Private Tour: Venice Gondola Ride with Serenade
Overview
Soak up the romance of Venice on a 35-minute private gondola ride! The elegant gondola boat seats between 2 and 3 people, meaning it’s a perfect intimate experience for just you and your special someone, or a small family group. As your gondolier serenades you with Italian songs and punts you around the canals, look out at Venice’s elegant palaces, buildings and boats. Your route includes the captivating Grand Canal as well as several atmospheric side canals.
Inclusions
- Experienced and licensed local gondolier
- Private gondola ride
- Serenade
What to expect
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Pass By: Gondola Station - Santa Maria del Giglio, Campiello Traghetto, 30124 Venezia VE, Italy
The departure point of the Gondola Ride is in Santa Maria del Giglio Gondola Station
Pass By: Canal Grande, 30100 Venice Italy
The Gondola Ride will take you on the Grand Canal, the most famous S shaped Canal of Venice.
Pass By: Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Just East Accademia Along Gran Canal, 30123 Venice Italy
Navigating along the Grand Canal, you will see the exterior of the building the hosts the famous Peggy Guggenheim Collection.
Pass By: Ponte dell'Accademia, Campo de la Carita, Venice Italy
Navigating along the Grand Canal, you will admire the Accademia Bridge, the only wooden bridge existing in Venice.
Pass By: Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute, Dorsoduro, 1, 30123 Venezia VE, Italy
During this Gondola Ride you will admire the beautiful Santa Maria della Salute Church, built in the 17th century as a votive offering for the city's deliverance from the black plague.
Pass By: Palazzo Barbarigo Minotto, Fondamenta Duodo o Barbarigo, 30124 Venice Italy
Palazzo Barbarigo stands out for its beautiful golden façade made of mosaics of Murano glass.
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Pass By: Gondola Station - Santa Maria del Giglio, Campiello Traghetto, 30124 Venezia VE, Italy
The departure point of the Gondola Ride is in Santa Maria del Giglio Gondola Station
Pass By: Canal Grande, 30100 Venice Italy
The Gondola Ride will take you on the Grand Canal, the most famous S shaped Canal of Venice.
Pass By: Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Just East Accademia Along Gran Canal, 30123 Venice Italy
Navigating along the Grand Canal, you will see the exterior of the building the hosts the famous Peggy Guggenheim Collection.
Pass By: Ponte dell'Accademia, Campo de la Carita, Venice Italy
Navigating along the Grand Canal, you will admire the Accademia Bridge, the only wooden bridge existing in Venice.
Pass By: Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute, Dorsoduro, 1, 30123 Venezia VE, Italy
During this Gondola Ride you will admire the beautiful Santa Maria della Salute Church, built in the 17th century as a votive offering for the city's deliverance from the black plague.
Pass By: Palazzo Barbarigo Minotto, Fondamenta Duodo o Barbarigo, 30124 Venice Italy
Palazzo Barbarigo stands out for its beautiful golden façade made of mosaics of Murano glass.
Additional information
- Not wheelchair accessible
- A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
- Each gondola can take 2, 3 people, with a minimum of 2 per gondola
- Near public transportation
- Infants must sit on laps
- Infant seats available
- Not recommended for travelers with back problems
- No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
- Most travelers can participate
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking, unless booked within 12 hours of travel. In this case confirmation will be received as soon as possible, subject to availability
Ticket delivery
You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.
Cancellation
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start time of the experience.
Jeffrey_C
October 2023
Directions to get our tickets were good - we arrived an hour early with our voucher and had them printed out and were told to go to the gondola pier at the appointed time. There is a quaint cafe right by the docks (Illy Cafe) where we had a nice drink before our ride. We went to the line 10 minut...
Directions to get our tickets were good - we arrived an hour early with our voucher and had them printed out and were told to go to the gondola pier at the appointed time. There is a quaint cafe right by the docks (Illy Cafe) where we had a nice drink before our ride. We went to the line 10 minutes early as there was a lull and were told to return in 10 minutes. By our appointed time, the place was packed with many tour groups who were given priority and we (and others who had tickets) were told to stand to the side to wait … for 20 more minutes. Finally we were instructed to go to our gondola. We had a private 45 minute ride with a musician booked … when we got on our boat and we’re about to leave I asked about our serenader and showed our ticket. I was told to sit down as we needed to leave and that there were no musicians available. We were gone 20 minutes total. The reason I didn’t rate lower and said yes to recommending is that it is a must to do a gondola ride when in Venice. There seemed to be other options that weren’t quite the s***show that this particular gondola pier was. It seemed their goal was to get people on and off as quickly as possible and take the shortest route available. Not the relaxing romantic 45 minute serenaded gondola ride I had hoped for with my wife.Paul_C
October 2023
The beautiful voice of Marcello Marcus serenading us thru out the tour was fabulous!! We had a nice group of 3 men taking very good care of us.
The beautiful voice of Marcello Marcus serenading us thru out the tour was fabulous!! We had a nice group of 3 men taking very good care of us.Amy_J
September 2023
Favorite experience in Italy! Blew us away with accordion player and singer. We were the envy of everyone on the canal!
Favorite experience in Italy! Blew us away with accordion player and singer. We were the envy of everyone on the canal!Mary_M
March 2023
This was our first trip to Italy and to Venice. There are many opportunities to arrange a gondola ride after you arrive, but we saw only one other gondola with music serenade during our three-day stay in Venice. People were stopping on bridges or from other gondola rides to stare or record the mu...
This was our first trip to Italy and to Venice. There are many opportunities to arrange a gondola ride after you arrive, but we saw only one other gondola with music serenade during our three-day stay in Venice. People were stopping on bridges or from other gondola rides to stare or record the musicians on our gondola. It was worth the extra expense! The only drawback is finding the booth to check in for this experience. One kind Viator operator not affiliated with this company told us to look for the blue seagull symbol next to the name Alilaguna. I provided a picture for reference. This was my favorite tour of our eight days in Italy. Hands down.Albert_A
February 2023
It was a nice stroll around the canals. Good singer. Next time I would rather do more of a day or closer to sunset then the time I booked it. It was dark through the canals, so could really see that clear.
It was a nice stroll around the canals. Good singer. Next time I would rather do more of a day or closer to sunset then the time I booked it. It was dark through the canals, so could really see that clear.249cathleenc
November 2022
I surprised my husband with this tour and we both loved it! It was so special and magical! None of the other tours had music or a singer so this was very unique. Lots of people took videos and pictures as we went by. We went around sunset which is the perfect time, although I'm sure anytime w...
I surprised my husband with this tour and we both loved it! It was so special and magical! None of the other tours had music or a singer so this was very unique. Lots of people took videos and pictures as we went by. We went around sunset which is the perfect time, although I'm sure anytime would be lovely. We had a singer and an accordion player. The singer sang 3 songs and the accordion player accompanied him, and played even more songs. This was one of those once-in-a-lifetime experiences.