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15 Gondola Rides in Italy

The rides worth your time.

The 15 gondola rides in Italy travellers book most, led by Venice and the lagoon and reaching across the Veneto. The Grand Canal, the back rii and the island day trips, all in one place.

15 Gondola Rides in Italy

Venice: Grand Canal Gondola Ride with App Commentary - Meeting in San Marco: The 15-Minute Gondola Intro You Shouldn’t Skip
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Venice: Grand Canal Gondola Ride with App Commentary

1.Venice: Grand Canal Gondola Ride with App Commentary

Shared Grand Canal gondola with app commentary, a 15-minute gondola intro walk, and VR history for a calm Venice escape.

Most Popular 4.1

“Our guide was amazing, she was so passionate about Venetian history and culture. We were fortunate that we were the only two who had booked the tour so we had the gondola to ourselves. We were given access to an app that had tour all over Venice which we were able to continue using during…”

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Venice: Grand Canal Gondola Ride with App Commentary - Meeting in San Marco: The 15-Minute Gondola Intro You Shouldn’t Skip
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Venice: Grand Canal Gondola Ride with App Commentary

Venice: Grand Canal Gondola Experience with Live Commentary™ - The Gondola Ride: Small Canals First, Grand Canal Later
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Venice: Grand Canal Gondola Experience with Live Commentary™

Venice: Grand Canal by Gondola with Live Commentary - Grand Canal Magic Plus the Narrow-Canal Reality
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Venice: Grand Canal by Gondola with Live Commentary

Venice: Shared Gondola Ride Across the Grand Canal - Meeting at the Alilaguna ticket office (the part that decides your first 10 minutes)
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Venice: Shared Gondola Ride Across the Grand Canal

5.Venice: Shared Gondola Ride Across the Grand Canal

Shared gondola ride with Bucintoro Viaggi: 30 minutes on Venice’s canals including Canal Grande, Rialto, and La Fenice for $46.

3.9

“Enjoyed the Gondola ride very much. Very easy to book and takes credit cards, which was a big factor for us. Finding the actual site was difficult for us, we went to three others before finding the right one. (But that’s on us)”

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Grand Canal Gondola Experience with Live Commentary™ - The gondola itself: small group, real Venice, tight space
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Grand Canal Gondola Experience with Live Commentary™

6.Grand Canal Gondola Experience with Live Commentary™

Ride Venice’s Grand Canal in a small gondola with live multilingual narration and optional app audio, plus VR before you go.

4.0

“It is not worth what it costs. The VR was ok but the guide was not. We walked to the gondola with a bit of commentary that was hard to hear and the guide was in a hurry. We boarded a gondola and went down a few areas that were dark and old. Once at…”

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Venice Walking Tour and Gondola Ride - Price and value: what $185.38 buys you (and what it doesn’t)
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Venice Walking Tour and Gondola Ride

7.Venice Walking Tour and Gondola Ride

St Mark’s walking tour plus a 30-minute gondola down the Grand Canal—outside views of La Fenice, Rialto, and Scala del Bovolo.

3.5

“We could have stayed with her forever. She knew what she was talking about. I was not as happy with the Gondal, he could have talked and told us more about the area, but they just went around the corner.”

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Venice In a Day: St Mark's, Doges Palace Gondola Ride & City Tour - Meeting at Campo San Giacomo di Rialto and Getting Your Bearings Fast
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Venice In a Day: St Mark’s, Doges Palace Gondola Ride & City Tour

Venice: Traditional Shared Gondola Ride - Meeting near San Marco and boarding without drama
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Venice: Traditional Shared Gondola Ride

9.Venice: Traditional Shared Gondola Ride

A $42 shared gondola ride through San Marco canals and onto the Grand Canal, with Bridge of Sighs views in 30 minutes.

4.0

“Very good but need a deaf awareness eg l don't know what the guide man was saying so write ✍🏻 down for me and know what plan will be . I end up depending on others what guide man was saying 😞 overall apart from this communication were very good we really enjoyed it very…”

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Venice: Private Gondola Cruise for up to 5 Passengers - From Campo San Luca Onto a Traditional Gondola
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Venice: Private Gondola Cruise for up to 5 Passengers

Venice: Private Crafted Gondola Ride Along Grand Canal - What You’ll Actually See: Grand Canal Landmarks and the Areas Around St. Mark’s
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Venice: Private Crafted Gondola Ride Along Grand Canal

Romantic Venice: 30 Minute Gondola Ride with Serenade - Grand Canal highlights you’ll actually recognize
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Romantic Venice: 30 Minute Gondola Ride with Serenade

12.Romantic Venice: 30 Minute Gondola Ride with Serenade

Shared gondola ride on Venice’s Grand Canal with a singer in the flotilla. 30 minutes from Santa Maria del Giglio, with great photo stops.

3.5

“Arrived to the meeting spot and it was confirmed that it would be with music and 30 minutes as advertised… the ride lasted no more than 20 minutes and music lasted 5 minutes from another gondola… not worth it.. seemed like the gondola guys wanted to rush and on top of that asked for a…”

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Venice's Best: Basilica, Doge's Palace, Gondola & History Gallery - Skip-the-line St. Mark’s Basilica: mosaics, marble floors, and the rules
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Venice’s Best: Basilica, Doge’s Palace, Gondola & History Gallery

13.Venice’s Best: Basilica, Doge’s Palace, Gondola & History Gallery

Skip-the-line St. Mark’s Basilica and Doge’s Palace with a shared gondola ride, plus VR History Gallery and Canal Grande commentary.

4.5

“The tour company changed the time at the last minute and it conflicted with my schedule so I didn't get to make the tour due to the last minute change in time notice.”

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Venice: Private Gondola Ride along Grand Canal - Meeting the Gondola: Campiello Traghetto vs Rio dell’Orso
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Venice: Private Gondola Ride along Grand Canal

Charming Gondola Ride on the Grand Canal & Gondola Gallery™ - Meeting Point, Timing, and the Venice Walk You’ll Need
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Charming Gondola Ride on the Grand Canal & Gondola Gallery™

15.Charming Gondola Ride on the Grand Canal & Gondola Gallery™

Skip the gondola-line stress on Venice’s Grand Canal with priority boarding, multilingual help, and VR history plus a gondola gallery visit.

4.0

“A very good experience. Slight confusion at the start due to different language tours. Ask questions of the staff and they were very patience explaining the procedure.”

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