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Thematic itineraries in Venice
We present a choice of thematic tours of Venice or the Veneto region for an original, unusual and useful visit to explore some of your particular interests. Are you passionate about history, cinema, painting, cooking, music, nature? Are you curious to be told some of the most mysterious legends related to Venice or to know its most scabrous details? Or maybe you feel like enjoying a relaxing tour of the city with a good glass and a tasty appetizer? Take a look at these suggestions.
Thematic tours in Venice
Venice, walking with the Vedutists
With this tour I will take you on a stroll through Venice with exceptional companions: the Vedutists, painters who immortalized the city in the 1700s.
Venice beautiful city
A tour that will introduce you to a beautiful Venice: St. Mark's Square, Rialto, but also areas less frequented by tourists such as the Cannaregio district.
Games and Stories in Dorsoduro
This tour began as an itinerary for children. Soon, however, we realized that moms, dads, uncles and friends enjoy it even more! Oh yes, because Venice has always been famous for its parties, lightness, music... in short, the ability to enjoy life!
The sestiere of Dorsoduro
An itinerary in that of Dorsoduro is an interesting way to reveal the characteristics of one of the oldest and most popular areas of Venice.
From Titian to the Jewish Ghetto
This tour takes you to one of the areas less traveled by tourism, yet very rich in artistic anecdotes and suggestions. We will discover masterpieces of architecture and painting that will surprise us; it is no coincidence that Titian and Tintoretto chose to live here.
Life around the Venice Arsenal
A discovery tour of the Venice Arsenal to learn about the life of the arsenalotti, the workers who worked in the production of Venetian ships
Sacred places of “minor” Venice
This tour to the sacred places of "Minor" Venice offers an alternative visit to the classic routes and leads to more intimate places less traveled by tourists.
Venice and cinema in Dorsoduro
This tour allows you to look at Venice with cinematic eyes and, at the same time, rediscover churches, calli and campielli that were protagonists of the cinema...
Art Nouveau at the Venice Lido
This itinerary traces the splendid season of Art Nouveau and Art Deco, offering a bicycle ride among villas, avenues and grand hotels to attempt a reading of some of the island's most significant architectural and urban presences.
The Jewish Ghetto of Venice
The tour to the Jewish ghetto shows you a parallel Venice that speaks to the visitor and the world of tolerance, welcome and hospitality.
Foreign communities in Venice – Cannaregio
Even today there are many evidences of the presence of "foreigners/foreigners" in Venice in the Cannaregio sestiere; we are going to discover them by identifying the traces that are still evident.
The secret gardens of Venice
A walk to discover the secret gardens of Venice. This tour will empower you to learn about the history of the garden and immerse yourself in the beauty of nature.
Giacomo Casanova and the Libertine Venice
A guided tour to discover the most famous seducer of all time: Giacomo Casanova and the Libertine Venice, with its decadent and irresistible charm.
Painting with Tintoretto
Let's arm ourselves with paints and brushes to discover the great artist Tintoretto and the sestiere of Cannaregio on this beautiful children's tour.
Lagoon and mainland tours
Vicenza, a beautiful city
A tour to the city of Vicenza, famous for the architecture of Andrea Palladio, so rich that it is nicknamed the "city of palaces."
In the footsteps of Palladio, Canova and Giorgione
A tour in the footsteps of the great masters of Veneto architecture, sculpture, and painting-Andrea Palladio, Antonio Canova, and Giorgione.
Treviso, the painted city
A tour of Treviso, the painted city, that will introduce you to Italy's most frescoed city. Between art and history, Treviso is also the capital of prosecco and the home of tiramisu!
Go Guide’s thematic tours are structured around specific topics and are true traveling insights into subjects such as history,architecture, art and music history, cinema, wine, and gastronomy; they include visits to lesser-known museum venues, little-known places , and more.
On this page you will find many proposals for cultural itineraries, such as those related to music-which retraces places related to styles and composers-or cinema, which leads to places that have been sets for famous films, where Venice is not only the setting but also strongly participates in the plot thanks to its unique atmosphere.
Most of the tours also offer the possibility of being adapted to your requests and simultaneously translated into Italian sign language. Do not hesitate to contact us if you would like more in-depth information on certain topics: the Go Guide team includes experts in different areas of art and culture.
Also included in this category are more disengaged and recreational tours, ranging from the super popular bacari tour, that is, a convivial stroll among good wine and typical food, to the Libertine Venice, full of spicy anecdotes and curiosities.