Shared gondola rides in Venice

The gondola ride was memorable. It took about 30 minutes. We did a mini walking tour beforehand and learned some interesting Venice facts. There was also a virtual experience attraction after the gondola ride that we had to miss.

Traditional gondola with a 20 min ride around the smaller canals of Venice. An audio commentary could have made it more enjoyable.

Very good experience from the moment we were welcomed until the end of the tour. Everything very organized and with a very attentive staff.

Easy to make a reservation on line. Detailed directions on where to meet, to include pictures of the exact location. Great experience.

We didn't have an audio tour. The on-site organization was not up to scratch (we changed the boarding location twice).

The description said that the experience would last 50 minutes but it lasted maybe 20 max. The line to get on the gondola was very long and so we didn't actually get on one until 2:25 (was supposed to be 2) and then it was done by 2:45. It's fine if it's only 20 minutes, but then you should advertise it as such

The ride was said to be with live commentary in Spanish but it was not and it lasted less than 50 minutes...still good because the gondola ride is unique but I would not repeat here.

While we booked an English speaking your. We were grouped with a spanish/English guide. I felt that the English translation was brief and rush through not providing all of the same information. The audio speakers were very crackled and we were unable to hear fully.

Planning was good and fast. They all set off at the same time and that's why the gondolas were jammed. This meant you couldn't travel as far. It was still a nice experience, but a start with individual gondolas from the city center would be better

The ticketing experience was very easy, fast and reliable. The gondola ride was really amazing and the boat man was friendly and welcoming. Would definitely do it again 😁

we booked a tour with personal comments but the guide said absolutly nothing. The boad tour was ok and we knew that it would be a busy time of the day but that the guide did not explain anything was not what we expected.

Tour guide very nice and helpful, time frame was different than expected, at the beginning we had doubts whether we were in the right group as we walked past two gondola boarding points without getting on. The ride was entertaining and nice, but it was very crowded, so we had to stand in line and wait a lot in the gondola. We were only given the audio guide when we asked for it. This was when we boarded the gondola, so the download was not quite complete and not all points could be heard. The virtual journey into the Venetian past with VR glasses was very positive, it wasn't booked separately but was very nice and was also offered afterwards. Overall, the gondola ride is to be recommended, it is somehow part of a visit to Venice.

This experience was wonderful, beyond my expectations

Cool one time experience. Felt very touristy.

The hospitality of the gondoliers and their interest in offering us an excellent gondola ride.

Topissime, especially with the guide who was very human, smiling, just adorable 🥰

The guide was kind, attentive, and joyful.

Magnificent ride through the canals. Godoluer pilots by the millimeter and whistles beautifully.

Everything went well. We were taken to the Gondola at the appointed time. A great experience!

We really enjoyed it, it was great! It's worth it

Beautiful gondola ride! Very enjoyable.

We loved it just as we expected.

Loved it awedome so good so good love it so awesome will do it again

Emma was fantastic. Such a lovely bubbly positive person. You are lucky to have her. Thank you Emma

Had to share with 3 other people, not very long but for the price $39 ,worth it

We were the most lucky person's because we were on the gondola with the musicians. It was an amazing experience. I'm sure the other people on the gondola infront and back of us had a great experience too, but it can't compare to our experience. The virtual reality headset was a great start into the tour and the guided tour to the boat was a great use of our time. I was not expecting this great service, I thought we will get a mediocre serenad and that's it. I was wrong. It fealt like a human and not a tourist who's money can be milked. Huge thanks to the team. Maybe one point for change: it was confusing where the meeting point will be. I booked on the Headout map and first we went to the Calle larga de l'Ascension instead of St.Mark’s Square. Thanks to the whole team, it was great!

The gondola ride was 15 minutes and it just took a lap around a single canal, not around multiple canals. I t was advertised as 50 minutes

The meeting point wasn't even the one on the ticket. Then we spent a lot of time waiting for someone, which was very unpleasant Apart from that, the tour only lasted 30 minutes, not 50.

I wanted a gondola ride for my group of 4 with serenade in our gondola and wrote several times to Headout to make sure of it. This experience is with groups of 5 people per gondola and group of several gondolas. The singer rides in the center gondola with the lucky people who get to ride with him. In our case our gondolier put us last in the group and you could hardly hear him. I also took a ride on the Grand Canal which is not like that, they cross it to the other side to join all the gondolas and face each other to enter the 1st alley and do not do a tour or explanation of the buildings of the Grand Canal. It also includes a virtual 3D experience of old Venice in English and a small explanation also in English from your guide until you reach the gondola and although all the guides speak Spanish and half of the group we were Spanish speakers did not feel like speaking in both languages. I do not recommend it at all. A gondola there costs 90€ per group of 5 people.

This is a really rubbish attempt at what could be a brilliant experience in Venice. You CANNOT hear the music. The goldalas make a long train behind and if you're near the back? Tough luck. Any whispers you might of heard can't be because the drivers are shouting to each other. Not romantic, not a serenade and just a money grabbing organisation. The experience was over in 15 minutes and was both underwhelming and unpleasent.

Stupid tour, makes no sense to spend this much for this crappy experience.

Musians were outstanding. Great experience

Singer was great. Ride smooth. Your team helped me get out of Gondola. I use a cane. Really appreciate that

Unfortunately, the gondoliers were quite unfriendly. For the price of €150, we thought we had booked a gondola with a singer. However, it is a group of gondolas and there is a singer on one of the gondolas. It is mass processing. At the end, a gondolier got cheeky because my husband wasn't quick enough with the tip. Then there was nothing. Tip: better during the day and without a singer - book directly on site! It's much cheaper and certainly no worse!

There was nothing to love about the experience. When we arrived at the meeting point there was someone who told us the 6:30 pm ride was cancelled because of rainy weather. I called the local tour partner number to tell them and ask for a refund and their office was closed. I also tried to call the toll free number at head out and the call was answered by what sounded like a fax machine. Please refund my cancellation amount to my American Express card ending with 11002. We had to leave Venice this morning to return to America.

The Gondolas where beautiful. The gondola guys where amazing , fun , and handsome. The music and the singer was just mesmerizing. It was the perfect Venice experience, and the Best thing we did at Venice you guys made our trip to Venice the focus of our experience. Thank you.

Fantastic experience , fantastic staff , friendly and helpful romantic and refined music , elegant to be able to surprise your woman , price . if you book online you find very affordable prices ☺️ thanks again to all the staf .

Very complimentary and the experience for me and my husband was wonderful we loved it very much it was private and the serenade .. we really lived it was the package I booked. I was a little afraid because of the bad comments I had read but I think that everyone lives their experience differently....

Highly recommended. The whole ride was very pleasant.

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We were expecting to enjoy the serenade by us; but the singer was doing it in another gondole, accompanying other three gondoles. We were the last.

We actually booked for a private gondole but unfortunately there were another couple with us thats too bad. It was our anniversary and we didn't want to share that special moment.

Gondola ride with serenade was absolutely amazing! We were the lucky couple to stay in the same boat with the serenade, it was one of the best experience in my life, we felt like we were in honeymoon! However, the other people that bought the same ticket at same hour, stayed in separated boats, they heared the serenade songs but they were not so lucky to have serenade in their boat. This was unfair to them. I think the ticket price should be different, because the experience is different.

We enjoyed the tour. As well as the gondola ride. It's just that we had to wait so many hours between tour and gondola. Didn't want to leave and have to come back. We were lead to believe it was one thing behind the other.

This trip was everything I’d hoped for, and while my kids didn’t care for the Palace and history, they loved the boat ride

These tickets are awesome: a fun little surprise was the entry into all of St Mark’s square museums (that too priority entrance!)

I was so scared that they would kick me off the boat for being on the heavier side, but thankfully I got to seat with my friends

Was able to find cheap tickets at the very last minute! Will definitely use this app again

Easy and very pleasant experience

Excellent service. Keep the Good work

Reliable and good communication. Thank you!

Great price and deals. Helpful folks on chat!

Easy service to use and the customer service rep was friendly

It was great, I booked my tickets in minutes

This app keeps everything organized for you. If I’ve had a question they have answered. Use the live chat.

Everything was clearly explained and worked as promised

We are very happy with the experience on Headout

Was great service and very easy to book cheap tickets!

Must-visit place! Definitely recommend Headout for booking

Loved every minute of the experience! Good job guys

Amazing, we liked our captain and how highly experienced he was

How well the guide has done with very pleasant explanations and you can tell she knows the city very well and a great gondola ride.

The tour itself was great as was a the gondola ride! Both the guide and the gondolier were very pleasant. Our issue was with the male staff member at your meeting point. Admittedly, we were late for the tour as we had trouble navigating from our cruise ship to the meeting point. When I asked him where we could meet them, he very reluctantly gave me an address for my google maps and sent us on our way WITHOUT THE HEADSET. His complete attitude from the first moment was rude and condescending.

Marco, our waking tour guide was amazing. His dry wit made the tour super enjoyable. We also enjoyed the gondola ride, we had great weather for it!

A very informative tour away from the main attractions.

Ticketing and walking tour was good. Gondola ride was so-so.

It was a great experience and very informativ

The tour guide never showed up & we were very disappointed. We waited for over an hour & asked 10 different people if that was the correct location & we confirmed we were at the correct address & no guide showed. I would appreciate a refund since we were left abandoned waiting for someone to show up. Very unprofessional! We are very disappointed & I spent good money on a tour that didn't happen. Show

The walking tour was very interesting, but the gondola tour was terrible, the gondolier didn't even say hello during the ride.

The city tour was excellent! Unfortunately the gondola ride was disappointing, the gondolier was very unfriendly and obviously didn't feel like it.

The meeting point wasn't specific. The maps gave us two different locations, so we kept going back and forth trying to find the group. At one point, we were at the right spot 5 minutes before the tour started, but I guess the group left early. The tour guide should’ve had a flag or worn specific clothing. My friend and I are still waiting for a refund.

The city tour was competent and very informative, entertaining and fun. The technology worked well and the guide was easy to understand. The pace of the tour was appropriate. The subsequent gondola ride was somewhat shortened and not the route as advertised but quite okay.

Awesome experience!!!..........

We had a ton of trouble finding the office to meet our guide. Google maps wasn't working well and we just kept going in circles around St Mark's Square. We asked military, regular police, and other shop owners for help but ended up finding the office 30 minutes after our tour departed for the Basilica. Thankfully, we were able to catch up to our party in the Basilica. For whatever reason, when going through the Doge Palace, those of us who were going on the gondola ride, had to leave the group and return on our own later to see the rest of the tour. The timing seemed to be too tight. The guide was great, but the timing was just off for the whole day. When we went on the gondola, the gondolier spent the whole time yelling at the other gondoliers and joking with them. It was like a bad Disneyland ride. We were one gondola after another just making a circle back to the meeting point. I think the only thing that was pointed out to us was where Mozart had stayed.

Really enjoyed the tour and liked our tour Guido Gloria

The well-organized tour allows you to visit the main attractions of Venice in one day. Very knowledgeable tour guides. Recommended!

The audio downloads are a nice compliment to the tour.

We had the chance to See many venues and sightseeing. In my opinion the islands need some more time to discover them adequately

Giovana was the loveliest guide you could wish for. Her excitement, despite having likely done hundreds of these tours, was contagious. She paid great attention to detail while also ensuring that every person in the group felt included. The equipment quality was excellent, with clear audio throughout the tour. Giovana provided just the right balance of historical context and insights into current life and events. We loved every moment. Our gondolier was also praiseworthy. Despite being a young man, he was knowledgeable without being overbearing. Although we can’t recall his name, the boat was called ‘Luca,’ and he was stepping in for his father. A delightful experience with a charming young man.

The guide was excellent and everything was great until the end. When we went on our gondola ride we did not go by the bridge of sigh and the gondolier was on his phone the whole time. Not only was it bad enough that he was on the phone, he had it on speaker so we could hear the woman he was talking too. Missing out on the bridge and the phone ruined the entire experience.

The Tour Guy was the company we should have booked with - avoid Headout (a broker). The website on mobile when I booked put the wrong date - the Crowdsite glitch also happened and the site booked the tour time+day AFTER it already happened! HEADOUT REFUSED TO CHANGE IT! Luckily THE TOUR GUY CHANGED IT. AVOID HEADOUT. As for the tour, Venice is such a unique, magical place. Our guide was a lovely local Venetian, a professor-like lady and had tons of information - she was kind and very considerate. She gave us the basics of all we needed to know. I think we might have preferred a guide with more stories and less facts and who was a little more fluent in English - it was often hard to understand everything. Also, try avoid Italy in the summer, the heat is unbearable and we underestimated this. Bring lots of water and a fan or spray mist bottle. Crazy heat! Climate change not doing places like Rome and Venice any favours! The overall experience was the best it could've been, it was good.

Very good tour by Anba-Chiara in the Pallazzo and the church. Don't forget to cover your arms, even up to your knees! Two groups on the boat to Murano and Burano with competent guides Kristina and S..., unfortunately I have forgotten their names. Of course, they also suggested things to buy, but were not pushy. In Burano we had expected more in terms of craftsmanship. It would be nice if offers were combined with workshops. Otherwise a very good offer.

We always try to do something interesting on our first day in a new place to get an overview and our bearings. Thought it would be a gondola ride in Venice but in reading travel blogs, a motorboat ride through the grand grand canal sounded better. So we took a chance and loved it. Our guide was fabulous and really knew her stuff. Got to see an awful lot in an hour. Have to say that without google maps we would never have found the ticket office. It would have been nice to have a little more info re: location on the webpage.

The tour itself was really nice, It was a little difficult to look out of the boat. The booking was not as nice. Thsi was the second of the same tour that was booked. The first tour, which I'm not sure was thru Headout, but instructions for the meeting place were not accurate or easy to locate, we talked to an agent several times to makee sure we were booked, she had to give us paper tickets and told us where to go to wait for the tour. The time fo the tour we and several other were standing around waiting on our guide, she was late. We were afraid the boat may have left.

I would've enjoyed seeing the sights from the water.. I was disappointed that the boat that was used was a water taxi with a closed roof and the driver lifted a cover over the front so we could not see. The guide was knowledgeable.

The instructions on where to go to meet my person were a bit confusing. I went up to the booth and ticket person told me to walk down the docks. I ended up having to run around the area for 10 minutes to find the correct spot.

Venice can be enjoyed best through a boat. This is like a private taxi taking you around the most wonderful of places. We got a good deal from here

You really get to see so much through this boat ride. We saw many wonderful palaces like churches, public buildings and even some historical bridges. One must try this ride

The price is really high when purchased online. We were about to make that mistake when a freind referred this website to us. We picked a cheap deal without any compromise on the trip

The Grand Canal guided tour is a great way to see the points of interest along the grand canal. There was a guide who provided details on the lovely monuments and even obloged us with pictures

Everybody will keep telling you to take a Gandola. You will get to see some beautiful and unique scenery that is just mind blowing, Even the cost is so cheap when booked online

The Grand Canal tour is a surreal tour. The buildings on the way take your breathe away and everything you see is actually amazing. Totally worth the spend

This tour was every bit dreamy. We picked so many affordable experiences from here and did almost everything people are known to here.