I unfortunately procrastinated & the Secret Tour in English is unavailable on the dates that I will be in Venice. There are spots open for French & Italian tours. Does anyone know if there is an audio guide in English that can be used while on the tour if I book not in English? Also what do you do if you don’t speak in English, French or Italian?
The Hidden Treasure tour is avail but doesn’t sound as interesting.
Thanks for your assistance.
No, there are no English audio guides available for the Secret Itineraries tours. I do not know what non-English/French/Italian speakers do who want to take that tour. That’s a good question.
Hello jane.gannaway, and welcome to the forum!
The tour is lead by a live guide speaking so the narration will be in the language listed for the tour.
Funnily enough I took the tour in French 20+ years ago because they did not have an English option at the time, but I really only speak tourist French and missed a lot of what they were saying. Early on the guide did try and throw in some English information for us since he knew our French was bad but in the more complicated discussions of affairs of state I did not follow them.
I took the English tour a couple of years ago and I don't know if I would recommend doing it in a language you don't speak. Years ago you got to see many rooms unavailable without the special tour but now much more of the Palace is generally open to the public. I think the information helps tremendously with context about Venice, politics and the Doge, but I might recommend spending the money on a guided tour of the Palace itself versus taking the secret tour in a language you don't understand.
Hope that helps,
=Tod
