Free Tour Venice

Once you exit train station on your left hand side you have a big white bridge (Ponte degli Scalzi). Cross it and turn right onto the street between the church with a big green dome and the Murano Glass shop, you will be on Calle Nova de San Simon and follow the zig-zag street until the next bridge in about 2 min. Cross it and get on the street Calle de Mezzo, skip the first turn, then on the second ? turn left on Calle de le Chiovere following indications to Accademia, in 2-3 minutes you will enter Campo San Rocco. Cross the Campo onto Salizada San Rocco, go straight, turn first right and immediate left onto Campo San Tomà, on the left side of the white church of San Tomà, there is a narrow street Calle del Traghetto, follow it until the gondola stop. Either wait for the boat to come back, or get onto the boat if it is already there with the help of gondolieri. Pay 2 euro per person to gondolieri while getting on the boat and cross the Grand Canal. Arrive on the other side, pass through the long street, you enter onto a street Piscina San Samuele, follow the street until the wall, then turn right and and follow the street towards the large square. Enter it, this is our meeting point Campo S.Stefano. From the moment you get off the gondola until the meeting point should take you no longer than 3 minutes.