Audio tours
in Venice

Audio tours in Venice

History

Venice: 1,100 Years of a Republic Without a King or Mainland

How a city born in the mud of a lagoon became a kingless republic that dominated the Mediterranean. Fourteen stops among canals, palaces, churches and bridges, from Santa Lucia station to Saint Mark's Square and beyond,

🎧 23 min 14 stops 🚶 6 km ESENPT +2

History

Dark Venice: Spies, Informers and the Council of Ten

Europe's most sophisticated republic also ran the most efficient machinery of surveillance and punishment of its age. Thirteen stops through the Piazzetta, the secret rooms of the Doge's Palace, its cells under the lead

🎧 17 min 13 stops 🚶 2.59 km ESENPT +2

Venice: Seven Centuries of Masks in the Republic That Regulated Anonymity

For centuries, Venice let its people walk the streets with their faces covered. Behind a bauta, a patrician and a boatman could sit at the same gaming table, and a woman could stroll without anyone knowing who she was. B

🎧 21 min 12 stops 🚶 4.34 km ESENPT +2

Suggested plan for Venice

Doing every Trevurs tour in Venice takes about 4 h 30 min in total. A relaxed way to split it:

No fixed schedule: start whenever you want, skip stops, or spread a tour over several days.

Venice on a budget

The Trevurs app is free and has 3 audio tours in Venice: 1 h 1 min of narration across 39 stops and 12.9 km of walking routes. Download them over wifi and listen offline, with no mobile data. Entry tickets to museums, churches or monuments along the way are not included. Premium, from USD 1.99, adds unlimited offline downloads, every tour and no ads.

How to travel on a budget with Trevurs →

Venice at your own pace

Each tour starts at stop 1 and you go stop by stop at your own pace: pause, rewind or skip any stop. No booking and no fixed start time, and it works offline once downloaded.

• Venice: 1,100 Years of a Republic Without a King or Mainland
  Starts at stop 1, “A City That Fled the Land” (map) · 23 min of audio · 6 km (~1 h 30 min on foot) · ~2 h in total
• Dark Venice: Spies, Informers and the Council of Ten
  Starts at stop 1, “Between the Two Columns” (map) · 17 min of audio · 2.6 km (~40 min on foot) · ~1 h in total
• Venice: Seven Centuries of Masks in the Republic That Regulated Anonymity
  Starts at stop 1, “The Ghetto: Where Faces Could Not Be Hidden” (map) · 21 min of audio · 4.3 km (~1 h 5 min on foot) · ~1 h 30 min in total

In one day you can do Venice: 1,100 Years of a Republic Without a King or Mainland (~2 h), Venice: Seven Centuries of Masks in the Republic That Regulated Anonymity (~1 h 30 min) and Dark Venice: Spies, Informers and the Council of Ten (~1 h): about 4 h 30 min of touring with audio and walking. That covers every Trevurs tour in Venice.

Exploring at your own pace, and when a guide is better →

Why an audio tour

• ✓ No group to keep up with and no guide to wait for
• ✓ Start at any time of day, on your own schedule
• ✓ Go at your own pace: pause, rewind or skip any stop
• ✓ No need to commit 2 or 3 hours to a single tour: do one stop or the whole route
• ✓ Works offline once downloaded

Trevurs is a free app for iOS and Android. There is also an optional Premium version, from USD 1.99, with unlimited offline downloads, access to every tour and no ads. It also helps keep an independent app alive.

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