Guided Tours, Classes & More Experiences in Venice Italy

No matter what your travel goals – examining history, learning about art, learning to cook Italian food, mastering a new craft – the best way to see and experience Venice is in the company of Venetians. They have the knowledge and access to bring you to the best places, the skills you're interested in learning about, and they are truly wonderful hosts who will make you feel welcome in Venice. These experience providers are chefs, artists and licensed Venetian city guides who would love to meet you when you get to Venice.

OG Venice Travel Guide's Tours, Walks and Excursions

Have a look at the adventures in Venice our guests enjoyed during 2018:
Now available directly through OG Venice Travel Guide, unique island, shopping and market tours that take our guests off of the beaten tourist trails into the most beautiful, fun and tasty parts of Venice and the lagoon.  Just as with OG Venice Travel Guide, our goal is to enable you to discover the parts of the living Venice that you will most enjoy and make sure that you enjoy your vacation in Venice.  

If you would like to:
  • Taste the best foods of Venice and the Veneto,
  • Enjoy a glass of wine at an island vineyard overlooking the lagoon,
  • Go fishing with a native Venetian, or,
  • Sneak into the private working studios of Murano's best contemporary Glass Masters,  

You'll want to come see Venice with us!

Private Tours & Excursions Designed by OG Venice Italy Include:

Cooking Classes & Food Tours of Venice

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Venice Bites Food Tours.  Rumors to the contrary, there is a delicious and fun food culture to discover in Venice. Maya and Adam of Venice Bites Food Tours will take you "off the eaten path" in Venice to the City's best restaurants, snack bars and bars.  True gourmands themselves, who genuinely enjoy sharing their enthusiasm for Venice, these two will introduce you to authentic Venetian food and wine at its very best and keep you laughing the whole time!

For a more-than-reasonable 90 Euros per person, Venice Bites offers 3.5 hour food and wine tours of Venice that will leave you "full and slightly tipsy".  The tour focuses on locally-owned and operated small bars and restaurants where you are guaranteed to eat and drink well and may even have the opportunity to meet the owners and the chefs.

You can book your tour, or give one as a gift to a friend of loved-one traveling abroad, through  their website:  www.venicebitesfoodtours.com.
Cook in Venice, Venice Bacaro Tour, Cooking Class in Venice Italy
Cook In Venice.  Want to learn to cook like an Italian mama?  Shop the Rialto Market like a pro?  Go on a Cicchetti e Ombra tour with some of the biggest gourmands in Venezia?  Cook in Venice offers cooking courses in Mira, on mainland Venezia, or  in your rental apartment in Venice.  

If you're not equipped to cook, go with them on a bacaro tour!  Visit traditional bacari and taste the best of Venice through sampling small bites of local foods.  You'll be in great company as these ladies are energetic and dynamic guides.  They also happen to know a slew of Venetian ghost stories with which they can, if you like, regale you during your tour. 

Professional Historical Tours & Private Historical Tours of Venice

Knowing Venice, Private Tours of Venice
Licensed tour guides in Venice are multi-lingual and required to demonstrate deep knowledge of art, history, culture and geography through rigorous examination.  The best tour guides are also charming, funny, patient and creative.  They can show you not just the most famous sites, but also the thousands of hidden details that combine to make this magical city.  

Knowing Venice is a small partnership of premier Venice tour guides who offer private and small group tours.  They have created many original itineraries which include "Faith in The Arts", "The Hidden Venice", The "Unknown Islands of The Lagoon".  If there is a particular area of Venice or part of Venetian history that you are excited to learn about, they can invent an itinerary just for you.