Venice Iconic Gondola Ride and History Tour

✨ Experience Venice from its most iconic perspective — a guided gondola ride paired with a journey into gondola history and tradition.
• Walking Introduction – Secrets of the Gondola Begin with a short walking tour as your expert guide reveals the fascinating history of gondolas and gondoliers, sharing hidden legends and stories passed down through generations. • Gondola Ride – Venice on Water Glide through quiet canals and iconic sights like Mozart’s House, La Fenice Theatre, and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection. Sail past the domes of the Salute Church and Punta della Dogana, ending with breathtaking views of St. Mark’s Campanile and the Doge’s Palace. • Gondola Gallery – History & Innovation Step inside a Venetian palace to explore a real gondola up close. Touch handcrafted parts, learn how it's built, and enjoy a virtual Grand Canal journey through the ages — just like Venetian nobles once did. A truly unforgettable expierence!

Meeting Point

Venice Tours

Venice Tours Srl Close to St.Mark’s Square, Calle S. Gallo, 1093/b, 30124 Venezia VE, Italy

Venice Tours is in Campo San Gallo, beside San Marco Square. Having the Basilica of San Marco behind you, stay on the right side of the square and go under the arches. Find Olivetti Museum, turn right, pass under the archways, cross the little bridge and go straight to “Campo San Gallo”.

Venice Tours

Calle de le Rasse, 4536, 30122 Venezia VE, Italy

From St. Mark’s Square, face the Basilica and turn right towards the Doge’s Palace. Continue past the Bridge of Sighs to Riva degli Schiavoni (the waterfront promenade). Walk for 2 minutes, then turn left into Calle de le Rasse. The Venice Tours Office is at number 4536.

Campiello Traghetto

Campiello Traghetto, 30124 Venezia VE, Italy

***PRIVATE GONDOLA RIDE-NO GUIDE***:
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GO to the Gondoliers landing stage in Campo Santa Maria del Giglio, in front of the Gritti Palace Hotel. Please go directly to the gondoliers for the check-in. Please be at the meeting point 10 minutes before the departure time.

Calle larga de l'Ascension, 1257

Calle larga de l'Ascension, 1257, 30124 Venezia VE, Italy

SHARED GONDOLA RIDE WITH GUIDE
Assistance Point is grey newsstand between Fendi boutique and Poste Italiane (Post Office) with a sign "VENICE TOURS – ASSISTANCE POINT" . staff will wait for you there with the signboard “Gondola Tour”. Please be at the meeting point 10 mins before the departure time.

What's included:

• PRIVATE GONDOLA RIDE OPTION: 30 minutes gondola ride WITHOUT commentary
• Journey in the past by gondola Virtual Reality Experience (not included in the private option)
• SHARED GONDOLA RIDE OPTION: Live commentary in English, French and Spanish
• SHARED GONDOLA RIDE OPTION: 30 minutes gondola ride with commentary
• SHARED GONDOLA RIDE OPTION:App commentary in Italian, German, Japanese, Chinese, Hindi and Russian
• Gondola Gallery: a unique vr experience of venice in the past (not included in the private option)
• SHARED GONDOLA RIDE OPTION: 20 minutes introduction to the gondola experience

Not included:

• Hotel pickup
• Audio devices
• Earphones

What to expect:

Duration: between 30 minutes and 50 minutes

Ombra del Leone

Sestiere San Marco 1364, 30124 Venezia VE, Italy

We will pass trough the Gran Canal terrace of Ca Giustinian, one of the oldest Palace overlooking the Canal Grande.

5 minutes

Chiesa di San Moise

Salizzada S. Moise, San Marco 2058, Venice, 30173

Close to San Marco Square, in front of St Moise (Moses) Church and the Gondola station, the guide will introduce you in the elegant and romantic world of the Gondolas.

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Teatro La Fenice

Campo San Fantin 1965, Venice, 30124

Once one of 7 major theatres in the city, today the Fenice is Venice’s one and only opera house. It is surely a jewel among European theatres, and began to shine from the beginning, as the best composers of the age wrote and performed their operas here, among which Bellini, Donizetti and Rossini. But it was Giuseppe Verdi who is most attached to the Fenice and to Venetian memory.

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Canal Grande

Venice, 30100

The most beautiful road in the world”, this is how the Grand Canal is known as. If you look around, what you will see is almost exactly what a nobleman in the 18th century might have looked upon, and before him a Renaissance courtesan and before him a merchant in the Middle Ages.

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Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute

Campo de la Salute Dorsoduro 1, Venice, 30123

Here, as you come into the Grand Canal you admire the church of the Madonna della Salute.
The first thing that strikes a viewer is how imposing the church is, strategically placed at the entrance of the Grand Canal looking out onto the rest of the city in every direction, thanks to its circular shape.

Today, ever 21 November the city celebrates the Madonna della Salute in memory of the end of the plague

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Punta della Dogana

Dorsoduro 2, , Venice, 30123

Punta della Dogana separates the Grand Canal from the Giudecca Canal. For its strategic location it was the house of the Custom and of the Salt Warehouses. During the fifteenth century, the Sea Customs House, which had previously been near the Arsenale, was transferred to the western point of Dorsoduro borough.

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Abbazia di San Giorgio Maggiore

Island of San Giorgio Maggiore 2, Venice, 30124

You will have a view of the Island of san Giorgio Maggiore, with its beautiful Renaissance Church built by Palladio in the Renaissance and the belltower resembling the bigger one in St Mark’s Square. The island was once known as the Island of Cypress Trees before it became an important Benedectine monastery.

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Giardini Reali

P.za San Marco, Venice, 30124

At the end you will enjoy a wonderful overview of Saint Mark’s Square. This is a spot which painters from all over the world have tried to capture in its uniqueness, but we can only recommend that you sit back and take it all in.

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