Classic 30-Minute Gondola Ride in Venice: Discover the Hidden Canals and Historic Palaces
3.3
746 Ratings
Venice

Embark on a 30-minute gondola journey with others in Venice. Select from multiple launch times and explore Venice’s secret waterways and ancient palaces.

Duration: 30 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Canal Grande - Ride along the famous Grand Canal
  • Ponte di Rialto - You will see the famous Rialto Bridge
  • Campo Manin - You will pass by Campo Manin
  • Hard Rock Cafe - The tour ends in front of the Hard Rock Cafè
  • Gondole Stazio Danieli - Bacino Orseolo, the famous Gondola station right behind St.Mark’s Square, is where your Gondola Ride will end.
What's Included
  • 30-minute shared gondola ride
What's Not Included
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Gratuities
Location
C8MQ+24 Venice
Alilaguna ticket office is located at San Marco Giardinetti vaporetto stop, next to the Royal Garden Please don't look for Alilaguna office on Google maps. Strictly requested to be at the meeting point 15 minutes before the departure of the tour.
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
3.3
(746 Ratings)
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Llbaylis
May 26, 2024
Great trip! - Our tour guide Alice was fantastic!! She was very knowledgeable and had terrific suggestions for other things to do in Murano, Burano and Venice!
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Vincent
May 26, 2024
Best experience - Best experience, gondola is the special way to understand Venice. We thought half hours not enough, but it turned out just right.
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Mark_d
May 19, 2024
Great gondola ride. - Great experience, cheaper than if we got a private gondola ride which will cost at least 100 euros. Clear instructions to meet up point but would be better if they explicitly said that we need to exchange voucher at the ticket counter.
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Kevin_z
May 21, 2024
Great ride, disappointing gondolier. - Found the gondola ride itself great, with nice views, interesting perspectives & would recommend it if you get a good gondolier. I gave it an average rating overall due to our gondolier who shortened our ride by 10 min, was not customer friendly or accommodating. It was like he was more concerned with moving tourist through the experience.
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Elisabete_11
May 20, 2024
"Unforgettable" - A tour completely different from all the others, as you walk along the canals that cross the city, right next to the houses. The vessels have a beautiful slender shape.
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Graceying_w
May 20, 2024
But the ride was very short - Took some nice pictures during the ride. Unique experience, memorable. The ride was too short, no guide, disappointing
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Thomas_c
May 17, 2024
Worst ride - This was terrible we had to share which we didn’t want couldn’t sit next to each other for photos they took us away from all the sites around some back alleys was terrible experience
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Colleen
May 28, 2024
RIP off agency - do not use - When you picture a gondola ride, what do you have in mind as a couple? A romantic ride for two. The company will gladly sell you the concept, but when it comes to delivery they will fail. Complained the concept was missold, met with utter rudeness, tried to complain at the ticket office “not their problem”, to the sales person “not their problem”. Customer service does not exist in this company. Go elsewhere to secure what you want because this company is run by a bunch of thieves.
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Mhughes1977
May 28, 2024
Computer says no - Avoid this experience like the plague. We were mis sold this experience by Alilaguna who had a counter in our hotel lobby (the Hilton Stucky) we asked for a couples ride on a gondola and were told no problem, given tickets and planned our entire day around this trip that started at 2pm. When the time arrived the tour operator tried to pack us in to a gondola with two other random people! Hardly romantic. We said we had not been informed we would be sharing a gondola to which the lady ripped our tickets and threw them back at us telling us to return to the hotel as it was “not her problem” We did return to the hotel today only to be faced with quite possibly the rudest woman ever to grace the profession of customer service. She was as incapable of listening or demonstrating any empathy whatsoever as to the problem her company had created by not communicating clearly enough that this was a shared trip. She refused to refund the trip even though we didn’t go on it, we have been fobbed off to write to “the owner of the company” I suspect I’ll never seen my money again. These guys are bandits, don’t give them your money without first understanding exactly what you are paying for.
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Samantha_h
May 21, 2024
Better offers - We booked and paid for a 30 minute trip but all we got was a quick 20 minutes!! Better trips available
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