Admissions not included.
Your purchase is for 30-day access to our self-guided tour. Tickets or entry fees
for museums, historic sites, and other attractions are sold separately.
Follow Venice’s southern bank from the Accademia Bridge to the Zattere, where palaces and churches reveal the city’s golden age of art and trade. You’ll move through galleries, domes, and canals once filled with gondolas bearing painters’ patrons and pilgrims. This walk blends masterpieces and architecture, showing how wealth, worship, and creativity converged to make Venice shine across centuries.
Highlights
Gallerie dell’Accademia — explore Venice’s great art treasury; see how painters from Bellini to Titian defined color, devotion, and civic pride.
Ponte dell’Accademia — cross the Grand Canal’s southern span; learn how wood replaced iron to frame one of the city’s best views.
Peggy Guggenheim Collection — step inside a modern palace of art; hear how a 20th-century collector revived Venice’s avant-garde spirit.
Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute — see a domed votive church raised after the plague; discover Longhena’s daring geometry of light and faith.
Ca’ Rezzonico — enter a grand 18th-century palace museum; trace how portraiture and festival scenes captured a fading republic’s elegance.
Scuola Grande di San Rocco — stand before Tintoretto’s vast canvases; learn how light, drama, and devotion filled a confraternity hall.
Basilica dei Frari — visit Titian’s tomb and Bellini’s altarpiece; explore how Franciscan austerity meets Renaissance mastery in brick and stone.
Chiesa di San Pantalon — look up to the world’s largest ceiling painting on canvas; see illusionistic art bridging faith and spectacle.
Campo Santa Margherita — pause where students and locals gather; hear how a lively square balances cafés, markets, and quiet courtyards.
Palazzo Grassi — glimpse a neoclassical merchant palace reborn for contemporary art; note its marble symmetry facing the Grand Canal.
Ca’ Foscari — see the Gothic university palace of Venice; learn how scholars now fill halls once meant for trade and diplomacy.
Zattere Quay — stroll the sun-filled promenade; watch vaporetto lines, artists, and shipyards where wood, salt, and water long met.
All this, plus additional "hidden gems," expertly brought to life through our virtual guides....with rich, vivid history, local stories, and unmatched knowledge you will not find elsewhere. Even better, no tipping required!
Tour area: Venice – Palaces, Old Masters & the Golden Promise
Distance: ~2.1 miles (3.4 km) • Time: 2.5 hours • Stops: 12+ • Terrain: Flat lanes, bridges, and canal embankments
Shaded area = approximate tour area
What you’ll experience
GPS location tracking — see your current location on the map.
Virtual Tour Guides — Detailed narration at each stop & answers to common questions.
Vast local knowledge — history, legends, and insider spots.
Local weather updates — stay prepared as you explore outdoors.
A “Free Roaming” adventure — start anywhere, wander at your pace.
What exactly unlocks when I buy?
You’ll get the full tour map with hot-air balloon markers (our map pins), our suggested walking path for orientation, detailed stories and site info, narration, and tons of local tips. Your purchase gives you unlimited access for 30 days via a private link. It runs right in your mobile browser — no installs, no storage — just open and go.
How do I start the tour?
Open your private tour link on your phone. On the map, tap the compass to center on your current location (one-time locate). If you’d like the map center to follow you as you walk, turn on GPS Auto-Location in Settings (optional). Now knowing where YOU are, visit any stop you like, in any order, at any pace — you’re in complete control.
How does a SmartWalkTour differ from a traditional tour?
It’s your pace, your path. No buses or group schedules. No tour guide tipping. Explore freely with on-map markers, narration, and an optional suggested path for big-picture orientation. Pause for a café, browse a shop, and pick up where you left off anytime — your guide is always in your pocket.
Screenshots from an actual tour. (Key West example)
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Multiple tour stopping points. Start at any one, then tap the hot air balloon for detailed tour guide information.Virtual tour guides share rich stories at every stop, with Q&A and helpful links.Always know the local weather and plan your walk comfortably.Discover more tours nearby—walkable options to keep exploring.Four map styles, live GPS, and a suggested path you can toggle on/off.Helpful information is built in, plus links for even more detail.In app tips, FAQs, Local festivals and events. Maps show a wealth of detail, with public restroom locations.Direct links to attractions for hours, tickets, and more.
