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The gondola is a type of boat. The Grand Canal is a canal in Venice, Italy. The Grand Canal is 3.8 km (2.4 miles) long. The Rialto Bridge is an arch bridge over the Grand Canal in Venice. The Bridge of Sighs is a footbridge in Venice. The ten gondola rides in Venice below range from a thirty-minute private ride on the Grand Canal to a two-hour photo shoot, and include a dinner in a palace and walking tours with a gondola ride.
Two rides share the boat with other guests: a thirty-five-minute ride for up to six people and a forty-five-minute ride in a small group. Both run in English. More tours and ideas for the city are on the page for Venice.
A thirty-five-minute gondola ride shared by up to six people, on the Grand Canal and the quieter canals of the Fenice area, with a gondolier. Food, drinks and hotel pickup are not included. In English.
A forty-five-minute ride in a small group through St. Mark's Basin and the inner canals, passing under the Bridge of Sighs, with live commentary and entry to a gallery about gondolas. Tickets for the Doge's Palace and St. Mark's Basilica are not included. In English.
Four private rides, from a thirty-minute ride on the Grand Canal to a two-hour photo shoot. One adds a violinist and champagne, and two add a professional photographer.
A thirty-minute private gondola ride on the Grand Canal with a licensed gondolier, with views of La Fenice, the Salute, the Guggenheim and Punta della Dogana. Food and drinks are not included. In English.
A private ride of about one hour with a live violinist, a glass of champagne for each guest and light snacks on board. Hotel pickup is not included. In German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese or Portuguese.
A private experience of one hour: thirty minutes on the gondola and thirty on land with a professional photographer, who guides the poses. All digital images are included. In English or Italian.
A private photo shoot of two hours with a professional photographer and a gondola ride, with photos in a square, at the Bridge of Sighs and on the canal. Edited photos are delivered after the session. In German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese or Russian.
Two longer experiences pair a gondola ride with a meal in a historic Venetian palace: a private dinner of two and a half hours and a two-hour tour in a small group that ends with an aperitif on a terrace.
Two and a half hours: a private gondola ride on the Grand Canal and the inner canals, followed by a multi-course Venetian dinner with wine and drinks in the dining rooms of a historic palace. Hotel pickup is not included. In German, English, Spanish, French, Italian or Portuguese.
Two hours in a small group: a gondola ride on the Grand Canal and the inner canals, then an aperitif with finger foods and drinks on the terrace of a historic palazzo. In English, Spanish or Portuguese.
Two small-group walking tours combine a guided walk through central Venice with a gondola ride. They last two and a half hours and two hours and forty-five minutes, and both run in German, English, Spanish, French and Italian.
Two and a half hours in a small group with a guide: a walk through squares and hidden courtyards, the Rialto Bridge, a spritz stop and a gondola ride on the Grand Canal and the side canals. In German, English, Spanish, French or Italian.
Two hours and forty-five minutes in a small group: a guided walk of one and a half hours through central Venice, with St. Mark's Square and a stop at Marco Polo's historic residence, forty-five minutes of free time and a shared gondola ride of thirty minutes. Entrance fees for monuments are not included. In German, English, Spanish, French or Italian.
Three rides last less than an hour: thirty minutes on a private gondola, thirty-five minutes on a shared one and forty-five minutes in a small group. The private ride with a violinist and the private ride with a photographer last one hour each, and the longer photo shoot lasts two hours. The aperitif tour takes two hours, the dinner two and a half, and the walking tours two and a half and two and three-quarter hours.
Five of the ten are private: the thirty-minute ride on the Grand Canal, the ride with a violinist and champagne, the two rides with a photographer and the gondola ride with a palace dinner. The other five are shared or small-group tours: the shared ride, the ride under the Bridge of Sighs, the aperitif tour and the two walking tours.
The shared thirty-five-minute ride takes up to six people in each gondola. The private thirty-minute ride on the Grand Canal is for a gondola of one to five people.
All ten tours run in English. Six also offer Italian and six offer Spanish, five offer German and five offer French, four offer Portuguese, two offer Japanese and one offers Russian. The three rides with only an English option are the shared ride, the ride under the Bridge of Sighs and the private ride on the Grand Canal.
Four include food or drink: the dinner with wine and drinks, the aperitif with finger foods and drinks, the glass of champagne and light snacks on the ride with a violinist, and the spritz stop on one of the walking tours. Tips for the gondolier, the guide or the photographer are not included in any of them.
The forty-five-minute ride in a small group passes under the Bridge of Sighs and includes entry to a gallery about gondolas in a historic palace. Tickets for the Doge's Palace and St. Mark's Basilica are not included. The two-hour photo shoot also includes photos at the Bridge of Sighs.
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