Venice (Christmas Day) - great city, but still flooded. Very surreal. Very walkable, and since I'd been there previously, we didn't take a shore excursion. Did a gondola ride, a bit expensive but memorable, just COLD. Read Less

Walked through the city to St. Mark's Square. A little tricky to navigate, but enjoyable day. Read Less

Rainy and visibilty poor. No accounting for weather. Read Less

We had the chance to explore Venice before we got on board at Venice. It's a beautiful, decrepit, historic city. We bought a day pass for the public transport (20 Euros) and rode on the front seats of the Vaporettos (the boats that go along the grand canal) to have a good look around. Got off to wander around St Marks Square but didn't have time to tour the Doge's Palace or get into the Cathedral, which was closed for prayer. Venice flooded really badly that night :( Do take along gumboots or buy the silly-looking shoe covers - wet shoes are no fun and parts of the old city of Venice flood often Read Less

I enjoyed Venice. I booked my own tours through Viator. I went to Murano and Burano and would recommend this. I also stayed for a day in San Marco which was very nice. Bring tall rubber rain boots or buy the plastic booties the street vendors sell! Read Less

Arrived and spent a day prior to sailing just touring and seeing the sites on our own. Read Less

Amazing place. Words don't do it justice. Read Less

Cruise terminal is easy to get to from central Venice, we used the people mover, located by the bus station and we there in around 10 minutes. We booked an excursion for the way home but this was cancelled due to the weather conditions not allowing the ship to return to this port. Read Less

We just walked around. It is Venice...how can one go wrong! We did enjoy the sun the day before embarkation, as the weather turned gray and rainy. Read Less

We love Venice, our third visit Read Less

Fourth time in Venice so we took the secret itineraries tour at the Doge Palace. Worth it! As we were there on the first Sunday of the month, we got in free to the Accademia. By the time we left, there were people queuing to get in. We also visited the Guggenheim but it was a bit small with a long wait to buy tickets. Food was excellent! Read Less

Loved Venice, we did not take an excursion. Third visit there...... Read Less

Beautiful glass blowing demo. Read Less

An amazing experience with great guide and audio equipment. We saw so much of the palace and learned so much! Read Less

This was a phenomenal place. We had enough time to really explore and enjoy. The guide was amazing and gave much history. Read Less

The tour guide was very knowledgeable and easy to understand. The city was flooded, but we made it through and saw amazing sights. It was well worth the money to have a guide. Read Less

We walked around with friends who had traveled to Italy previously. It was great to see the side streets, canals, and churches on our own with no agenda. Read Less

Pretty on the way out. There was a transit strike so our plans to arrive a day ahead of time and see Venice didn't work. Read Less

The mussel tour was a real disappointment. We did not see mussel fishing, nor was it explained well. It was basically a boat ride in the rain. Lunch was excellent, though. Read Less

What a beautiful relaxing place; dont miss this if you visit Venice. We went back on our own time to walk around more. Read Less

We got to walk across the Bridge of Sighs and into the prison! We had been here before on our own, but our tour guide provided s with so much terrific information that we had missed! Read Less

Susan gave an excellent tour of her city; although the pace was brisk for some, we did avoid the crowds. We would have liked sometime in the gift shop, but the long line for the we prevented that. Read Less

We were so glad to visit this city, and the tour was very good. Of course Juliet’s house was crowded but there is a lot more going on here. Read Less

Walked around Venice over 2 days and we still didn't see it all. Fantastic place and oh the churches, beautiful. Read Less

Loved Venice only wish had more time for this venue. Read Less