Hidden Venice: Private 30-Minute Gondola Ride

Quite quick, disappointing experience, below booked 30 minutes. Hurry, hurry and the next one, please. For 150 Euro poor experience.

This ride made me feel like a true Venetian noble. Absolutely magical!

What an amazing experience! Definitely worth it doing a private ride. I had my elderly mother (65), young son (8), teenage daughter (16), and myself and we all had a great time. Venice is GORGEOUS!!

We loved watching the gondoliers interact — it added a real local flavor to the trip.

After finding the ticket office the lady checked us in then pointed out where to find the gondola. After asking around just a bit we found it and enjoyed the ride.

We loved it, although Gitero Dimitri had a lot to do with it, which we found very enjoyable and friendly

Our gondolier did talk and give some information. Great way to see the city.

We had booked a gondola ride at 7.30pm only for the two of us. Since we had read in the reviews that the office is not so easy to find, we left earlier. With Googel Maps that was no problem at all. Since it was our turn earlier, the employee asked us if we wanted to drive earlier and where we were we said yes. She wrote a new time on the slip of paper we went to the stop at the Hard Rock Cafe where there was a long line but we were led straight to the next arriving gondola and off we went. It was a special experience from time to time we saw or heard the gondola with musicians. So I enjoyed it very much, I enjoyed it and it would not have occurred to me to look at the watch for how long we were on the road.

Although it was a bit difficult for us to get to the meeting point, there was a guide who later took us to the starting point. The gondolier was very friendly and entertained us with anecdotes and comments about Venice.

The gondoliers were so friendly! Their jokes and songs added real charm to the ride.