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Venice Gondola Ride: Canal Grande Tour
3.3
78 Ratings
Venezia
Experience the charm of Venice with a classic gondola ride along the scenic Canal Grande. Immerse yourself in centuries of history and enjoy the banter of the gondoliers as they navigate the canals.
Duration:
30 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
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Grand canal, venice - A classic Gondola ride is the perfect way to appreciate the beauty, charm and colour of this unique city built on water.
This traditional Venetian mode of transport, departs from campo San Moisè, where you will be invited to relax aboard this historic vessel.
Admire Venice from this amazing point of view, witness its magnificent architecture, and whilst gliding under its bridges, discover secret entrances to the elegant palaces and hidden corners of the city.
This is not a guided tour - words are not required to embrace the beauty of seeing Venice from the water.
What's Included
- 30 Minute shared Gondola ride through the Venetian canals
- Multilingual assistance when boarding
- Serenade if option selected
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks
- Gratuities
- This ride is not Guided
- Hotel pickup and drop off
Additional Information
Experience Venice on water and embark on a journey across the Canal Grande, presenting you the city’s most captivating attractions from a gondola. Relish the quintessential gondola ride through Venice’s canals and unwind as your gondolier navigates you through the city’s historical evolution - an ideal manner to admire Venice on water. Immerse yourself in the jovial exchanges of the Gondoliers as they communicate across the canals.
- For all late arrivals and no show, no refund
- Meeting point 15 min before the departure time
- 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
Location
Calle larga de l'Ascension, 1258
Calle larga de l'Ascension
• CLASSIC GONDOLA AT 11.00/15.00/17.15
• GONDOLA SUNSET AT 18.30
15 min before in Calle larga de l’Ascension 1258 - 30124 next to the post office San Marco (opposite side of the Saint Marks Basilica).
Look for the yellow sign "Meeting point" on the wooden kiosk and the Turive assistant.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
3.3
(78 Ratings)
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Robert_d
Jul 28, 2024
Sunset in Venice with my love! - I have been waiting to take a gondola ride with my wife and this was finally my opportunity. The only part of the experience that was less than ideal was the check in. The ride, the company, and the whole experience was fantastic.
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Dary_w
Jun 14, 2024
100% recommended 😎 - It was a beautiful, familiar and romantic experience at the same time, with a wonderful view and very good service.
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Carol_d
May 26, 2024
Fun and delicious cooking experience - What a fun and delicious evening! Cesarina Barbara explained and demonstrated the process to make pasta. She gave each of us a chance to be hands-on under her supervision. The food was delicious and her home was welcoming. We can't wait to make pasta in our own home! Highly recommend!
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Neville_r
Aug 7, 2024
Can now claim this experience - It does take you down the canals and gives you a full experience of a gondola ride. However, they look to fill the gondola to max 5 people so you can be sitting with strangers. This does limit the romantic nature of the ride.
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Erik_h
Jul 2, 2024
Venecia - We really enjoyed it but I don’t think it was as long as advertised.. maybe we lost track of time.. seemed like way too fast.. I loved the fact that the ticket part was super clear, we had no problem getting to the location and we didn’t have to mess around w the negotiating part.
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Melinda_h
May 26, 2024
Just ok - Shorter than advertised, and the boat guide never said a word to us. It was advertised that he would be telling us the history of the area throughout the ride, but that was not the case. If I were to do it again, I would choose a ride with a serenade. We passed someone on a ride like that, and it just seemed a lot more interactive.
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Christina_s
Jul 15, 2024
DO NOT BOOK THIS TOUR Z - Directions were very unclear
We walked around San Marco Square looking for the marked kiosk and was impossible to find. No one had heard of the Classic Gondola company when asked. When we finally stumbled upon the kiosk it was closed. When we asked the station next to it they had no idea what is was. The kiosk was not marked. We went back the next day to talk with operator. The person in the kiosk told us to come back at 2:45 to talk to operator. We got back to kiosk at 3;00 and the man in the kiosk was rude and told us we were late and to come back at 5:15 to talk to operator. We gave up at this point. If I could give a zero I would. Have requested a refund.
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Haydee_c
May 18, 2024
Awful - Sadly it was an a terrible experience. The Gondola ride did not start on time and ran a few minutes late. Almost 20 minutes in our gondola operator was making small talk with the driver of the gondola behind him and was not paying attention when steering the gondola and it went crashing to the left side of a small bridge and he fell down in our gondola from the impact. My daughter was terrified because the gondola was tilting and he advised my 75 year old mother to move from her seat towards the front to steer the boat in the center. We ended up docking at the Traghetto 5 minutes early. Very disappointed and not the memories I had hoped for.
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Vivek_s
May 13, 2024
Terrible tour - We were given two meeting points, we kept waiting in the first meeting point, no body turned up, we were 20 minutes before time at that first point. .
We then telephoned the company the telephone no was not right, no body picked up the telephone. We then chatted with viator who kept referring to the morning tour then tried to justify they were right.
We then rushed to the second point were we told that we were late and they refused to entertain us. We paid Viator 70 euros and paid the gondola company 110 euros
It is not understood as to why there were
two meeting points
Viator should refund the money.
Terribly disappointed.
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Becky_w
Apr 18, 2024
Horrible - DO NOT SIGN UP FOR THIS. It was thunderstorming and the company WOULDN’T CANCEL the tour. We called and sent messages, no one responded to the emails and when we called they said that the Gondola ride was still happening. Do not book through here. Go to the gondoliers directly. A personal ride was cheaper
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