Classic 30-Minute Gondola Ride in Venice: Discover the Hidden Canals and Historic Palaces

Embark on a 30-minute gondola journey with others in Venice. Select from multiple launch times and explore Venice’s secret waterways and ancient palaces.

Duration: 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Canal Grande - Ride along the famous Grand Canal
  • Ponte di Rialto - You will see the famous Rialto Bridge
  • Campo Manin - You will pass by Campo Manin
  • Hard Rock Cafe - The tour ends in front of the Hard Rock Cafè
  • Gondole Stazio Danieli - Bacino Orseolo, the famous Gondola station right behind St.Mark’s Square, is where your Gondola Ride will end.
What's Included
  • 30-minute shared gondola ride
What's Not Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Gratuities
Location
C8MQ+24 Venice
Alilaguna ticket office is located at San Marco Giardinetti vaporetto stop, next to the Royal Garden Please don't look for Alilaguna office on Google maps. Strictly requested to be at the meeting point 15 minutes before the departure of the tour.
Cancellation Policy

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

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Carlw962
Dec 9, 2024
Great Serenade Ride in Gondola - The Gondola Ride was amazing, especially being we booked the Serenade version. There was 4 in our Gondola along with the Guide/Steering person, and the Guitar player. The Gondola next to us had the Singer and we went side by side the whole trip as they played and sang. People were on the bridges recording this great adventure. It was well worth the extra fee for the Serenade Ride.
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Reece_s
Nov 23, 2024
Nusa Penida snorkelling/island tour - Smooth journey to and from Nusa Penida on the fast boat. Managed to see Manta rays on the snorkelling trip as well as many other small colourful fish! After snorkelling, Wayan Edi then took us on a private tour of the west side of the island and took some amazing photos/videos of us at the main sight seeing points :)
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Dorothy_h
Nov 11, 2024
Ride - Wish they would have explained the area.. but it was beautiful trip. I thought they would talk about the area so we would know what we were looking at
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Amanda_a
Oct 29, 2024
Excellent must do in Venice - Good fun and easy to access the service - there was a marathon in town which proved a challenge to get around but the tour left from the booking pier so got there eventually
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Info
Dec 21, 2024
Pay the extra to get more! - We were the last group to go. Our gondola person was being g an ass the moment we all got on the boat. He was barely able to make an effort to tell us the historical sites on the way. All this was actually fine as we didn’t really expect much… it was what he said in the end… upon our arrival, they were asking for tips and we were accessing our cash looking to see where we give it and the person called my man a puta. He questioned the gondola person by saying what did you just call me? We went ahead and tipped but it was very sad they were so quick to assume or judge. I did feel bad as the tip basket was pretty empty. I loved riding on gondola as it was peaceful, at sunset and romantic nonetheless…
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Sr_lopes
Feb 16, 2025
Scam gondoliers trick - do not go spontaneous just pre-book - Scam Gondolier will ask for money in advance and deliver short time as promised. Will insult you when you point this out. Never take gondoliers of the street.
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H4974pysamj
Jan 26, 2025
Rubbish - Gondola was in terrible condition. We were extremely disappointed and wanted to get off! We later paid for a city/independent gondola ride (same price) and loved it! 1000x better!
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Emmanuellec802
Nov 8, 2024
Stop Scam - Shameful! We were 6, distributed in 2 gondolas (even though we had been sold the 6 together but still passes). Our 2 "gungo masters" were more than unpleasant, between one who barked at us "don't move" constantly as we tried to take pictures without moving from our place by barely turning our head, and the other who did not even reach out to the one of us who fell on the wet ground. No explanation and no answer to our questions, for 234 € we really feel like we were fooled. Go your way...
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Marium_a
Nov 8, 2024
Extremely bad experience... - Extremely bad experience where the rider was a no show and I kept going around in circles with my family and child. Really really disappointing service. They weren't even answering any calls and showed zero cooperation
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Katherine_b
Oct 31, 2024
disappointed with Viator - friends and i traveled to Venice as a lead-in to an ocean cruise. the website did NOT give a specific location for ticket pickup, but advised me to be there 5 minutes early. i was unsure of the ticket location, and when i called the viator number, i was told that the tickets would be on the other side of St. Mark's Square, past a kiosk selling Venetian masks. do you have any idea how many kiosks there are, selling Venetian masks?!? my friends were slower walking than i was, so i pushed my way through the crowds and finally found the ticket location -- one of the vaporetto booths. it was 5:07pm, so i was seven minutes late. the woman behind the counter told me that my ride -- which i had paid for -- had been given to another group. i was too stunned to argue and left, angry and frustrated. why had my reservation been given away, to (probably) another paying customer? that's double-dipping, and bad business. i had used aviator twice before -- Barcelona, for La Sagrada Familia, and Rome, for tours of the city. these were wonderful experiences. Venice was NOT. i'd like a refund, and would NOT recommend this gondola experience from viator.
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