Venice Gondola Ride and Serenade: See the City's Sights with Traditional Music

Experience the enchanting beauty of Venice on a shared gondola ride, accompanied by a serenade of traditional music. Glide through the city’s iconic sights and immerse yourself in the romantic atmosphere of the Grand Canal.

Duration: 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Canal Grande - The Gondola Ride will take you along the Grand Canal, the most famous S shaped Canal of Venice.
What's Included
  • Shared gondola ride in a group of boats
  • Enjoy serenades from on-board singer
What's Not Included
  • Guide
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information

Float past the stunning visuals of Venice on a shared gondola ride of 30 minutes, accompanied by a serenade. You can choose between an afternoon or evening trip, from where you will be greeted on your five-passenger gondola by a gondolier dressed traditionally. Embark on the journey as part of eight gondolas, with a singer on one of the boats. Marvel at…

Location
Gondola Station - Santa Maria del Giglio
Campiello Traghetto
Meeting point: S. Maria del Giglio Gondola Station
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Chrysanthe_s
Nov 26, 2024
In Venice for a day- gotta have a Gondola Ride! - In Venice for the first time ever- you have to do a Gondola ride! As it is a group tour, don't expect a romantic time as you are not guaranteed a boat to yourselves, or even the best seats. If you don't get the seat with a back near the gondolier, you may be sitting on a bench seat for the whole ride- there is no switching seats once you have been placed, and you have no choice if the singer (who was great) is in your boat or not. He wasn't in ours, but I was glad for that. As you have probably read elsewhere, the gondoliers are doing their job and don't really feel a need to be friends with you, or even talk to you, but that's OK. Their navigation skills are amazing.
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Robert_r
Oct 31, 2024
Venice Gondola 2024 - Venice is always very busy and this gondola ride is on time and efficient. We enjoyed the ride and serenade.
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James_m
Oct 6, 2024
The whole experience was awesome. The sights the riding through the canals and the fun doing it with a other gondolas - Getting on the boat. My wife has a bad knee and they were very helpful getting her on the boat. But it swayed when she got in and I thought it was gonna be from the scene in Sound of Music where Maria fell out of the boat. Lol
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Leesage_p
Sep 25, 2024
Gondola Ride & Serenade - We really enjoyed the experience. Very scenic and the gentlemen singing was phenomenal. I would definitely recommend!
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Jack_b
Sep 22, 2024
Saved Vacation - Our original booking was missed due to a 2,5 hour plane delays from US to Rome. This caused train delays of an additional 2 hours so we could not make the original booking for Saturday evening. This vendor agreed to allow our booking to be honored on Sunday evening. A vacation saver for sure! Gondola ride was wonderful and meal at restaurant was equally excellent. All of our party of 5 was extremely happy with this vendor & event. Employees who we dealt with treated us extremely courteous and proficient.
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Kate_f
Oct 26, 2024
Honeymoon gondola serenade - Listening to music while floating down the canal was wonderful and magical. My new husband and I loved it
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Darlene_w
Oct 10, 2024
Not worth the money. - The singer was many gondolas away not in our gondola. It was relaxing ride, but not worth the $57 Euros each for 4 of us.
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Ramon_r
Jan 11, 2025
Scam - The gondola was canceled because of the weather and they never reimbursed or even answered my claim.
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Andreafj7320gg
Oct 24, 2024
REFUND - The ride got canceled for weather reasons. It was raining and we had to leave the next day and we couldn’t use the ride. Please issue my refund to the cc used for this transaction. Thank you, Andrea
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Victoria_s
Sep 23, 2024
Not good. Do a boat - We didn’t have a serenade, we followed a boat that had one, we also had a person stealing us who was just talking on the phone the entire time. There was a gondola traffic jam because it’s just so over done here.
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