Venice Gondola Ride: 30-Minute Classic Canal Experience
Description
Discover Venice from the water and enjoy a tour along the Canal Grande past the most beautiful sights of the city in a gondola. Enjoy this traditional classical Gondola ride through the canals of Venice. Relax as your gondolier steers you through centuries of history, the perfect way to appreciate Venice from the water. Become involved in the banter of the Gondoliers as they call to each other through the canals.
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Itinerary
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.
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Basilica della Salute and Punta della Dogana on the Grand Canal
Fenice Opera House
Bovolo spiral staircase in campo Manin
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What's included
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Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- 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
Reviews(112)
There are no representatives present to help you find the tour. Nobody knew these people and it took 40 minutes of walking around Venice to find them. They had already gone just moments before and no one knew how to find them. I purchased this excursion many months ago and this was not the experience I am used to. Extremely disappointed with the lack of communication and clear instructions. Venice is not an easy place to navigate. I think there is a reason their price was so low.
If you go to Venice you have to do a gondola ride. It was easy and convenient to have it prebooked. The tour operators were helpful and knowledgeable
Hello Tricia, Thank you for your feedback. We truly appreciate you taking the time to share your experience. It was a pleasure hosting you, and we hope to welcome you again in the future.
If you would like a gondola ride with zero interaction and the guy on the phone talking loudly the entire time then this is the activity for you! Completely ignored…. Not interactive at all. Not worth the money! Do something else!
Lovely experience! Touristy yes, worth the experience absolutely! It was such a calming and relaxing end to our day of walking and museum tours. There was singing along the canals that was beautiful.
Hello Anita, Thank you for your feedback. We truly appreciate you taking the time to share your experience. It was a pleasure hosting you, and we hope to welcome you again in the future.
very enjoyable experience. 30 min went too quickly. getting on and off the boat was made easy with the assistant of the young men helping.
Thank you for your feedback. We truly appreciate you taking the time to share your experience. It was a pleasure hosting you, and we hope to welcome you again in the future.
Absolutely amazing experience. Breathtaking views and so much history and fun. Highly recommend! Guide was super friendly.
Hello, Thank you for your feedback. We truly appreciate you taking the time to share your experience. It was a pleasure hosting you, and we hope to welcome you again in the future.
While the actual gondola ride was very good, the directions to get to the meeting place were very poor. We spent 45 minutes wandering around Venice trying to find the meeting place. We eventually found a small gondola ride side pasted to a building and it had a Viator symbol on it. We were scheduled for a 3 pm gondola ride; the Viator representative did not show up until 3:10 pm. Until she finally showed up, we were not certain that we were actually in the correct meeting spot. It was a very frustrating experience as one of us has a medical walking condition making for a very uncomfortable situation.
Thank you for your kind feedback. Please note all necessary information relative to the tour can be easily found on your voucher including the geo-point. Thank you for joining us on the day and send our kind regards.
30 minutes is not enough time to enjoy the event. The cost is not reasonable to pay. Plus, the ambiance was disappointing based on the gondoliers talking back and forth to each other. Disappointed.
Hello Cathy, Thank you for your kind feedback, as this ride is described as a 30 minute experience and all gondola experiences are between 25- 30 minutes in Venice, the ride was completed as described. As for the ambiance, the gondoliers are not required to speak to guests but only to focus on the safety of the boat. Thank you for your understanding. Kind regards,
It was easy to find and a lot of fun. A great experience. It was fun to wave at people on the bridge as we passed by them.
Hello Asia, Thank you for your feedback. We truly appreciate you taking the time to share your experience. It was a pleasure hosting you, and we hope to welcome you again in the future.
First it was very hard and confusing to find the meet up place. Once we found them it was not very welcoming. The ride was nice but the driver chose to chat very loudly with either gondola drivers the whole trip. Not terribly relaxing.
Hello Virginia, We thank you for the wonderful review and are very happy to hear that you enjoyed the activity. Thank you for choosing one of our tours, and we hope to welcome you again in Venice in the future. Kindest regards, Venice Events team
