Unforgettable Venice from Porec including Novigrad & Umag

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Why you’ll love this…

This 12-hour tour involves a boat trip to Venice

See famous highlights such as St. Mark's Square

Free time to explore at your leisure

What to expect

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 –...

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What to remember

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, issuing authority, and expiry date

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 pplies to visitors over 14 years old from 08:30 to 16:00 and it can be paid online exlusively via the Venice tourist board website: https://cda.ve.it

So far the dates that the Venice tourist tax applies in 2026 are: Every Friday, Saturday and Sunday in April, May, June and July, plus 6th April, 24th April - 3rd May and 1st June - 7th 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 / ID numbers, issuing authority, and expiry date 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

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4.4/5

Based on 44 reviews from verified customers

All ratings (44)

Excellent (27)

61%

Great (12)

27%

Average (2)

Poor (1)

Bad (2)

Bekki

July 2026

From United Kingdom

Traveled as As a couple - 33 years old

Excellent

Quite a long day but got to see the main bits of Venice.

Liesbeth

June 2026

From Netherlands

Traveled as As a couple - 58 years old

De hele dag was fantastisch. Prima communicatie vooraf vanuit tuimusement. Transfer van vamping naar Pprec pewcies op tijd en prima chauffeur. Comfortabele boottrip met deskundige begeleiding.interessante informatie over ontstaan van Venetie. Leuk om te weten! Puntje van kritiek: Een jongen nracht ons vanuit het transfer busje naar de bootterminal . Die mocht wel een communicatie cursus krijgen. Zei geen woord en er kon geen lachje vanaf. Verder werden er veel extra opties aangeboden op boot.

J d

Traveled as As a couple - 55 years old

Poor

When you leave the boat you have to pay to get to st marks square which is another €120 it is very expensive

Joanthebell

Traveled as With friends - 80 years old

So well organised not complaints

Baglin

Traveled as With family - 58 years old

Great

It was a VERY long journey which started long before breakfast was served in our hotel and ended after the evening dinner service ended - I feel the hotel could have done more to accommodate the guests taking this excursion.

Anne

September 2025

Traveled as As a couple - 51 years old

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.

Geoffw

Traveled as As a couple - 47 years old

Trip was well organised, we paid extra for the full experience and every part went well, all in all a great day out. The only downside was the return crossing which seemed to drag a little so maybe some entertainment would help but only a small niggle and probably not helped by poor weather and sea condition.

Karen Hemming

Traveled as Alone - 51 years old

Rob Taylor

Traveled as As a couple - 49 years old

Very good trip lots to see and falue for money. Unfortunately as the English were the smallest group we seamed to be not a priority there was confusion about what boat we should be on and on the way back we were placed in a line to board a boat then left alone we had to move to another line to get on boat . Also late back so missed our evening meal

Nicola

Traveled as As a couple - 31 years old

The transfer from the hotel was good and boarding the catamaran was easy. The vessel was comfortable and the presentation by the guide en route was very interesting. Although the optional extra package sounded very good, we opted to make our own way around Venice and found most of the major landmarks and a handy local supermarket at the port to pick up refreshments. Plenty of opportunity for photos as we left port slowly. The return journey was quite long and docking instructions weren’t clear.

Jo B

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.

Vicki

August 2025

Traveled as With family - 28 years old

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.

Christina

July 2025

From Germany

Traveled as As a couple - 42 years old

Die ganze Besatzung war sehr höflich und zuvorkommend. Sehenswürdigkeiten sehr ausführlich erklärt. Einfach top! Wir waren sehr zufrieden!

Brian B

We did the full guide programme with the catamaran trip to Venice and would wholeheartedly recommend it. Expert guides made the whole visit enjoyable and good value.

Nick Winfield

Traveled as As a couple - 48 years old

We enjoyed the knowledge and history of the city would have liked the tour to be a little slower as found I was concentrating on where the blue umbrella was instead of looking at the magnificent buildings . Otherwise it was a very pleasant experience and would recommend the tour as a way of exploring this beautiful city

Vicky

Traveled as With family - 38 years old

Jeltje

Traveled as With family - 39 years old

Graag de omschrijving veranderen in alleen transfer Geen excursie Excursie moet je er nog appart bijkopen 110 pp

Rainer

June 2025

Traveled as As a couple - 44 years old

Sehr gut organisiert. Tourguide sehr gut.

Mr D , moore

Information on the boat before reaching Venice. Live voice App on your phone, but I couldn't!! So didn't hear anything. All tours were well planned, with meeting up afterwards.. any problems they would try and help.. The meal for wasn't for me , but that's because I'm a fussy eater, A very long and exhausting day , but I'm glad I did it. Everyone has there own experience of there event's. We left the hotel at 7:15am and returned back 8:30pm.

Ute

Traveled as As a couple - 24 years old

Ol

Traveled as As a couple - 38 years old

Sehr nette Reiseleiterin das Tagesprogramm sollte man dazu buchen

Sarah

Enjoyed the whole experience. Lovely day and met some great people. The only negative is the last boat taxi decided to drop us off at the wrong stop. We all had to walk and find our way back to the terminal.

Debbie Mills

Traveled as With friends - 54 years old

Too many drunken people wandering around the boat.

P. de Jongh

Voucher van TUI was niet genoeg. Er moest eerst nog een ticket worden uitgeprint door de organisatie voor dat we aan boord konden. De helft van de mensen die mee wilden hadden hier last van. Ik neem aan dat niet iedereen via TUI de excursie hadden geboekt. Wat hier mis ging weet ik niet. Verder hebben we een leuke dag gehad.

Happy Travellers

May 2025

Traveled as With friends - 51 years old

Had the most amazing Guide whose knowledge was beyond compare. Was extremely lucky as there were only 4 British visitors in our Group and had the benefit of a lovely Slovenian Guide that spoke perfect English. We all felt that we experienced a first class service. We took advantage of the full package available and saw Venice in all it's glory that we would not have seen without our Guide had we gone on foot ourselves. It included a lovely meal in an authentic restaurant and gondola ride

Linda

Traveled as As a couple

Great day out

Cyril

Traveled as As a couple - 45 years old

Venecja

October 2024

From Poland

Traveled as As a couple - 28 years old

Amazing place to be. Excellent service

Steve

September 2024

Traveled as As a couple - 36 years old

Kaz

Traveled as With family - 48 years old

Enjoyed the experience only down side was the boat journey on way back very rough and a lot of people where sea sick bur they have no control over the sea

Warrington 2024

Traveled as With family - 41 years old

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

Tom

Traveled as As a couple - 59 years old

Average

Good information on the boat and transfer into Venice. Difficult to keep up with guides on foot. Groups not effectively split into language sections Very poor gondola experience and bad value for money Water taxi transfer back to boat was satisfactory but cramped with 12 passengers I one boat

Mel

Traveled as As a couple - 46 years old

Everything was fine except the river taxi back very hard to get on and off and the driver wasn’t very helpful but all other staff brilliant ??

Shaz

Traveled as As a couple - 35 years old

Venice was excellent my only criticism is the rep from tui should have said were we needed to show our passports before boarding the ferry

J Murphy

Traveled as With family - 37 years old

Sara Prickett

August 2024

Traveled as With family - 23 years old

Great tour done by Kompas (company that provides the tour - not done by Tui) Catamaran was amazing, big boat but was very full, (not enough seats inside for everyone so thought this was too cramped especially that we had to sit outside with a child in the sun) Option of adding extra to basic trip - transfer via boat, restaurant and food/drink, gondola ride, taxi boat. Was €100 for adults, €60 for children (age up to 14) - was well worth the money Venice was amazing and a beautiful city ???

English

N/A

Traveled as With friends - 15 years old

Felt very rushed whilst there. No air con on board which after a long day was needed

Sandra Cooke

July 2024

The excursion was well organised by professional people. Cheerful, very knowledgeable and good sense of humour. We enjoyed the smoothness of the itinerary and have no complaints at all.

EH

Traveled as With family

Good trip but there was no advance warning that we needed cash to book the tour package/lunch on arrival which would have been helpful.

Wendells

Traveled as Alone

It would have been nice if the English speaking guide kept us all together.

MK

Kirsten

June 2024

The whole day was fantastic and unforgettable. We chose to take part in the guided tour which was an extra €100 each. This included water taxi to St Mark”s Square, lunch with wine, gondola ride and tour of the lagoon and islands, definitely worth it. Just wish we’d had more time to spend there. The guides were great, very knowledgeable and friendly. Ferry trip from Porec took approximately 3 hours, but what a wonderful way to arrive in Venice. Would highly recommend this trip.