Venice Grand Canal Gondola Ride

Experience the enchanting canals of Venice on a gondola tour with live commentary. Glide along the Grand Canal, explore hidden passages, and learn the secrets of the city’s palaces and landmarks.

Duration: 50 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Ombra del Leone - We will pass trough the Gran Canal terrace of Ca Giustinian, one of the oldest Palace overlooking the Canal Grande.
What's Included
  • PRIVATE GONDOLA RIDE OPTION: 30 minutes gondola ride WITHOUT commentary
  • Journey in the past by gondola Virtual Reality Experience (not included in the private option)
  • SHARED GONDOLA RIDE OPTION: 30 minutes gondola ride with commentary
  • The Yard of Venice: discover the secrets of a sectioned gondola (not included in the private option)
  • SHARED…
What's Not Included
  • Hotel pickup
  • Audio devices
  • Earphones
Additional Information

Discover the Magic of Venice with a Gondola Ride
Sail through the charming canals of Venice on a gondola ride, accompanied by a knowledgeable guide who shares fascinating tales of the grand palaces around you.
Expert gondoliers will steer through Venice’s secret pathways, unveiling stunning views of the city’s distinctive scenery. Pass under ancient…

Location
Venice Tours
Calle San Gallo
Cancellation Policy

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

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Heather_s
Oct 28, 2024
Tour and Gondola Ride - This tour was very good overall. Included a brief tour of Venice with commentary and ended with the gondola ride. The gondola ride was fairly short, but was enough to go through the Grand Canal and other quiet smaller canals. It’s a good way to get some history of Venice and experience a gondola ride.
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Alfred_l
Oct 26, 2024
Great Experience - The gondola ride was as good as expected. This is a must if you want to experience Venice. Tour guide gave the right amount of information.
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Arvind_d
Oct 25, 2024
Great price and experience - Good guide and the gondola ride was as expected as well. Based on what we checked, the price was reasonable and worth it.
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Ioannis_s
Oct 27, 2024
A good value experience - Booked last minute. Meeting point easy to find, a few delays before starting. I would prefer some talking from the gondolier. Overall, a good experience.
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Mary_b
Oct 26, 2024
Well worth the experience - Met our guide at the ticket office and she walked us to the gondolas while giving us a talk about the area. On the gondola we just sat and relaxed as we journeyed through the canals. Well worth experiencing as its a high light of Venice.
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Fiona_m
Oct 25, 2024
Great ride, kind of a hectic start to the experience - The gondola ride was beautiful! The area we met at and the sign-in process was a bit hectic (lots of people all crowded around), then we walked through Venice for a while to get to the dock our boats were at, but once we were there it was great.
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Tara_e
Oct 25, 2024
Great way to relax and see the city - Relaxing gondola ride through the beautiful city of Venice. Would recommend. Also, the start is close to St. Mark square and cathedral so perfect location to do both things in one day.
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May_g
Oct 25, 2024
Not impressed with this tour. - Would have done better with a gondola ride without booking this tour. In fact, we did better this the last visit. This alleged tour was a totally rip-off.
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Paul_d
Oct 28, 2024
Not for us - Not really their fault but it was pouring and they should have canceled…the “hostess” walked us to the loading spot giving us some info but very limited… afterwards we were loaded on to the boat in the pouring rain and the gondolier barely spoke to us for the whole short trip…. Could have done that myself
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Sammolambo
Oct 26, 2024
Not As Advertised - 1). No, it’s not on the Grand Canal. Gondola departed from Gondola Danieli on Laguna Veneti and floated a clockwise route through some backwater canals that were scenic in a rustic antiquity sort of way, but nowhere near the Grand Canal in terms of expectations. 2). The narration was provided with radio frequency sets and wired earbuds by a fast walking “tourguide” who never once slowed down through the dense crowds in Piazza San Marco on the way from the meeting point to the gondola depature point to nake sure he didn’t lose any participants. Luckily everyone kept up, but if there were anyone with ambulatory challenges we would likely have lost them. After the brisk ~km walk we turned in the headsets and we were left to board the gondolas in groups of 4-5. 3). Absolutely no narration provided by the non English speaking gondoliers (I do believe we purchased an English narrated gondola ride on the Grand Canal), who spoke in loud Italian with the other gondoliers on the adjacent boats constantly, some of whom were chain smoking or looking at their cell phones for most of the ride. It was very disappointing in terms of what they advertised, and at best I can now say I did ride in a gondola through the canals of Venice. Box checked, kinda.
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