Gondola Ride: Romantic Venice Canal Experience

Enjoy a serene and love-filled gondola journey across Venice’s peaceful waterways. With a private 30-minute excursion, you can leave the crowded touristy spots behind and navigate through the city’s less frequented canals. Ideal for a memorable event, with loads of stunning picture possibilities!

Duration: 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Grand Canal - Pre-book your gondola tour for just the two of you!
    Enjoy a 30-minute relaxing journey through the tranquil canals of Venice, away from the tourists and see Venice as it should be seen.
    Glide through centuries of history, allowing yourself to be captivated by the glamour and elegance of the Venetian Palazzi.
    The perfect way to…
What's Included
  • Private gondola ride for approx 30 minutes.
What's Not Included
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Food and drink
  • This is not a guided Gondola ride
Additional Information
  • This tour is not guided, although the gondolier may chat and give you some local history
  • Check in is 15 minutes prior to the booked tour start time
  • For all late arrivals or no show, no refund
  • 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…
Location
Campiello Traghetto, 2467
Campiello Traghetto
Meeting point: 15 min before the departure time at the gondola station of Santa Maria del Giglio, next to the Gritti Palace Hotel.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Rhine_d
Oct 4, 2024
Mr - Super nice & smooth. Arrangement well. Friendly. Valuable. Informative. Worth activity. I’ll be back
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Stefanie_g
Sep 22, 2024
Incredible experience - Excellent experience! I highly recommend this activity! Very romantic with beautiful views! Definitely worth every penny!!
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Joshua_n
Oct 4, 2024
Good, not great - The ride itself was nice but we were alongside 2 other boats and the guides kept shouting to each other throughout the entire ride. While I would recommend doing this because it’s fairly enjoyable, $180 for 2 people for 30 mins is a bit of a tough sell and I don’t think I would do it again.
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Alysha_c
Oct 1, 2024
Not worth the money - Definitely not worth the money, what is meant to be aprox 30 minutes was 20 if we were lucky! I definitely don’t recommend it
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Nikki_s
Sep 7, 2024
VERY SHORT GONDOLA RIDE - I would recommend a Gondola ride always, however, in this case we were rushed and our experience was shortened. We arrived 15 minutes early for our ride. They took us immediately! But they were rushing us because others were arriving just behind us and our entire trip lasted about 16 minutes, getting on and off the boat. We expected to see more of the canals and area and expected it to last 30 minutes or more. We were back at the ramp and off the boat at our scheduled ride time. It was obvious by the number of people waiting to go that we were rushed and shortened on our trip so they could get to the next group. The little bit that we saw was amazing but the experience was a little disappointing.
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Valerie_c
Oct 2, 2024
Poor gondolier trip - This tour was underwhelming, The start point was hard to find. A great deal of time was taken getting to a canal. The gondolier was not wearing the full uniform, no boater, which is what we would expect. No conversation from the gondolier or insights. Very very disapponting
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Carolyn_g
Sep 26, 2024
Very disappointed! - I would not recommend this tour. I paid for a Private 30 Minute gondola ride for 2. The whole thing lasted about 20 minutes at Tops from the time we got into the Gondola until we got out.. Definitely not worth $177.00..
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Indrit_s
Sep 15, 2024
We went for my fiancé's... - We went for my fiancé's birthday and we supposed to get 30 min and we done only 15 we literally moved 50 yards like wtf
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Lillian_q
Sep 10, 2024
Expensive - Not worth the price. Didn't really get to see much of anything. Would not do it again..,...,............................................................. ...
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Judith_t
Sep 4, 2024
Don’t choose this activity ! Arrange in San Marco yourself - The app had booked gondoliers near the Gritti palace hotel where they would probably have plenty of work. I would NOT recommend. Anyone do this trip but rather arrange a gondola around canals in san Marco where they seemed lovely . The gondolier Guiancomo or similar name in his boat the Sara was extremely rude and sullen. The gondola ride was through the ugliest part of Venice with mostly condemned buildings. There was no champagne , no conversation and it is finished after 15-20 mins when I’d paid for 30 mins. It left me feeling like it was complete waste of money.
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