The Mercerie, Venice: Tours & Tickets

We (three) did this tour almost at the end of our time in Venice (1 week), which might have been a mistake. Our guide for the walking tour was Alessandro, pleasant, keen, well presented, polite - could not have been better. He pointed out lots of places for us to go later on. He also focused on an area west of San Marco where we luckily had not been much. The gondola ride was good, but nothing more than a gondola ride. Rather peaceful after the hubbub of the rest of Venice, I cannot get the category ratings with stars below to work - all 4 or 5 Stars.

Our tour guide was able to work us through the large crowds of tourist and still make the tour interesting. She was knowledgeable and articulated the history of each site with ease. The gondola ride was worth the wait and fulfilled an activity long on our list.

We arrived in Venice and we were only staying for a few days. We have found this service to be extremely helpful in maximizing our time in Europe. The tour in Venice was filled with a lot of information and I loved the personality of the tour guide.

Hazel has a great knowledge about the history of Venice, the history of art and structure of power in the Doge System and the Christian tradition in general and San Marco Cathedral in specific. Fabulous!

The walking tour was a great intro to the city of Venice. It blended the history of how Venice started as a refuge from the Barbarians to it's dominance in global trade in the renaissance era.