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15 Best Gondola Rides In Venice

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The 15 most popular gondola rides in Venice. What each one includes, what it costs and who runs it, so you can spend the day out on the water instead of stuck in a queue.

15 Best Gondola Rides In Venice

Venice: Grand Canal Gondola Ride with App Commentary - Grand Canal sights you’ll recognize fast: La Fenice, Peggy Guggenheim, Salute
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Venice: Grand Canal Gondola Ride with App Commentary

1.Venice: Grand Canal Gondola Ride with App Commentary

Shared gondola on Venice’s Grand Canal with app commentary, Gondola Gallery, and VR history in about 30–60 minutes.

Most Popular★ 4.1

“Lorenzo was the BEST guide we could have gotten. He was so nice and gave us so much information even though it technically wasn't included. We got there a bit early and we're very accommodating and hospitable.”

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Venice: Grand Canal by Gondola with Live Commentary - Boarding route and timing: from San Marco area to the main sights
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Venice: Grand Canal by Gondola with Live Commentary

Venice: Shared Gondola Ride Across the Grand Canal - Meeting at Alilaguna Grandinetti: where to show up and what to expect
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Venice: Shared Gondola Ride Across the Grand Canal

3.Venice: Shared Gondola Ride Across the Grand Canal

Shared gondola across Venice’s canals: 30 minutes, up to 6 aboard, Grand Canal and side canals near Rialto. Meet at Alilaguna pier.

★ 3.9

“Had a fantastic experience. The meeting point was easy to find, the tour guide was holding up a banner that made him easy to spot. I was travelling solo and shared a grondola with 4 other people. The most loveliest, funniest people, they took photos and video’s of me which was a added bonus😄 all…”

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Grand Canal Gondola Experience with Live Commentary™ - The VR and app setup: cool when it works, annoying when it doesn’t
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Grand Canal Gondola Experience with Live Commentary™

4.Grand Canal Gondola Experience with Live Commentary™

Shared gondola on Venice’s Grand Canal with live multilingual commentary and pre-ride VR. Small boats, short walk near St Mark’s Square.

★ 4.0

“Not worth it. There is a standardised price of €90 for a gondola no matter how many in venice. So if there is two of you, it’s only a few euros cheaper to book it in venice rather then through this third party where you pays a few euros less but end up with 2…”

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Venice Walking Tour and Gondola Ride - Price and What $185.38 Really Covers
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Venice Walking Tour and Gondola Ride

5.Venice Walking Tour and Gondola Ride

St Mark’s Venice walking tour plus a 30-minute gondola on the Grand Canal. See Rialto and Scala del Bovolo from outside.

★ 3.5

“Christina was a wonderful guide. She's a born and raised Venetian with 40 years of experience. An absolute wealth of information and so classy. She gave us a dinner recommendation and it was also fabulous!”

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Venice: Private Gondola Cruise for up to 5 Passengers - Where to check in: Alilaguna ticket office and the Campo San Luca start
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Venice: Private Gondola Cruise for up to 5 Passengers

Venice's Best: Basilica, Doge's Palace, Gondola & History Gallery - Entering St. Mark’s Basilica: golden mosaics plus real security rules
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Venice’s Best: Basilica, Doge’s Palace, Gondola & History Gallery

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

Skip-the-line guided Basilica and Doge’s Palace plus a shared gondola with app commentary and a VR history stop, all in 3.5 hours.

★ 4.5

“Skip the line for S.Marco, Doge, Bridge of sighs, prison and gondola. This was a well guided experience. The 30 minute shared gondola was a nice way to start a Venice stay. One suggestion is to emphasize that the tour starts on a side street, at an office site a short walk from the waterfront.…”

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Venice: Private Gondola Ride along Grand Canal - Picking Your Boarding Point: Campiello Traghetto or Rio dell’Orso
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Venice: Private Gondola Ride along Grand Canal

Venice Like a Local: Food, Wine & Spritz Tour with Traghetto Ride - Cannaregio Start: Getting Your Bearings Without the Tourist Maze
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Venice Like a Local: Food, Wine & Spritz Tour with Traghetto Ride

10.Venice Like a Local: Food, Wine & Spritz Tour with Traghetto Ride

Venice Like a Local food, wine & spritz tour with cicchetti stops and a traditional traghetto ride across the Grand Canal.

★ 5.0

“This was such an interesting experience! Giovanna showed us many interesting spots and provided interesting insights into the history of how Venice's governance shapes it still today (especially the language and food scenes). I wish the pacing of food and tour had been a bit more balanced, and the gondola was NOT 15 minutes. But…”

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Charming Gondola Ride on the Grand Canal & Gondola Gallery™ - Canal Grande Landmarks: How the Route Teaches You to Look
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Charming Gondola Ride on the Grand Canal & Gondola Gallery™

Classic 30-Minute Gondola Ride in Venice - What you’ll actually see on the Grand Canal stretch
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Classic 30-Minute Gondola Ride in Venice

12.Classic 30-Minute Gondola Ride in Venice

Classic 30-minute shared gondola ride from San Marco, gliding the Canal Grande and key landmarks in English, then back near St Mark’s.

★ 3.0

“Short distance…traffic jam… a trip just to say ( I did a gondola ride in Venice) The gondolier was funny and sing a song too!!! Last minute booking because everything was booked!”

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Venice: Shared Gondola Ride through the Lagoon City - Meeting point: TU.RI.VE, Calle larga de l’Ascension, and the 15-minute rule
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Venice: Shared Gondola Ride through the Lagoon City

Best Of Venice: Saint Mark's Basilica, Doges Palace with Guide and Gondola Ride - Stop 1: Entering St. Mark’s Basilica without the long queue
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Best Of Venice: Saint Mark’s Basilica, Doges Palace with Guide and Gondola Ride

14.Best Of Venice: Saint Mark’s Basilica, Doges Palace with Guide and Gondola Ride

Skip-the-line St Mark’s and Doge’s Palace with an art historian guide, then a 30-minute gondola ride in Venice.

★ 4.5

“Our guide was very knowledgeable and he helped make the most out of a small group tour that doesn’t do too much traveling from place to place which sometimes I think is harder than the tours where you are constantly hopping between locations and buildings, when you have to make two or three building buildings…”

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