Alternative Venice Free Tour: Merchants & Pirates

A unique Venice tour through hidden streets, the historic red light district, and the vibrant Rialto Market area. Discover the two defining eras of Venice — splendor and decadence — told through powerful stories and history.

Things to do Alternative Venice Free Tour: Merchants & Pirates

On this tour, we go through an alternative area to the most touristic part of the city and that, however, keeps the charm and beauty that Venice has had since ancient times and, on the other hand, shows us the splendid past that the city lived in the Middle Ages and its decline from the 16th century. In our tour, we will deal with the most important part of Venetian history, and we will do it through two neighborhoods: the Carampane neighborhood, (Venice's red light district), which is the place where prostitution was practiced in the city, and in ways quite peculiar as we will see in the tour; and the Rialto Market district, the economic engine of Medieval Venice, since it is linked to the pillar that has supported Venice for almost the entire bulk of its history: trade. Our tour ends at the house of a universally known Venetian: Marco Polo, whose story is fundamental to understanding Venetian history.

Included

Arena Estiva di Campo San Polo
Ponte delle Tette
Mercato di Rialto
Campo San Giacomo
Rialto Bridge
Casa Marco Polo
Palazzo Soranzo

Meeting point

Campo San Polo

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