Grand Canal Gondola Ride with Comments in Spanish
Description
Discover the magic of Venice from the water. Let your gondolier guide you through the eternal canals as a live Spanish narration brings every bridge and palace to life. Slide along the Grand Canal, admire the House of Mozart, the La Fenice Theatre and the palaces that line the water. Listen to stories and legends that resonate over the centuries, as if Don Quixote had left La Mancha to search for mills between the canals of Venice. Enrich your experience at the Gondola Gallery, where virtual exhibitions reveal the art, symbolism and beauty behind the city’s most iconic vessel. • Live guided gondola ride in Spanish Explore hidden canals and Grand Canal landmarks • See monuments such as La Fenice, the church of La Salute and Punta della Dogana • Access the Gondola Gallery, virtual immersive experience • An arrow with the “city of love on water” — ideal for couples, families and lone travelers.
Tour Options
Itinerary
Introductory walking tour to the gondola experience
Close to St. Mark's Square, opposite St. Moses Church and the Gondola Station, your guide will introduce you to the elegant and romantic world of gondolas.
Formerly one of the seven great theatres in the city, today La Fenice is the only opera house in Venice. Undoubtedly, it is a gem among European theatres and shone from its beginnings, as the best composers of the time wrote and performed here their operas, including Bellini, Donizetti and Rossini. However, it was Giuseppe Verdi who was most closely linked to La Fenice and Venetian memory.
“The most beautiful road in the world” is how the Grand Canal is known. If you look around, what you will see is almost exactly the same as an 18th century nobleman, and before him a Renaissance courtesan, and before that even a merchant of the Middle Ages.
Here, as you enter the Grand Canal, you can admire the church of Madonna della Salute. The first thing that stands out is how impressive the building is, strategically located at the entrance of the Grand Canal and facing the rest of the city in all directions, thanks to its circular shape. Today, every November 21, the city celebrates the feast of Madonna della Salute in memory of the end of the plague.
Punta della Dogana separates the Grand Canal from the Giudecca Canal. Due to its strategic location, it housed customs and salt warehouses. During the 15th century, maritime customs, formerly located near the Arsenal, was moved to the western end of the Dorsoduro neighborhood.
Highlights
What's included
Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- The gondola ride is not carried out in case of exceptional bad weather or high or low tide (in those cases it can be postponed to the following days or, failing that, it will be refunded).
- The guide will be in one gondola only; participants in the others will hear it through the audio devices.
- Each gondola can accommodate up to 5 people; the seat on board cannot be chosen and will be allocated by the gondola according to the weight of the passengers.
- On certain dates, most travelers staying outside Venice and planning to visit for one day only will have to pay an entrance fee. For more information (including exemptions) and to learn about the days on which this fee applies, visit :[https://cda.ve.it] (https://cda.ve.it)
- The itinerary may be modified in case of wind or bad weather.
- Please show up at the meeting point 10 minutes before departure time.
