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Venice is at its best before the day-trippers land, so the photographer who walks you through quiet canals and reaches St. Mark's at dawn is the one to book.
Our pick
The gondolas off the Riva, the arches of the Rialto, and St. Mark's Square emptied of crowds are the city's defining frames, and every one of them depends on timing. A photographer who shoots Venice knows which back canals stay calm and how the morning light bounces off the water onto the facades. They route you away from the choke points. Catching the city in its early quiet is exactly why this is the pick.
If our pick doesn't fit
A quick canal shoot at a fraction of the cost, no gondola included, still well rated by a large number of guests.
Covers quieter corners the main pick skips and runs longer, but trades the gondola ride for more time on foot.
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