Unforgettable Venice from Porec | TUI Musement

Built on more than 100 islands, Venice is famed for its network of dusky-blue canals, lined with elaborate architecture and criss-crossed by beautiful stone bridges. And this day trip from Istria to Venice sees you crossing the Adriatic Sea by boat for a chance to explore with free time in this romantic Italian city.

You'll arrive in style into San Basilio pier, right in the heart of Venice, to begin your discovery of 'La Serenissima.' As you wander through this fabled place, there's plenty of time to spot some of the city's highlights. Don't miss the legendary St Mark's Square – a piazza dominated by the beautiful Byzantine basilica of St Mark and its belfry.

Maybe take a gondola ride, find as many bridges as you can and dip in and out of classic eateries – there's loads to do here. You'll make your own way to the port to leave Venice in the early evening and return to Croatia having seen one of Italy's top cities.

I Think it would be beneficial to have some explanation of what’s on offer from the ferry company and also where it docks in Venice to make it easier to plan.It was expensive to add on the 2 boat trips and without prior knowledge difficult to organise the day . The pick ups went well. I missed the email from tui with the ferry tickets. Some prior email to look for them would be good.

Great day and definitely value for money. The guide was amazing with lots of knowledge to share. The only part that let's this trip down is that there are not enough seats for the 3 hour journey making it a very long day, having to sit outside on plastic what can only be described as old school chairs for the return journey put a damper on was an amazing day.

This was an amazing day out. My husband, me and our daughter had a lovely time. The guides were really friendly, informative and so helpful. The boat trip from Porec to Venice was a lovely experience and the guides made it fun by telling us the history of Venice, which was really interesting. The 4 mini trips during the day were well worth the €110 we paid and would have cost us a lot more if we had done them separately ourselves. We had time to ourselves in-between so also hit the shops.

Venice was really busy and expensive , the guides were very knowledgable but perhaps take smaller groups as you have to rush to keep up and have difficulty hearing what they are saying. On the ferry we were told if we wanted to do the water taxi, a gondola , go through the Grand Canal and lunch with the guides it would be a further 105 euros each and they required cash so we did 3 out of the 4 and had to find a cash machine and pay once back on the ferry. Weather was bad on Grand Canal

Why you’ll love this…

Boat trip to Venice
See famous highlights such as St. Mark's Square
Free time to explore at your leisure

Important to know

Entrance fees to Venice, gondola rides, taxi boats, and lunch not included.
Please note, your passport is essential. This excursion involves a border crossing from Croatia to Italy. Guests must send the following details to the booking e-mail, porec.booking@tui.com, when booking this excursion: first and last name, date of birth and passport number.
Venice has introduced a tourist tax of EUR 5.00 per person to enter the city, this must be paid at least four days before your visit, or it rises to EUR 10.00. It can be paid online via the Venice tourist board website
So far the dates that the Venice tourist tax applies in 2025 are: every Friday, Saturday and Sunday in May, June and July, plus 18th – 30th April, Thursday 1st May and Monday 2nd June
It is mandatory to pay this tourist tax on the selected dates and not paying will result in being denied entry into Venice.
Just so you know, this experience requires you to cross the border from Croatia into Italy. To make this as smooth as possible, please include the first and last names, date of birth and passport numbers for everyone on this booking.
Cancellation policy:No show or less than 24-hours before departure – you'll be charged 100% of the ticket priceBetween 24 and 48 hours before departure – you'll be charged 50% of the ticket priceBetween 2 and 14 days before departure – you'll be charged 20% of the ticketOver 14 days before departure – you'll receive a full refund
This experience doesn't follow our general cancellation policy. If you need to cancel, you must do so at least 48-hours in advance to receive a full refund.

Cancellation policy

Receive a 100% refund if you cancel up to 1 day before the experience begins.

What’s included

Boat transfer

Booking fee

Good news! No extra fees are applied to this booking.

Pickup points

To see which pickup points are available, check under availability & prices.

Provider

GULLIVER TRAVEL

What people say about this experience

4.3/5

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Based on 11 reviews

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Value for money

4.2/5

Safety

4.4/5

Service

4.4/5

Staff

4.4/5

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4 stars (6)

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3 stars (1)

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Anne
Traveled as a couple
September 29, 2025
4.2
United States of America
I Think it would be beneficial to have some explanation of what’s on offer from the ferry company and also where it docks in Venice to make it easier to plan.It was expensive to add on the 2 boat trips and without prior knowledge difficult to organise the day . The pick ups went well. I missed the email from tui with the ferry tickets. Some prior email to look for them would be good.
J
Jo B
Traveled as a couple
September 6, 2025
4.2
United States of America
Great day and definitely value for money. The guide was amazing with lots of knowledge to share. The only part that let's this trip down is that there are not enough seats for the 3 hour journey making it a very long day, having to sit outside on plastic what can only be described as old school chairs for the return journey put a damper on was an amazing day.
V
Vicki
Traveled with family
August 22, 2025
5
United States of America
This was an amazing day out. My husband, me and our daughter had a lovely time. The guides were really friendly, informative and so helpful. The boat trip from Porec to Venice was a lovely experience and the guides made it fun by telling us the history of Venice, which was really interesting. The 4 mini trips during the day were well worth the €110 we paid and would have cost us a lot more if we had done them separately ourselves. We had time to ourselves in-between so also hit the shops.
K
Karen Hemming
Solo traveler
September 25, 2025
4.2
United States of America
C
Cyril
Traveled as a couple
May 11, 2025
4.6
United States of America
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Warrington 2024
Traveled with family
September 24, 2024
4.2
United States of America
Venice was really busy and expensive , the guides were very knowledgable but perhaps take smaller groups as you have to rush to keep up and have difficulty hearing what they are saying. On the ferry we were told if we wanted to do the water taxi, a gondola , go through the Grand Canal and lunch with the guides it would be a further 105 euros each and they required cash so we did 3 out of the 4 and had to find a cash machine and pay once back on the ferry. Weather was bad on Grand Canal

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