Highlights and quieter calli
Venice, First Encounter
From the ancient market of Rialto to Piazza San Marco: a concise, thoughtful introduction that gives you the confidence to continue discovering Venice on your own.
2 hours · Private · €380
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Venice,personally.
Venice has been the landscape of my life — and it still has the power to surprise me. Let me introduce you to the city I know, with depth, warmth and the freedom of a day designed entirely around you.
Discover the experiences ↘A private encounter with Venice.
Beyond the expected
Beautiful places are easy to show. I want to share the Venice that stays with you.
We may stand beneath the mosaics of St Mark’s, enter the rooms where the Republic governed, or cross a quiet residential campo. The itinerary matters — but so do conversation, curiosity and the pleasure of having time.
Private experiences
Choose your Venice
Thoughtfully prepared, unhurried and adapted to you.
A private full day
Venice Unveiled
From the spaces of everyday life to the ceremonial heart of the Republic: six hours to understand how Venice became an idea before it became an image.
6 hours · Private · €1,100
↗Sacred and political Venice
St Mark’s Basilica After Hours
After the doors close, read the basilica through architecture, mosaic, ritual, light and the idea of Venice it was created to make visible.
90 minutes · From €500
↗Power after hours
The Doge’s Palace
A palace without fortifications, a government built upon ritual and representation: read the visual language of Venetian power after closing time.
2 hours · Private · €370
↗Islands by private water limousine
The Venetian Lagoon
A day across the lagoon to encounter Murano’s glass, Burano’s lace and colour, and the quieter landscapes where the story of Venice began.
7 hours · Private · €2,500
↗The district from above and within
St Mark’s & Hidden Gems
Begin with Venice at your feet from St Mark’s Campanile, then leave the expected route to discover remarkable churches, intimate campi and architectural surprises.
3 hours · Private · €540
↗A long day on an open boat
The Lagoon, the Venetian Way
Nine unhurried hours to cross the lagoon as Venetians do: glass and mosaics, island paths and local flavours, with time for the unexpected and, when conditions allow, a swim at the bacàn.
May–September · 9 hours · €2,700
↗Venice from its most beautiful waterway
Grand Canal Cruise
One private hour aboard a classic Venetian wooden motorboat, with prosecco served as palaces, bridges and quieter canals reveal the city from the perspective for which it was built.
1 hour · Private · From €390
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Islands, Craft and the World Beyond the City
The Venetian
Lagoon
7 hoursPrivate water limousineUp to 8 guests
Venice is not an island standing alone. It is the most extraordinary expression of an entire lagoon.
This private day leaves the city behind without ever leaving its story. Travelling by wooden water limousine, we cross the open lagoon to understand the geography, skills and communities that made Venice possible.
Murano, Burano and the northern lagoon are not treated as a collection of picturesque stops. Each island reveals a different form of Venetian intelligence: the mastery of matter, the patience of handwork, the life of small communities and the delicate relationship between land and water.
The boat gives the day its freedom. We can slow down, change perspective and experience the lagoon as Venetians always have: not as empty space between destinations, but as a world in itself.
01 / 10
Water is not the distance between the islands.
It is what connects them.The experience
Across the
northern lagoon
The order may change with the season, opening times and the rhythm of the lagoon.
- 01 · Leaving Venice
The lagoon from the water
As the city recedes, its setting becomes clear. Channels, islands, tides and distant profiles reveal the environment from which Venice emerged and on which it still depends.
- 02 · The intelligence of fire
Murano
Inside a working glass furnace, we observe a Maestro vetraio shape molten glass. The encounter opens a story of technical knowledge, experimentation, guarded skills and objects desired across the world.
- 03 · Colour, community and patience
Burano
Beyond its celebrated colours, Burano is a lived island with its own scale and traditions. We encounter lace-making through a family connected to this delicate craft and the knowledge transmitted through generations.
- 04 · Origins and stillness
Torcello and Mazzorbo
The quieter northern lagoon offers a final change of rhythm. Ancient Torcello and the landscape of Mazzorbo bring us closer to the earliest settlements, cultivated land and the fragile balance between nature and human presence.
A day with room to breathe
Lunch in
the lagoon.
We allow time for lunch on one of the islands, choosing the setting according to the route and your preferences. Lunch, drinks, purchases and any admission tickets are not included, leaving the day flexible and personal.
Private lagoon experience
€2,500
Seven hours · Up to 8 guests
- Romy as your private guide throughout the day
- Private wooden water limousine included
- Visit to a working Murano glass furnace
- Murano, Burano and Torcello/Mazzorbo
- Lunch, drinks, purchases and admissions not included
Your guide
Venice shaped
the way I see.
I’m Romy — a Venetian and a licensed guide since 2016. For me, guiding is not simply about knowing the city, but about helping another person truly encounter it.
My way of reading Venice grew from years of study. At Ca’ Foscari University, I graduated with honours in Languages and Anglo-American and Hispano-American Literatures, and later earned a Master’s degree with honours in History of the Arts and Conservation of Cultural Heritage. I then completed a postgraduate diploma in Theological Hermeneutics of Christian Art at the Theological Faculty of Central Italy, also with honours.
These different paths — languages, literature, art history and the theological hermeneutics of Christian art — allow me to connect places with the ideas, rituals and human stories that gave them meaning. Yet our time together remains personal and effortless: a genuine conversation, paced around you, in the city that has formed my gaze.
Ca’ Foscari University · VeniceLanguages & Literatures · 110/110 with honours
Ca’ Foscari University · VeniceMaster’s Degree in History of the Arts & Cultural Heritage · 110/110 with honours
Theological Faculty of Central Italy · FlorencePostgraduate Diploma in Theological Hermeneutics of Christian Art · 110/110 with honours
Private by design
Your time.
Your Venice.
Made around you
Your interests, your pace and your questions shape the experience from the beginning.
Time to enjoy
No recited script and no hurried checklist — just the space to look, ask and understand.
Genuinely Venetian
A personal introduction to the history, beauty and everyday intelligence of my city.
Guest reviews
What remains
after Venice.
The most meaningful measure of a private experience is what guests remember once the day is over. You can read their independently published reviews on the platforms where they booked with me.
Begin a conversation
Tell me about
your Venice.
When are you coming, who are you travelling with, and what would make the experience truly yours?
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