Venice Gondola Serenade: 30-Minute Ride

Experience the enchanting beauty of Venice on a shared gondola ride, accompanied by a serenade of traditional music. Glide through the city’s iconic sights and immerse yourself in the romantic atmosphere of the Grand Canal.

Duration: 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Canal Grande - The Gondola Ride will take you along the Grand Canal, the most famous S shaped Canal of Venice.
What's Included
  • Shared gondola ride in a group of boats
  • Enjoy serenades from on-board singer
What's Not Included
  • Guide
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information

Delight in the captivating views of Venice with a 30-minute shared gondola ride, featuring a serenade. Opt for either an afternoon or evening journey, and be greeted by a gondolier dressed in traditional attire as you board your five-passenger gondola.
Embark with a group of around eight gondolas, with a singer on one of the boats. Marvel at famous…

Location
Gondola Station - Santa Maria del Giglio
Campiello Traghetto
Meeting point: S. Maria del Giglio Gondola Station
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Perry_m
May 27, 2025
Gondola and music - only 30 minutes, at least half is in the "main canal" and remainder is in small canals in town (which are very enjoyable). Serenade was nice and the vocalist is outstanding. Fair amount of money for 30 minutes.
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Robert_w
Jun 14, 2025
Way to short of a ride - For the money we paid, I was expecting our gondola ride to be just us (my wife and I) as it was advertised as a Romantic Gondola ride. How can be with a shared boat. The serenade was a guy playing guitar. Was nice, but expected a song. Our ride was barely 20 minutes and do not feel we got value for our money.
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Molly_m
Jun 11, 2025
Not the experience I’d hoped for. - Trip was supposed to last 30 minutes, we started late and were back to the starting point by 23 minutes after the hour—it wasn’t even 20 minutes long! Serenade was 2 American songs—I assumed we would be serenaded with Italian standards. The crew were nice, but I was disappointed.
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Linda_h
Jun 6, 2025
Not romantic as it was a shared gondola - This was advertised by Viator as a private, romantic gondola ride. It was not private when we arrived. We were required to share the gondola with strangers and sit on stools. This advertisement is false.
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Gloria_w
May 19, 2025
Underwhelming - The experience is underwhelming and over priced Barley 25 minutes in gondola and the serenade gondola was almost out of hearing by other traffic Gondola driver was civil but could not be described as friendly.
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Gina_g
May 18, 2025
It was chaotic when we... - It was chaotic when we arrived and had to wait a while. It started 15 minutes late, which wasn’t bad, but ended 10 minutes early. So we only had 20 minutes of an advertised 30 minute tour. The Gondolier never said a single word to us the entire time
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Juanaria_a
May 25, 2025
Misleading - Misleading, it says with companiment of music but it was in different Gandola. Not recommending to any
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Charles_k
Jun 10, 2025
Can’t tell you as they... - Can’t tell you as they cancelled at last minute due to boat problems. Looked like it would have been great
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Richard_j
Jun 3, 2025
Not romantic - If you are looking for something romantic or even an enjoyable couples event, don't do this event. They put you in a boat that you share with two other people. My wife and I were not able to even sit together on the boat. Wife sat on a stool and I sat on a chair, 4 feet away from her and on the other side of the gondola. The serenade is performed by a singer on a boat separate from yours.
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Nael_a
May 31, 2025
Do not book - Do not book this, we had to wait for more than 45mnt at the meeting point for them to say because of a lot of people they didn’t realize we wore there. So we can come back the next day, but that was our last day there. We just paid cash and got on. Waiting for the refund
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From $63
up to 5 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).