Private tours with a Venetian guide

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.

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A private encounter with Venice.

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.

Choose your Venice

Thoughtfully prepared, unhurried and adapted to you.

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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

02

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

03

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

04

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

05

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

06

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

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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

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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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Power, Government and Representation

The Doge’s
Palace

2 hoursPrivate evening visitUp to 8 guests

Venetian power did not hide behind a fortress. It made itself visible through architecture, images and ritual.

We begin in Campo San Zaccaria and approach the Palace through the evening city. This short walk prepares the essential question of the visit: how did a Republic that endured for centuries organise authority without allowing power to belong entirely to one person?

Inside the seat of Venetian government, ceremonial rooms, institutional spaces and paintings become parts of a political language. Rather than treating the Palace as a succession of decorated halls, we read how the Republic represented itself — and how it controlled, judged and protected its own continuity.

From image
to institution

  1. 01 · The approach

    San Zaccaria and the ceremonial city

    Before entering, we place the Palace within the political and sacred geography of San Marco and consider why the seat of government was designed without the appearance of a fortress.

  2. 02 · The Republic represents itself

    Ceremonial and institutional rooms

    Architecture and painting reveal the values through which Venice wished to be understood: stability, justice, divine favour and collective government.

  3. 03 · Authority and defence

    The Armoury

    Weapons and objects of representation introduce another dimension of state power — practical, symbolic and carefully staged.

  4. 04 · Justice and confinement

    The Bridge of Sighs and the New Prisons

    Crossing into the prisons allows us to examine the relationship between law, procedure and punishment beyond the romance later attached to the Bridge of Sighs.

€370

Two hours · Up to 8 guests

  • Private evening experience with Romy
  • Meeting in Campo San Zaccaria
  • Doge’s Palace, Armoury and New Prisons
  • Admission tickets calculated separately
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Romy, licensed private guide in Venice
Romy Rigattieri · Venice

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

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Your time.
Your Venice.

01

Made around you

Your interests, your pace and your questions shape the experience from the beginning.

02

Time to enjoy

No recited script and no hurried checklist — just the space to look, ask and understand.

03

Genuinely Venetian

A personal introduction to the history, beauty and everyday intelligence of my city.

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.

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your Venice.

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