venice guides
has anyone taken a walking tour from venice walks and tours? Does anyone know of any good walking tours or guides in Venice?<BR>Thanks
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Some people have spoken highly of the American Express walking tours, some of which end in a gondola ride.<BR>These cannot be booked before you arrive as far as I know, but the Am Ex office is quite close to Piazza San Marco.<BR><BR>On the other hand, any good guidebook<BR>(Fodors is one) for Venice can suggest walking itineraries and Venice is very small. All you need is a good map. You will get lost in the maze of streets, but that's part of Venice's charm.
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Hi Karen. If you're interested in any self-guided walking tours, I'd highly recommend the book Venicewalks, which has five very descriptive walking tours.
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Capo - you took the words right out of my mouth. A good friend bought me the Venicewalk tapes and they were great. I listened to them a few times before I left and then while doing the actual walk. Could be more difficult with more than one person, though.
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Interestingly, Venicewalks only seems to be available in an audioguide version. It used to be in book form but I think that it -- as well as perhaps all the other books in the Walks series -- are out of print.
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I know that we can walk the streets of Venice and that will be fun but I was specially interested in the ghetto section and having a guide that could make the past come alive. I used to do everything only by myself but have learned that guides can give you bits and pieces to make an area come alive. I keep seeing references for a guide for Rome but nothing for Venice. We are in Rome for 3 days and will have a guide for one of those days. But the prices in Venice that I have seen are very expensive so if we could find a small group to go with I would like that. I also wondered about going to the Dolomites as we will be there four days but I do not know if I want to rent a car for just one day.<BR><BR>Thanks for your help
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Karen<BR>in the Ghetto is the Jewish Museum of Venice (it is in the main Ghetto campo) and they run tours in English every hour or so. None offered on Saturdays.<BR><BR>For more information: www.jewishvenice.org <BR>www.doge.it/ghetto/indexi.htm<BR>www.ghetto.it <BR>www.writing.org/v click on the Jewish ghetto article <BR>http://goeurope.about.com/travel/goe...ice_jewish.htm <BR>For some photos of the Ghetto: www.veniceword.com<BR>
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I meant to say, the Museum sells tickets for guides who will show you around the Ghetto.
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