It is easy to imagine that Venice, due to its multitude of bridges and very small streets ( calli), is inaccessible with a wheelchair.
Instead, this city does not constitute an architectural barrier for the disabled people because with the help of local steamboats you can turn it wherever you want.
This 4 hour tour is an excellent opportunity to get to know the most important and famous places of the city with an expert guide that will show you the easier way to ride with a wheelchair.
Whether is or not your first time in the floating city enjoy this trip that will lead you from the marvel of Piazza San Marco with its majestic Doge’s Palace to Rialto district with its wonderful bridge.
Instead, this city does not constitute an architectural barrier for the disabled people because with the help of local steamboats you can turn it wherever you want.
This 4 hour tour is an excellent opportunity to get to know the most important and famous places of the city with an expert guide that will show you the easier way to ride with a wheelchair.
Whether is or not your first time in the floating city enjoy this trip that will lead you from the marvel of Piazza San Marco with its majestic Doge’s Palace to Rialto district with its wonderful bridge.
- Piazza San Marco: Meet you guide in Calle Vallaresso and reach San Marco Square with your guide. Amazing Square, symbol of the city, in which you will be sorrounded by impressive architectures, built in differents times but that seem to be one. A long series of ancient arcades ,that enclose a lot of bars and restaurants, flank the square, on one side you will enjoy the wonderful view of the Correr Museum and right in front of it the sumptuous Basilic with its 4 bronze horses facing the center of the square.
- Palazzo Ducale: Enter the Doge's Palace, The first and second floors are accessible by lift. Let yourself be enthralled by the works of Tintoretto and the elegant halls that you will cross.
- Basilica di San Marco: Born as a ducal chapel, it symbolizes all the grandeur of Venice, also known as the Gold Basilic for the golden mosaics that fill it almost entirely
- Ponte dei Sospiri: Leaving the Doge’s palace you will be able to admire from the outside the famous Bridge of Sights that internally connects the palace with the new prisons, not accessible by wheelchair because of a tight passage and not equipped for the wheelchair.
- Ponte di Rialto: Catch again the steamboat n 1 and reach Rialto district, one of the most famous district in which Venice is divided. Rialto is famous all around the world for the romantic Rialto Bridge, the white stone bridge anciently the only one bridge which joined the two side of the Gran canal and built to faciltate the commercial trade. In fact, not everyone knows that Rialto is very famous for its markets that fill the lives of the Venetians almost every day of the week in the morning. Famous is the fresh fish market but you can find every type of food even the stands of typical Venetian desserts
Included
- Daily Steamboat Ticket
- Local guide
- Private tour
- Professional guide
- Pickup and drop-off from designated meeting points
- Admission Tickets to Doge's Palace 35 euro each and Basilica 12 euro each
Not included
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks
- On Sunday The Basilica is opened from 2:00 pm
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- On certain dates, most travelers staying outside of Venice who are planning to visit for the day will be required to pay a €5 access fee. For further details (including exemptions) and to learn what days this fee is applicable, please visit: https://cda.ve.it
- BASILICA ENTRY TICKETS 12 EURO EACH INCLUDED IN THE PRICE DOGE'S PALACE ENTRY TICKETS 35 EURO EACH INCLUDED IN THE PRICE Please provide the full names of all travelers when booking. Failure to present a voucher with all travelers’ full names at the ticket office prior to entry may result in denied entry to the attraction. Each traveler must present a valid passport or ID document that matches the name provided at the time of booking for successful entry to St.Mark’s Basilica
