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Private Gondola Boat Ride
Leisure

Private Gondola Boat Ride

location_on Venice, Italy schedule 1 hours

Overview

Step down into a private gondola and let a licensed gondolier row you through the smaller canals of Venice at an easy pace. With only your party on board, it is a quiet way to see the city’s bridges and palace façades.

Highlights

  • Private boat: Just your group on board.
  • Back canals: Narrow waterways between houses, where the city is calmest.
  • Gondolier’s skill: Tight corners taken with a single oar.
  • Low-level views: Bridges pass just overhead and doorways open straight onto the water.

Good to know

  • Time on site: About 1 hour including boarding; time on the water depends on the route.
  • Activity level: Easy, but you step down into a moving boat and sit low; not suitable for wheelchair users.
  • Pairs well with: The Venice Private Boat Transfer for the Grand Canal and lagoon.

Facts

History

  • Around 400 gondolas work in Venice today; estimates suggest as many as 10,000 boats of all types in the 1500s.
  • A Venetian sumptuary law required gondolas to be painted black, and black remains the custom.

Did you know?

  • A gondola is up to 11 m long and built from 280 hand-made pieces in eight types of wood.
  • The hull is asymmetrical, so the gondolier can drive it with a single oar.
  • Giorgia Boscolo became Venice's first fully licensed female gondolier in 2010.

Tour manager tips

  • Board one at a time, sit where the gondolier directs and stay seated – balance matters.
  • Hold phones firmly when taking photos over the side.

Included in the price

Included

  • Private gondola ride for your party only
  • Rowed by a licensed Venetian gondolier through the city’s canals

Not included: Hotel transfers, singers or musicians on board, food and drinks, gratuities, personal expenses.

Please note: Access depends on the ticket type booked and on the attraction being open on the day of your visit, and on weather and water conditions.

Meeting point

Your exact meeting point is confirmed on the travel voucher issued after booking.

Entry fees for museums, monuments and civic sites are set by the authority that runs each one and can change without notice. Figures here are a guide; your final quote confirms them.

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