15 Best Venice Gondola Rides

“I’ve heard that gondolers don’t really talk but ours was nice to answer one young girl’s questions”

“Our gondolier Alvise Marco was fantastic! He was very engaging & funny. I highly recommend this ride. We went down some side canal & ended in the Grand Canal. Stay for the virtual tour of Venice that is offered after the ride.”

“The ride itself was beautiful, we had a very lovely positive gondola driver. We got 18:00 tickets in early October and got in time for a beautiful sunset. The downside - nowhere in the booking it was said that the voucher have to exchanged at…”

“Perfect Gondola Experience, easy to find tour office, great pre virtual video and short walking tour! The Gondola ride was lovely and the tour company offered an audio tour to download to our phone.”

“Our guide Elena was excellent, and we had a great time on this tour and the gondola ride. Elena was highly knowledgeable and told the story of venice throughout the tour extremely well. The gondola ride started down the grand canal before turning down a…”

“Our tour guide, Givanni, was great. We learned much about the city and its history. We were given adequate breaks.”

“Our gondola ride was amazing, the views were incredible. I highly recommend.”

“A little bit expensive but i did it for the expr, I don’t if i will pay the same price again for 30 minutes”

“Valentina is a very knowledgeable guide, and we enjoyed the tour. We felt we had just enough time to take in what we were seeing while learning some cool history. Recommend this tour! The gondola experience was slightly disappointing though. The seating wasn't stabilized and…”

“We were early and they happily accommodated us. Everyone was very helpful and kind. Nice trip!”

“Great tour. Took a little time getting to location. You’ll have to to take train and then water bus but it was well worth it”

“This was a pretty mid experience to be honest. It felt like a gondola factory; they shuttle people in and out in masses. We started 5 mins late and ended 5 mins early, so it only ended up being 20 mins on the actual gondola…”

“We used this to book transfers from and to the airport it was easy .we booked a gondola aswell it took us to pick up point no hassle we will use this again thank you”

“Filipino was a wonderful guide, warm and engaging. He had a nice sense of humor, his English was perfect and very easy to understand. I wish we could have had him for every tour we did in Venice! The Doge’s Palace, and St Mark’s Basicilica…”

“Cost was doubled when we could have reserved something the day off for almost half the price.”