Venice Gondola Tour: Romantic Ride and Traditional Venetian Dinner
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39 Ratings
Venezia
Experience the romance of Venice with a gondola ride through the canals, taking in iconic sights and enjoying a traditional Italian dinner. Book your unforgettable evening now!
Duration: 30 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Canal Grande - When romanticism and love are running through your veins and you cannot wait to see your sweetheart blinded by passion, here is your chance to show your fiancée that you really care. A marvelous and enchanting gondola ride through the Grand Canal and the minor canals, will let you discover the city from a different point of view. You will breath the atmosphere of the most ancient city in the world built on water.

  • Peggy Guggenheim Collection - Peggy Guggenheim Collection, one of the most important art collections in the world. Peggy Guggenheim, originally from New York, arrived in Venice in 1949 and began to satisfy art addiction buying this wonderful building where she displayed invaluable artworks to the world. The beautiful terrace you see is where Guggenheim sun-bathed regularly looking onto the Grand Canal.

  • Teatro La Fenice - The restaurant Ai Choristi is just in front of the Fenice Theatre,

  • Ristorante Ai Coristi - You will enjoy a delicious dinner in a Ventian restaurant, just few steps from the marvelous “Teatro La Fenice” TRADITIONAL VENETIAN MENU’ – 2 courses with Side Dish     Restaurant Ai Coristi

First Courses

Spaghetti with clams

Tagliolini with local sea food

Spaghetti with cuttlefish ink Venetian recipe

Bolognaise gnocchi with meat sauce

Garden vegetables soup

Crepes with mushrooms sauce from our mountains

Second Courses

Adriatic mixed fried fish

Grilled gilt-head

Veal liver Venetian style

Escalope with Marsala wine-sauce

Grilled chicken breast

Special Course - Coristi’s Salmon

Side Dish Mixed salad or Grilled Vegetables or French Fries

Drinks 1 bottle of water (75cl) every 2 people

NOTE: The choice of courses is not replaceable, if customers wish to take other courses, they shall pay directly to the restaurant the difference due - The tour does not include special request (candlelight, special cakes, prosecco, wine etc.) - For vegetarians, people with food intolerance problems or with special diet requirements, a specific request shall be made upon reservation

What's Included
  • Lunch or dinner in a private table with 2 courses and a side dish
  • Private 30-minute gondola ride
What's Not Included
  • Hotel pick-up
  • Commentary
Additional Information

Express your affection towards your significant other with a captivating and splendid voyage in a gondola through the majestic Grand Canal and the small channels, providing a fresh perspective of the city. Experience the ambiance of the ancient city built on water.

A personal gondolier will guide you through the charming waterways of Venice, where you’ll witness the Accademia Bridge, Palazzo Grassi, Santa Maria della Salute Church, Peggy Guggenheim Collection Palace, San Trovaso Squero, Ca’ Foscari Palace and Malipiero Palace (near Giacomo Casanova’s residence).

Be awed by the mesmerizing Palaces surrounding you: you will see exactly what a noble saw during their gondola journey in the past centuries!

Following, indulge in a delectable, traditional Italian multi-course dinner at an exquisite Venetian restaurant.

  • This tour does not operate in case of exceptionally bad weather, high/low tide (in these cases it can be postponed the days after)
  • On certain dates, most travelers staying outside of Venice who are planning to visit for the day will be required to pay a €5 access fee. For further details (including exemptions) and to learn what days this fee is applicable, please visit: https://cda.ve.it
Location
Gondola Bauer
Calle Larga XXII Marzo
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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(39 Ratings)
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Tour25141156979
Apr 21, 2024
Gondola Venice Tour <3 - Our young Venetian guide Ricardo was fabulous! Speaks French very well. Perfect anecdotes and explanations. Great 30 min gondola ride. Little surprise on arrival, it was great! I recommend.
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Jason_k
Mar 31, 2024
Romantic and memorable - The private gondola ride with serenade, beautiful scenery and hospitality for a nice romantic evening
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Earl_g
Aug 31, 2023
Fall in love with Venice - The Gondolier was informative, attentive, very accommodating! He did a great job! Took his time, was not hurried and was very informative! The dinner was delicious! Fortunately the gondolier directed us to the restaurant. Google maps does NOT work well in Venice! The dinner was good, but, they did nickel and dime on many items! Finally, again Viator/Trip Advisor really needs to do a better job of communications on the meeting place. Again we had to call in to get specific instructions before we were able to locate the meeting place.
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Michael_n
Jul 15, 2023
Romantic Fun - The Gondola experience was what my wife had been hoping for and our gondolier was first class all the way. We even forgot our back back and he got the tour operator to call us so we could go back.
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Mary_k
May 30, 2023
Enjoyable - It was quite enjoyable. The guide was knowledgeable and we had a great time. The guide had great stories to tell.
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Anonymous
May 1, 2024
Lovely - Great time! Enjoyable and educational ride to remember! Amazed on how the gondoliers maneuver the gondolas.
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Ce
Aug 27, 2023
Fall in love tour - We booked two tours with TRIP ADVISOR in Venice. BOTH were incredibly challenging to find the meeting personnel! Both times we had to call and the person we chatted with had to call the operator to get us connected. TA needs to do a better job of describing the point. The Fall in Love tour was superb! Our Gondolier was fantastic. He took a special interest in us. Was very informative and took his time. There was no rush at all. VERY nice and recommend this tour. The dinner following was the best tasting dinner we had in Venice. While they "nickel and dimed" us, the taste was excellent
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Kathy_b
May 3, 2024
Think twice before booking - The tour location was easy to find if you followed the directions emailed to you. The gondolier was ok and upon return he did tell us a little of what we were seeing. The trip only 20 minutes and it returned you from where you started. Then dinner dorections were only the name of the restaurant. Somehow a separate ticket didn’t come to me. The restaurant refused us and made us walk 10 minutes back to gondolier. He helped us retrieve his paper out of the trash. We then walked that back to the restaurant and this time they took us. You get two courses and a side yes but a very limited selection while people around you had good looking dishes. They you must pay for water or anything to drink with meal. Food was ok but restaurant we small and very busy. Not worth what we paid at all
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Patrick_a
Apr 1, 2024
Not worth it - An hour Gondala and supper was never worth 239 CHF , I thought the gondala would a little not just around the block and Dinner was awful to say the least, not a real restaurant
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Pamela_s
Oct 14, 2023
Terrible experience - When we arrived for our pre-reserved and paid for ride the operator said there was no boat to take us and he was very rude... we should have been contacted in advance. Then he told us to come back in an hour but we did and he never showed up! We walked a LONG way to the restaurant to make sure we could eat later (and they were very nice) but it was too far to go back when we never got our ride. I had better receive a refund! There are plenty of GREAT gondoliers in Venice... I DO NOT RECOMMEND!!
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