Ciao I'm Francesca, welcome to my Toursbylocals Venice page.

I was born in Sicily a beautiful island in Southern Italy where I lived for 20 years. I moved later on to Florence to attend university there where I graduated in Byzantine Archaeology.

I completed my studies in Siena where I've got a master in Preservation of Cultural Heritage.
In 2008 I moved to Venice where I fell in love with this unique city and I decided then to stay for ever!

I became a tourist guide because I like people and impress them. I love to show my city and let visitors discover its many wonders.

My tours are not just meant to provide knowledge on the art, history and architecture of Venice but they are a fun experience too. I'm not a teacher delivering a boring lecture but a friend ready to fulfil your curiosity. Don't worry, weird questions are allowed too!

Professional Certified Venice Tourist Guide: license n#05000218 (Province of Venice)
Certified guide for the Jewish synagogues
Port Security Pass 32090
VACCINATED against COVID-19

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This tour will take you to a fantastic part of Venice, far from the busy spots.

We'll visit the most authentic district of Venice, Castello and Cannaregio, where most of Venetian still leave.

Then You will learn the history of the longest Jewish district of the world, inspiration for William Shakespeare too!

After an introduction about this unique place (where does the strange "ghetto" name come from?) we'll wander around it, to discover how the every day was for Jewish people. A life full of oppositions: free to be Jews with their uses and their habits, but prisoners of an island every night, without possibility to escape.

Discover this unique place with an expert of this place, a Hebrew student too!

Walking tour of Castello and Cannaregio with the Jewish Ghetto

Discover another Venice visiting Dorsoduro. far from touristic routes. This is the district of Venice I love most. . . . So quiet, authentic and teacupful! When I want to do a walk searching for beauty, this is the place where I usually go.

During this nice walk we'll see the Accademia complex, campo San Vio, the scary Palazzo Dario, the magnificent Basilica of Salute, the Zattere promenade, the old shipyard of San Trovaso and much more.

Later a visit to the fantastic museum of Peggy Guggenheim, the best collection of Art of 20th century in Europe, where we will admire Picasso's, Mondrian's, Kandinsky's and much more.

Then we'll get to the Rialto Market to finish with a relaxing gondola ride.

Another Venice: Dorsoduro

Discover another Venice visiting Dorsoduro. far from touristic routes. This is the district of Venice I love most. . . . So quiet, authentic and teacupful! When I want to do a walk searching for beauty, this is the place where I usually go.

During this nice walk we'll see the Accademia complex, campo San Vio, The entrance of the Guggenheim collection, the scary Palazzo Dario, the magnificent Basilica of Salute, the Zattere promenade, the old shipyard of San Trovaso and much more.

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