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From Istria: Venice Day Trip with High Speed Catamaran

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Activity provider: Venezia Lines
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    From Istria: Venice Day Trip with High Speed Catamaran

    Activity provider: Venezia Lines
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    From US$ 84.52 per person

    Discover the city of Venice, on a tour from the Istria peninsula. Travel a high-speed catamaran, and take plenty of free time to explore the city.

    About this activity

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    Duration 12 hours
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    Live tour guide
    English, German, Russian

    Experience

    Highlights
    • Avoid the traffic and travel to Venice in a high-speed catamaran to see the city from the Giudecca canal
    • Find out what makes Venice so special on a free guided tour of St Mark's Square
    • Take a romantic Gondola ride or view the most beautiful water street in the world, the Grand Canal
    • Hear about lots of optional extras from your guides to help you make the most of your Venice experience
    • Savor ample free time to see the sights you want and to do some souvenir shopping
    Full description

    Get a taste of Venice in a hassle-free manner on this full-day tour. Marvel at the city's museums, churches, and palaces, take a gondola ride in the canals, or sit back and soak up the city in a cafe, bar, or restaurant. 

    Start your day with check-in at the port of departure. Choose from either Porec, Rovinj, Pula, and Umag in Croatia, or Piran in Slovenia. Once you finish the check-in and passport control, begin your Venice experience.

    On the vessel, choose any seat you like and relax in comfort. While crossing the Adriatic Sea, receive an interesting explanation of Venice, its history, all the dos and don'ts in the city, what to expect, and any optional extras you can opt to take once there with your guides.

    Upon arrival in Venice at San Basilio, make your way through passport control. Then, walk to the center with your guides, or embark on an optional guided transfer to St. Mark's Square. Hear special stories of the city while avoiding the hot summer sun.

    Gather at Saint Marcus Square for your free guided tour of the square to help you appreciate Venice even more. After this, enjoy ample free time to explore the city, shop for souvenirs, take a walk in one of the many alleys, or sip a Bellini in one of the beautiful piazzas (squares).

    Alternatively, visit one of the many museums, churches or palazzos; your Venice experience is for you to create. Choose to join an optional gondola ride or have your guides organize a lunch for you to make your experience even more hassle-free.

    Later, head back to the port. Walk with the guides or take an optional water taxi ride through the Grand Canal and see the Rialto Bridge and all the palazzos en route. Embark upon your return journey aboard the catamaran, and sit back, relax, and reflect upon a wonderful day in Venice.

    Includes
    • Round-trip tickets for the catamaran ride in economy class
    • Free 35-minute guided tour of St. Mark's Square
    • Food and drink onboard the vessel
    Not suitable for
    • People with mobility impairments
    Covid-19 precautions
    Traveler requirements
    • You are required to bring and wear a mask
    • You will receive a mandatory temperature check

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    Meeting point may vary depending on the option booked.

    Important information

    What to bring

    • Passport or ID card
    • Comfortable shoes
    • Jacket
    • Visa, if required

    Not allowed

    • Smoking
    • Luggage or large bags

    Know before you go

    • The mentioned itinerary is to serve as an example. Departure and arrival times may vary from different ports of departure
    • All extras mentioned are optional can be purchased onboard the ship
    • The departure time from Venice back to your starting location is 5:15 PM throughout the season
    • It is not permitted to purchase a day trip ticket with the intention to use it for one-way travel
    • This tour requires a lot of walking
    • Pets (cats and dogs) are allowed, but an additional ticket (10 Euro) must be bought; this can be done at check-out
    Customer reviews

    Overall rating

    4.4 /5

    based on 56 reviews

    Review summary

    • Guide
      4.2/5
    • Transportation
      3.9/5
    • Value for money
      4/5
    • Safety
      4.9/5

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    Efficient and informative tour. Guides made it very clear what to do when, and what to expect so we felt comfortable. We opted for all the activities in Venice, boat transport to the square, pasta lunch, gondola ride,and water taxi tour. Well organized for large group. Easy to see the orange umbrella!

    June 16, 2022

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    From our point of view, value for money was absolutely reasonable. Whether or not you follow the (in our opinion well and entertainingly made) "sales offers" on board for further events in Venice is up to you and I think that there is definitely a clientele for whom these additional offers have their justification - also had here we didn't get the impression that the price/performance ratio wasn't right, even though we didn't use/book any additional offers... The specified journey times/durations can probably only be achieved under absolutely ideal conditions - we had excellent weather and a calm sea and yet both the Both the outward journey and the return journey took at least an hour longer... - nevertheless, we felt that the time in Venice was absolutely sufficient - you should perhaps plan a little more time. All in all a fair deal for the price

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    June 16, 2022

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    GetYourGuide traveler – Germany Verified booking

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    The departure from Rovinj was at 7 a.m. We arrived in Venice at 11:15 am. The control in Venice lasted another 15 minutes, so that the discovery of Venice could start at 11.30 am. On the trip to Venice, one was very well informed about the origin and history of Venice. However, it was very cramped in Economy Class. The tour of St. Mark's Square was also very good. The other optional options (gondola ride, transfer boat, lunch and the tour through the Canal Grande for a total of €100 per person) were omitted. Departure from Venice was at 5.15 p.m. The time in Venice was enough to get an overview of the city and to discover some beautiful places. However, if you really want to have time for discovery, you should not just book a day trip. However, the day trip was very nice for us.

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    June 11, 2022

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