Venice: Romantic Private Gondola Ride

Experience the romance of Venice with a gondola ride through the canals, taking in iconic sights and enjoying a traditional Italian dinner. Book your unforgettable evening now!

Duration: 30 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Canal Grande - When romanticism and love are running through your veins and you cannot wait to see your sweetheart blinded by passion, here is your chance to show your fiancée that you really care. A marvelous and enchanting gondola ride through the Grand Canal and the minor canals, will let you discover the city from a different point of view. You will breath the atmosphere of the most ancient city in the world built on water.

  • Teatro La Fenice - The restaurant Ai Choristi is just in front of the Fenice Theatre,

  • Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute - Here, as you come into the Grand Canal you are opened to the church of the Madonna della Salute.

The first thing that strikes a viewer is how imposing the church is, strategically placed at the entrance of the Grand Canal looking out onto the rest of the city in every direction, thanks to its circular shape.

Today, ever 21 November the city celebrates the Madonna della Salute in memory of the end of the plague

  • Palazzo Gritti Badoer - The Gritti Palace takes its name from the Gritti family, an old Venetian family, the most important member being Andrea Gritti, who was Doge of Venice in the Renaissance, and led the Venetian armies against the League of Cambrai, composed by France, Spain, Holy Roman who attempted to stop Venice’s expansionist goals in France.
  • Peggy Guggenheim Collection - Peggy Guggenheim Collection, one of the most important art collections in the world. Peggy Guggenheim, originally from New York, arrived in Venice in 1949 and began to satisfy art addiction buying this wonderful building where she displayed invaluable artworks to the world. The beautiful terrace you see is where Guggenheim sun-bathed regularly looking onto the Grand Canal.
What's Included
  • Private gondola ride (30 minutes)
What's Not Included
  • Hotel pick-up
  • Commentary
Additional Information

Experience the irresistible charm of Venice, the “Floating City”, directly from the water. Enjoy a private gondola ride down the Grand Canal. Glide past iconic landmarks and turn into romantic side canals as your gondolier rows your traditional gondola through Venice beating heart.

After your gondola ride, you can wander through the maze of alleys and get to know Venice hidden gems using our fingertip digital map. Use your mobile phone to find out more than 200 points of interest.

• Romantic gondola ride gliding along the Grand Canal and the inner canals
• A private ride for a more intimate experience with family or friends
• Convenient departure near Saint Mark’s Square on the Grand Canal
• Skip-the-line gondola ride thanks to the advance booking

  • This tour does not operate in case of exceptionally bad weather, high/low tide (in these cases it can be postponed the days after)
  • 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
Location
Rio dell'Orso
Cancellation Policy

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

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986florentc
Jul 18, 2024
Perfecto! - Carlotta gives us a pleasant tour of the streets of Venice. It was well explained and clear. Thanks to Carlotta and the Venice Tour teams for organizing these tours.
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Tour25141156979
Apr 21, 2024
Gondola Venice Tour <3 - Our young Venetian guide Ricardo was fabulous! Speaks French very well. Perfect anecdotes and explanations. Great 30 min gondola ride. Little surprise on arrival, it was great! I recommend.
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Jason_k
Mar 31, 2024
Romantic and memorable - The private gondola ride with serenade, beautiful scenery and hospitality for a nice romantic evening
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Earl_g
Aug 31, 2023
Fall in love with Venice - The Gondolier was informative, attentive, very accommodating! He did a great job! Took his time, was not hurried and was very informative! The dinner was delicious! Fortunately the gondolier directed us to the restaurant. Google maps does NOT work well in Venice! The dinner was good, but, they did nickel and dime on many items! Finally, again Viator/Trip Advisor really needs to do a better job of communications on the meeting place. Again we had to call in to get specific instructions before we were able to locate the meeting place.
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Anonymous
Jun 19, 2024
Great guide with good... - Great guide with good information. With as many gondola services available, better signage and “pre trip ” info would be helpful.
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Anonymous
May 1, 2024
Lovely - Great time! Enjoyable and educational ride to remember! Amazed on how the gondoliers maneuver the gondolas.
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Ce
Aug 27, 2023
Fall in love tour - We booked two tours with TRIP ADVISOR in Venice. BOTH were incredibly challenging to find the meeting personnel! Both times we had to call and the person we chatted with had to call the operator to get us connected. TA needs to do a better job of describing the point. The Fall in Love tour was superb! Our Gondolier was fantastic. He took a special interest in us. Was very informative and took his time. There was no rush at all. VERY nice and recommend this tour. The dinner following was the best tasting dinner we had in Venice. While they "nickel and dimed" us, the taste was excellent
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Kathy_b
May 3, 2024
Think twice before booking - The tour location was easy to find if you followed the directions emailed to you. The gondolier was ok and upon return he did tell us a little of what we were seeing. The trip only 20 minutes and it returned you from where you started. Then dinner dorections were only the name of the restaurant. Somehow a separate ticket didn’t come to me. The restaurant refused us and made us walk 10 minutes back to gondolier. He helped us retrieve his paper out of the trash. We then walked that back to the restaurant and this time they took us. You get two courses and a side yes but a very limited selection while people around you had good looking dishes. They you must pay for water or anything to drink with meal. Food was ok but restaurant we small and very busy. Not worth what we paid at all
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Patrick_a
Apr 1, 2024
Not worth it - An hour Gondala and supper was never worth 239 CHF , I thought the gondala would a little not just around the block and Dinner was awful to say the least, not a real restaurant
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Pamela_s
Oct 14, 2023
Terrible experience - When we arrived for our pre-reserved and paid for ride the operator said there was no boat to take us and he was very rude... we should have been contacted in advance. Then he told us to come back in an hour but we did and he never showed up! We walked a LONG way to the restaurant to make sure we could eat later (and they were very nice) but it was too far to go back when we never got our ride. I had better receive a refund! There are plenty of GREAT gondoliers in Venice... I DO NOT RECOMMEND!!
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