30-Minute Gondola Tour with optional Audio Guide

Name: 30-Minute Gondola Tour with optional Audio Guide
Start: 2026-08-25T09:00:00.000+03:00
End: 2026-08-25T09:00:00.000+03:00
Location: Venice

Experience Venice your way on a 30-minute gondola ride—choose a silent glide or add historical insights with an audio guide.

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Experience Venice from the water on a shared gondola ride through the city's iconic canals. Glide along the Grand Canal, discover charming hidden waterways, and admire landmarks such as La Fenice Theatre, the Salute Church, and St. Mark’s Basin.

Choose the experience that suits you best:

Audio-Guided Shared Gondola Tour
Enhance your ride with an audio guide available via app, offering insights into Venice’s history, culture, and famous landmarks along the route.

Audio-Guided Shared Gondola Tour — Random Seating
Enjoy the same audio-guided experience at a special rate. Please note that with random seating, members of the same group may be seated in different gondolas.

Shared Gondola Ride Without Commentary
Perfect for those who prefer a quiet and relaxing journey, allowing you to fully appreciate the atmosphere, architecture, and beauty of Venice from the water.

Likely to sell out. Book in advance!

With the Random Seating Gondola, you may be seated apart from your group.

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What is included in activity

15-minute introductory walking tour to the gondola experience

30-minute shared gondola ride

Live guide explaining the itinerary and history of gondolas and gondoliers before boarding the gondola in English

Commentary via app on board the gondola in English

Access to the mobile app with a QR Code to see Venice in the past.

Journey in the past by gondola Virtual Reality Experience

Gondola Gallery: how gondolas are made, with tools and a cross-section

What is not included

Food and drinks

Hotel pickup and drop-off

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Important Info

• Random seating: specific seats in the gondola cannot be selected in advance.
• The gondola ride is NOT private but is shared with other participants.
• The price per child under the age of 2 is FREE if the child does not occupy its own seat in the gondola
• This tour is not fully accessible for wheelchair users or persons with reduced mobility
• Each gondola can accommodate a maximum of 5 people
• A smartphone or tablet is required to use the commentary on the mobile app
• The itinerary may change in case of wind or bad weather.
• No penalty for cancellation within 24 hrs before the tour

30 - 45 minutes

Group size up to 5 persons

Mobile ticket

English

Full refund for cancellations up to 24 hours

Cancel up to 24 hours in advance to receive a full refund

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Meeting point

Campo San Gallo, San Marco 1093/B, Venice Tours office, close to San Marco Square

Places you will see

• Canals of Venice
• Grand Canal
• Teatro La Fenice
• Peggy Guggenheim Collection
• Santa Maria della Salute
• Punta della Dogana

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Reviews by travellers

4.7 out of 5

3091 reviews

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Laurențiu

A very nice moment! Our gondolier was very kind and told us about the major buildings and other interesting things. A unique experience!

1 day ago

Diveyani

The gondola ride was amazing. Emma was really helpful with her insights on the history of Venice. The entire activity was conducted professionally

6 days ago

Riku

If you want a quick gondola ride and nothing else, this is the right one. Takes a little turn into the canals (not under the Rialto Bridge). 30 minutes and then it's done but that's what I wanted.

8 days ago

Samantha

Brilliant activity. The gondola ride was great, and the walk to the gondolas the guide was very informative and gave a good invite to the history of Venice

8 days ago

Susan

I booked this gondola excursion for our party of six with no issues. When we checked in I was informed that each gondola holds only five people and our party would have to split up. I wish this was included in the reservation process. The excursion itself was a bit disorganized. Our reservation was for 5:45. We checked in just before 5:30 and didn’t get started until about 6:10. The gondola ride was nice…about 20 minutes.

11 days ago

Tammy H.

We had booked a German-speaking guide, but were only given English-speaking guides. You can't really call them guides either. The guide took us from the ticket office 50 meters away with all the other tourists. The trip on the Grand Canal took exactly 5 minutes, after which we were pushed through "side streets."

11 days ago

Melanie

All of the people involved were wonderful - the gondolier, the tour guide, etc. That being said, Venice is so overrun and this experience is so commercial, it felt like a ride at Epcot not an authentic experience.

12 days ago

Jessie

This was such an awesome experience

15 days ago

Tamara C.

There was a great buzz around the meeting area. We shared our ride which was perfectly fine. It was lovely to float around the sidestreets as opposed to the grand canal which was very crowded making the waters choppy. We loved this!

15 days ago

Bibi

Go extra early to locate the place where you have to meet up. The guide was very nice and knowledgeable.

21 days ago

Likely to sell out. Book in advance!

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Grand Canal

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