortuny – Venice’s Hidden Temple of Creativity
Step inside the extraordinary Palazzo Fortuny, once the home of Mariano Fortuny — painter, inventor, and fashion pioneer. Wander through evocative rooms filled with theatrical lighting, vintage textiles, and esoteric symbols, and enjoy a pastel-painted chamber that feels like a floating garden with views over the Rialto Bridge.

🟢 Time Travel in Venice – The VR Experience
Conclude your journey with a groundbreaking VR adventure. Put on your headset and watch Venice transform before your eyes: see the Doge’s Palace as a medieval fortress, the Rialto Bridge as a wooden drawbridge, and the Carnival of the 1700s alive with gondolas, masks, and music.

Highlights:
✅ Guided walking tour revealing Venice’s hidden corners and history
✅ Explore the majestic Rialto Bridge — Venice’s trade and architectural icon
✅ Follow a fascinating route through squares, palaces, and legends
✅ Optional access to Palazzo Fortuny — a rare artistic sanctuary on the Grand Canal
✅ Optional skip-the-line ticket to St. Mark’s Bell Tower for panoramic views
✅ Cutting-edge VR experience that brings Venice’s past vividly to life
✅ Ideal for travelers seeking originality, culture, and unexpected beauty

Book your Hidden Venice experience today — and rediscover the city through fresh eyes, where every step unlocks a story, and every moment is steeped in wonder.

What's included?
    • Group walking tour of Venice
    • Professional local guide
    • Fortuny Palace Entrance 
    • History Gallery & VR Venice of the Past experience
    Exclusions
      • Hotel pickup or drop-off
      • Food and drinks
      • Guided Visit to Bell Tower
      • Guided Visit to Fortuny Palace
      Please note
        • The tour is NOT private but is shared with other participants.
        • This tour is not fully accessible for wheelchair users or people with reduced mobility
        • The tour may be bilingual
        • Comfortable shoes are recommended
        • The itinerary may change in case of wind or bad weather.
        • Digital and printed vouchers are accepted (to be shown to staff at the meeting point)
        • No penalty for cancellation within 24 hrs before the tour. On line customer service 7 days a week, 9.30 am – 5.30 pm
        • The tour does not operate in case of exceptionally bad weather or exceptionally high tide (in these cases it will be rescheduled for the following day or refunded)
        • Please be at the meeting point 5 minutes before the departure time.
        What to bring

          Comfortable shoes