Key Highlights
- Save time in Venice and pre-book your gondola ride before you go
- Ideal for a surprise gift or proposal
- Enjoy a gondola ride, a quintessential Venetian experience
- Take in the beautiful sights and navigate quiet canals as you sit back with your loved one
Overview
Step into your gondola and be transported back in time as you glide through the canals of Venice. As your gondolier poles the craft over the glistening water you can gaze up at the glorious baroque buildings lining the canals. Built by wealthy merchants and Italy’s elite families, these beautiful buildings range in architectural styles from Byzantine to baroque.
This private tour is perfect for a special occasion – a birthday treat, a surprise for your companion or even a special moment to propose!
Activity Schedule
Inclusions & Exclusions
- Private gondola ride
- Hotel pick-up and drop-off
Please note
Voucher information: No need to print! If you are travelling with a smartphone or a tablet you can present the voucher on your device for this activity.
Please call the activity operator at least 24 hours prior to start of the cruise to confirm all details.
Please arrive 15 minutes before the time of your gondola ride.
Generally gondoliers do not provide commentary. We recommend that you print this document which has a range of information on how to reach the meeting point.
As per the latest law, drinking alcohol on-board a gondola is strictly prohibited. In case anyone is caught consuming any alcohol, both the guest and the gondolier could end up paying a fine of up to 1000€. As a result, we will not be able to serve you with the bottle of Prosecco and it has been removed from the tour.
Additional info
Arriving by Boat (Vaporetto): Take the No.1 boat and get off at the boat stop “Santa Maria Del Giglio”, walk straight down the small street “Calle Gritti” and when you get to the end you come out into a small square with a church in front of you and a Well on your left. Turn left passing by the Well and the restaurant and walk back down the street to the water and the Grand canal. Here you will find the Gondola Park.
Arriving by water taxi: Ask the water taxi driver to drop you off at the Boat stop (Vaporetto) Santa Maria del Giglio and then follow instructions as per arriving by boat.
Arriving by Foot: From Saint Marks square go under the arches and make your way towards the Correre Museum and take the last arch on the left hand side of the square making your way onto the street “Calle Larga XX11 Marzo”. Continue along the street called “Calle Larga XX11 Marzo” passing the church on your left and then cross the bridge near the gondolier park in front of the Hotel Buaer, continue walking along Calle Larga XX11 Marzo and continue to the very end of the street which bears left and then right, cross over the small bridge and continue into the small square, here you will see a church in front of you and the Well on your left. Turn left and make your way to the water front to the Grand canal. Here you will find the Gondola Park.
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