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Venice: 30 min private Gondola Ride with Guide

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Float through Venice by private gondola boat on a 30 minutes tour, and learn all about the history of the quintessential Venetian gondolas, too! As a gondolier navigates the boat along the famous Grand Canal, relax and listen to fun facts and trivia about the boats and the city from a local guide. The traditional gondola is small but seats up to four people comfortably in addition to the onboard guide and gondolier.
  • Private guide in English, French, German, Spanish and Italian
  • Private 30 minutes gondola ride
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Food and drink
Departure Point

Campiello Traghetto, 30124 Venezia VE, Italy Meeting point: 15 min before the departure time at the gondola station of Santa Maria del Giglio in front of the Gritti Palace Hotel. Please look for your guide with a sign with your name on it!

Return Details

Campiello Traghetto, 30124 Venezia VE, Italy Meeting point: 15 min before the departure time at the gondola station of Santa Maria del Giglio in front of the Gritti Palace Hotel. Please look for your guide with a sign with your name on it!

  • Campiello Traghetto, 30124 Venezia VE, Italy
    Meeting point for the tour and drop off
  • Canal Grande, Venice, Italy
    A truly unique and magical 30 min gondola guided tour of Venice’s waterways, you will be guaranteed the best and most breathtaking views of the city of Venice from the water. Once you have met up with our expert guide you will be steered in style by your own personal gondolier along the incomparable Grand Canal. All you need to do is sit back, relax taking in the surroundings while our informative guide entertains you with stories and anecdotes of the city, explaining the history behind La Serenissima and her array of stunning palaces. Our informative guide will tell you all about the gondola, its unique structure and traditions of the Venetian gondoliers – unique to Venice. An excellent way to combine an informative and stimulating guided commentary with an essential gondola ride, this tour is not to be missed!
    30 minutes
  • Punta della Dogana, Venice, Italy
    Punta della Dogana is part of the itinerary
  • Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute, Venice, Italy
    Basilca di Santa Maria della Salute is part of the itinerary
  • Campiello Barbaro, 352, 30123 Venezia VE, Italy
    Ca' Dario is part of the itinerary (but ask to the gondolier first)
  • Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy
    Peggy Guggenheim is part of the itinerary
  • Palazzo Cavalli-Franchetti, Venice, Italy
    Palazzo Franchetti is part of the itinerary
  • Ponte dell'Accademia, Venice, Italy
    Accademia bridge is part of the itinerary
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Infants aged under 2 years will be seated on the lap of an adult;
  • There is a limit of 4 people + 1 guide per gondola
  • 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
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
  • For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
  • Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
  • Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
Brent_F
11 Mar 2025
We never have a bad word to say in any review but we were disappointed. We arrived 15 mins early, as requested, to meet our guide - the guide wasn't there (although she did arrive at the end of our tour to say hi). We had read the reviews and were really looking forward to the gondola ride. A lot of time spent turning the gondola round as opposed to actually going anywhere - appreciate there is other traffic - the tour was very short and we didn't really see much at all. We felt this was extremely expensive at £276. I was proposing to my partner and so not only did this experience not make the trip special, it actually detracted from it. Sorry!
amit d
01 Mar 2025
We booked for a private tour, we reached late due to delayed flight and hence on the way we called the local tousist office for possibility to reschedule, she said it is possible onsite to reschedule but when we went there. The onsite guy told me it is not possible to reschedule for a private tour. Our money will not be refunded or reused for a new ride. Still, we booked with another tourism group, but after going through the ride, we felt like waste of money and time. If you have already been to water-based rides, then this experience is not worth it. They take you out of smaller cannel route and then return you back in no time.
Sandra_F
16 Oct 2024
What was supposed to be the highlight of our Venice visit was the most disappointing! I guess the most memorable experience was when the guide was the first one off the gondola and left! No goodbye, no thank you - obviously no tip! The second most memorable experience was when she made no attempt to find us upon arrival as she stood eating a candy bar. Thirdly, our impression was that we were going on a PRIVATE tour and the gondolier would be giving any tour needed, not a total stranger with absolutely no personality who invaded our privacy and talked about various people who died in a house and how Venice was built when she wasn’t speaking Italian with the gondolier who we had no interaction with at all. Don’t waste your money on this tour - opt for a $90 30-minute experience and call it a day. Ours was a colossal waste of money!
This tour in Venice is organized by Venice Events srl

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