In the footsteps of Commissario Brunetti by Donna Leon walking tour | 2 hours

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Private tour
2 Adults x $326.04
$652.08
Approx Total
$652.08
Tour in English or German
Customized route: Contact the guide in advance so the tour can be customized on the novels you read or include some specific location
Pick up at the hotel in Venice: The guide will pick you up at the hotel in Venice city center or any other location you prefer. Contact the guide in advance.
Brunetti Tour - kleine Gruppe
2 Adults x $81.51
$163.02
Approx Total
$163.02
Small group : This tour will be shared in a very small group of other german speaking passionate Brunetti fans. The tour will be in German.

Inclusions / Exclusions

  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: German, English, Italian, Spanish
  • Licensed Tour Guide
  • Gratuities

Overview

Take a city tour to the locations of your favourite television series and enter the Commissario Brunetti’s world, known from Donna Leon's novels and their film adaptations. Along the way you will learn a lot about Venice! The fictional character of the Venetian "Commissario Brunetti" has been a success figure for years: discover personally on site the the wonderful film scene locations from Donna Leon's novels. It is not at all easy to find the “campos” and “palazzos” where Brunetti is often on the way, because most of them are off the city highlights and well know touristic sites. On the contrary, the films are mainly shot in a rather off the beaten path Venice, like the Questura. It is so beautiful when you find the places you fancied on TV or reading the books, from Brunetti's first cases, such as "Acqua Alta", through “Beastly thigs” or “Suffer the little children”, to the youngest, whereby Raffi and Chiara no longer want to live in Venice.

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Personalised pick up is possible only if you booked a private group. In case you did not booked a share tour in a small group but a private group, please let me know if you wish to get a pick up in any location in the historical center of Venice. Otherwise meet ... your guide at the general meeting point in Campo dei Gesuiti, at Combo in the internal yard, near the well. Read more â–Ľ

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Meeting points

Meet your gudie at Combo, in Campo dei Gesuiti, at the well in the internal yard. Not the weel outside, please enter the door with the Combo sign and you will see the guide in the internal yard, near the well.

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The walking tour will end at Commissario Brunetti's Questura

Itinerary

  • Cannaregio

    We will start at the Brunetti's house door. The Brunetti family came and went through this front door, which every Brunetti fan can recognize, once you found it!

    10 minutes

  • Chiesa di Santa Maria Maddalena

    The headquarters of the radical animal protection organization Angelo Animale are located in this palazzo. Two masked figures flee from the side entrance and chase each other with the Commissario and his colleagues. While one of the two escapes, the other is caught and, to Brunetti's amazement, turns out to be his daughter Chiara.

    10 minutes

  • Strada Nova

    in this bar Signora Gismondi, the neighbour of the unpopular Signora Battestini, enjoys the last two balls of chocolate ice cream of her life.

    10 minutes

  • Cannaregio

    After the Commissario has realized that his daughter is a member of the radical animal protection organization Angelo Animale, the two have a discussion in this pub. Due to the murder of Professor Nava, who was formerly employed in the slaughterhouse, Chiara's so-called animal angels are now the focus of the investigation.

    10 minutes

  • Rosa Salva - SS. Giovanni e Paolo

    In this bar Vice-Questore Patta used to eat a couple of glasses of grappa too much in this bar. But Vianello also appreciates the bar because of the best café in town and the delicious croissants. The inspector treats himself to a panino prosciutto or a tramezzino with ham and artichoke with a glass of white wine

    10 minutes

  • Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo (San Zanipolo)

    This is where Signora Maria's kiosk is located. She is well informed about the residents of your neighborhood and shows Brunetti the way to the American archaeologist Brett Lynch straight away.

    10 minutes

  • Chiesa di San Francesco della Vigna

    The tour ends in a place that we cannot miss. We reach the striking columned hall in a campo, through which the employees, visitors or delinquents in the films hurry to the Questura with the famous green door and a portal

    10 minutes

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Additional Info

  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • On certain dates, most travelers staying outside of Venice who are planning to visit for the day will be required to pay a €5 access fee. For further details (including exemptions) and to learn what days this fee is applicable, please visit: https://cda.ve.it

Free Cancellation

June 22100% refund
June 23No refund

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  • Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
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Visiting Brunetti’s Venice at Night

Published on Dec, 2024

Our tour guide, Valerio, provided us with an outstanding visit to several of the sites referenced in the books and provided interesting background and tidbits on the site and its relationship to Brunetti. He helped us to really “see” Venice from the perspective of Brunetti’s Venice. He was thoroughly entertaining and provided a wealth of tidbits on Venice itself. We’ve been to Venice several times and we really learned a lot of interesting facts. The sites we visited only encompassed a few of the books, but it was well worth it!

Brunetti tour - Exceptional

Published on Dec, 2024

Wonderful personal tour from Valerio, totally engaging, very knowledgeable and proud of his city. Made a birthday trip for my wife very special. Thank you again!

Great tour with a knowledgeable guide.

Published on Oct, 2024

Awesome tour with Valerio. Interesting to learn that the number of murders in Venice is two in 15 years is two. Then Donna Leon must have covered all murders in a century (-;

A great walking tour of Venice by a Venetian with Brunetti highlights

Published on Sep, 2024

This was a great opportunity to walk the streets of Venice, away from most of the tourist spots and see where the locals walk, and eat and shop through the experience of local Venetian Valerio and Donna Leon's Police Commissioner Brunetti book sites. While walking we saw Brunetti's office, the State Police Station, his office view, the local patsticceria Rosa Salva where he stops for coffee, and the palatial home of his in-laws, now used for art shows and many more book sites. We learned about the history of many other Venice sites and the daily threat of the rising and falling water levels from the lagoon. A tour that should not be missed and one that can be done again and again as Valerio's endless knowledge of Venice is personal and current, so we will gladly book it on our next trip to Venice!

A different view of Venice

Published on Jul, 2024

I spent last September on a two week art tour in Venice, and on this trip did a lot of art Biannale things, so my Donna Leon walking tour with Valerio showed me a different side of Venice. It’s been a while since I’ve read the books, and if you are a huge fan with places in them you’d like to see, mention those specifically. I just enjoyed various scenes from various books and Valerio’s enthusiasm.

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