Russian guide in Venice: a great expert and a nice girl

My husband and I were in Venice in July 2019 for the first time and literally two days and we were very lucky that we chose the guide Catherine for an individual tour. She made our trip to Venice unforgettable!
Catherine is a very sensitive, attentive, kind and helpful person! Taking into account that during our stay there was intense heat and high humidity, from the very beginning, having talked with us before the start of the tour, she clarified our well-being and, warning us about the heat, chose a low rate of movement. Every time she suggested that we quench our thirst and wash ourselves in fountains. On the content itself, everything was very interesting and exciting.
When, after lunch and the first half of the excursion, I felt a little uneasy during the second excursion at the Doge's Palace, Catherine quickly found me a cool place and ice to recover. Unfortunately, we had to end the excursion at the end due to my poor health, and to my shame, Catherine did not charge for the second excursion.
We traveled around Europe and booked other individual excursions more than once, but Catherine made the best unforgettable impression on us. We are very grateful to you, Ekaterina, for those places and secrets that you shared with us!

Many thanks to Catherine for a tour of Venice and Murano Island.
We received a lot of information both about Venice itself and about the island of glass blowers, and even the experience of making real Murano glass at one of the factories. Our son was delighted. And all this in a very short time, since we were limited to only a few hours in Venice. Katya instructed us in advance, as well as told details about the use of water transport in Venice.
Catherine instantly answered all my questions online and planning a stay on the island on the water was easy.
And also, Catherine is a charming and charismatic girl, who cares what impressions “regular tourists” will have about the island she knows and loves. Thanks again, Katya! We will definitely be back. Rating 5!

I would like to start this review with the words of sincere gratitude to Catherine for an amazing tour of Venice and the attention shown to my family. Already at the stage of preparing for the trip and choosing a route around Venice, Catherine answered all the questions that arose at that time and agreed on a convenient place and time for the meeting. The excursion itself, and its route ran, including through the islands of Murano and Burano, is so fascinating and interesting that several hours flew by as if in an instant. It should not be noted that the Venetians, "closed" people, not only know Catherine as a guide, but trust her as a person, gladly opening the doors of their houses in front of her. My family (5 people) had the fondest memories. Hope to meet in the future!
Thank you, Ekaterina! Score 5 with a plus.

We were on a three-hour non-tourist tour of Venice today. We received a lot of pleasure multiplied by a sea of ​​information, although this is not the first time in Venice. Katya thank you very much.

My husband and I travel a lot, and each time, preparing for the next trip abroad, I carefully work out the program, book tours in advance, buy tickets to museums, etc. When we planned a trip to Italy, and in particular to Venice in May, I went to this site, and although I had looked at many good reviews about other Russian-speaking guides before, I immediately intuitively chose Katerina. And I was not mistaken! First of all, she immediately responded and subsequently quickly responded to our questions, suggestions regarding the organization of the excursion. At the meeting, Katya told us so much interesting and useful about the history of Italy and Venice that she significantly enriched our knowledge in this area and made us even more fond of this fabulous city. Katyusha is a very competent, erudite historian, with a wonderful literary speech, an emotional, friendly, sociable, nice person with whom 3 hours of excursion flew by in an instant! We very regretted that the limited time spent in Venice and Catherine's busy schedule did not allow us to spend any additional time with her. We highly recommend everyone to find the opportunity to get acquainted with Italy with Katina's help! And Katyusha wish further great success in life!

At the end of March 2017 our group (4 adults and 4 teenagers) traveled independently in Italy, choosing guides on the Internet. In Venice, we decided to take advantage of the offer of Katerina. She responded very quickly to our requests, was ready to adapt to the schedule of our group, made an excursion, including all our wishes: an overview of Venice, a visit to the islands of Murano and Burano.
Now with full confidence we want to recommend this specialist to tourists, for whom it is interesting to hear about the historical heritage of Venice from the mouth of a guide in love with the city.
And we express gratitude to Katerina for organizing the excursion, a competent selection of interesting places of visits, and the ability to enthusiastically express historical material that arouses interest in both teenage and adult audiences.
Sincerely, the group from Novosibirsk.

I love traveling very much on non-tourist routes! Having met Katya, we agreed on a meeting. Katya is a very pretty and pleasant girl, fascinated us with walks (along the non-tourist streets of Venice) and interesting stories so that 4 hours passed like an instant! And although we were a child of seven, we were not even a bit tired. They concluded for themselves that it is impossible to know Venice in such a short period of time! Be sure to come again and turn to Katya. It was very interesting, Katya thank you very much!

I do not often write reviews, but I wanted to write about Katya right away.
The trip to Venice was spontaneous, not planned, so we did not have time to thoroughly prepare for it. Scrolling through various online guides to Venice, I stumbled upon this article and decided to contact Katya. Despite the fact that we arrived in Venice in August (so to speak, in a tourist peak), we managed to find free time at Katya. Up to this point, we have never met such a guide as Katya. For 3 hours, we managed to plunge into different eras, from the moment of resettlement and the birth of Venice to modern Venice. Katya - Guide with a capital letter. Such a dedication of the guide will justify every euro cent spent. I am very grateful to Katya for such an interesting, exciting tour.

If you want to see Venice not only and not so much tourist, then you should go to Katya.
We ourselves were in Venice for the first time, booked a trip in advance (back in May), started looking for someone who would be able to conduct an individual excursion, and from a variety of offers, probably by chance, chose this. They wrote off ... What a pleasant surprise, the answer was prompt and comprehensive. Before the trip, the volume and time of the tour were specified.
Themselves always preferred individual excursions, it is certainly more expensive, BUT BUT and impressions only YOURS.
Katya, a sweet, pleasant girl, which is especially important in love with Venice, showed us the city-country of VENICE not only as a guide, but as a person admiring her, so to speak from the inside. And what is especially important in such excursions was absolutely no hidden advertising of any kind of additional services. We did not regret either the time spent or the money spent.
THANKS, KATE!

My husband and I were in Venice for the first time, celebrated the wedding anniversary.
Katya was contacted from Moscow and even here I received quick and clear answers to all my many questions. Katya advised a convenient time for a tour taking into account the weather, etc. We added a boat trip to the ground part, which really added to the walk around the city.
We lived in Judecca and reached the city by shuttle. Already in Venice, they realized that the time that we had planned with Katya did not quite fit in with the shuttle schedule, on the eve of the excursion they called Katya and coordinated the time without any problems.
The excursion itself was wonderful, taking into account our wishes and interests. Very rich and professional.
Katya ordered a table (the best) in the restaurant for our holiday and organized a surprise for me at the request of her husband.
Katyusha, thank you BIG BIG for everything !!!