Venice

Venice Saint Mark's Basilica and gondola tour in the afternoon

Venice, Italy
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up to 24 hours before the experience starts (local time)

  • 1 hour 30 minutes (approx.)
  • Mobile ticket
  • Offered in: English

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Overview

Enjoy this combined tour: visit the golden church the Saint Mark's Basilica and the gondola ride along the Grand Canal and minor canals, where you will see the city from the water.
  • 2-hour city walking tour and gondola ride
  • Headsets to hear the guide clearly
  • Each gondola can accommodate up to 6 passengers
  • Departs from a central meeting point

What's Included

  • Live tour guide in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish
  • Headsets to hear the guide clearly
  • Gondola ride, with up to 5 people on the gondola
  • Guided tour of the Saint Mark's square and Saint Mark's Basilica
  • Gratuities
  • Gondola ride is not guided
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

  • Calle larga de l'Ascension, 1258, 30124 Venezia VE, Italy

    15 min before in Calle larga de l’Ascension 1258 - 30124 next to the post office San Marco (opposite side of the Saint Marks Basilica). Look for the yellow sign "Meeting point" on the wooden kiosk and the Turive assistant.

Start time

02:45 PM

End point

  • Gondola Bauer
    Calle Larga XXII Marzo, 2091/b, 30124 Venezia VE, Italy

    The tour ends with the gondola ride in campo San Moisè.

What To Expect

Find your guide at Campo San Moisè, who will be holding a sign with the name of the tour company. Embark on a city walking tour through Venice's central area, exploring the area between Piazza San Marco and the Rialto Bridge. Make stops at the Scala del Bovolo and Teatro la Fenice. 

After your walking tour, board a gondola with your party (each gondola holds up to 6 people) and let the gondolier ferry you through the city's famed canals. Spend 30 minutes gliding through the Grand Canal (Salute area) and some of the minor canals in the Fenice area. 

Your 2-hour tour ends up back at its gondola departure point.

Calle larga de l'Ascension, 1258 (Pass By)

Piazza San Marco

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Basilica di San Marco

40 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Gondola Bauer

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Additional Info

  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Near public transportation
  • Infants must sit on laps
  • Most travelers can participate
  • Operates in most weather conditions, please dress appropriately
  • PLEASE PRINT OR SHOW YOUR VOUCHER TWICE (1 FOR THE BASILICA AND 1 FOR THE GONDOLA) The meeting point for the gondola tour is the same for the Saint Mark's Basilica tour.
  • APRIL - OCTOBER 14.45 - 15.45 Saint Mark's Basilica tour 17.15 - 17.45 Gondola tour NOVEMBER - MARCH 13.45 - 14.45 Saint Mark's Basilica tour 15.00 - 15.30 Gondola tour
  • On certain dates, most travelers staying outside of Venice who are planning to visit for the day will be required to pay a €5 access fee. For further details (including exemptions) and to learn what days this fee is applicable, please visit: https://cda.ve.it
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 20 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

  • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
  • Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
  • Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
Featured review
George_E
We had a great adventure with our gondola and later with Donatella, who we are highly recommending. We saw a lot of secret sightseeings around Venice and also had a lot of information concerning the relationship of Verona to our country.

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Asking for $30 refund per ticket for short Gondola ride
Linda_L, Oct 2023
We only got a 15 minute gondola ride! We were promised more. We had to wait a long time while most of the group were riding and then got a very short ride in order to make the meeting for the walking tour. The walking tour was very good. I am asking Viator for a $30 refund per ticket.
Professional and courteous tour company
Stephanie_E, Jul 2023
We missed our originally scheduled tour time (thunderstorm plus Venice is very hard to navigate at times- leave your hotel early!) but we were able to get on with another tour and were so grateful! Our tour guide was a native Venetian and passionate about city history. There is a lot you miss in the narrow streets and she covered so much. We had time to do the gondola ride, which was lovely and lasted about 20 minutes. The queue for the gondola was a little hectic and we were standing in the sun for a while so bring water and a parasol if you’re visiting in the summer. Otherwise, great experience.
Not good for the money spent.
Cynthia_M, Jul 2023
The gondola ride was nice but they just take you around, no discussion about anything, very assembly-line like (and you can get a gondola ride on your own for significantly chaper). However, the walking tour was not good. We expected a walking tour of ~ 1.5- 2 hours and the guide spent the first 20 minutes checking out the radios. Then, we saw no highlights of Venice at all. It was like she just wanted to take us to see three sisterns and a theatre that had burned down a couple of times in a non-descript part of the area near where the tour office was for 50 minutes. She spent more time telling us over and over about how we had to stay to the side so anyone (other than us) could get by, where she was going to turn and how we had to be back for the gondola (why the tour was so short). It felt like maybe this tour operator got paid by the city to keep tourists out of the way.The walking tour part wasn't a tour at all but a complete waste of time and money.
We had a great adventure...
George_E, Jun 2023
We had a great adventure with our gondola and later with Donatella, who we are highly recommending. We saw a lot of secret sightseeings around Venice and also had a lot of information concerning the relationship of Verona to our country.
Gondola ride the highlight
Gill_L, May 2023
The gondola ride was good. The walking tour was good in the way you saw things you wouldn’t see otherwise although at times it was rather boring and hard to understand the guide as he mumbled
Response from Host, May 2023
Thanks for sharing your review with us!
Beautiful Venice
Manuela_S, Oct 2022
We enjoyed the Gondola Ride and the walking tour very much. The guide was very informative and walked us through very interesting alleys and kept us attentive.
Response from Host, Nov 2022
Thank you very much for your review, we really appreciated :-)
Worth it!
Hunter_R, Oct 2022
Gondola ride was actually really good. Loved the smaller canals and a little of the grand canal. Walking tour was a bit fast paced but overall good experience :)
Walking Tour and the Gondola Ride
Roam07773589735, Jun 2019
The gondola ride was amazing with plenty of picture opportunities! It was relaxing, with opportunities to talk to locals if you know Italian. For the walking tour, it was very boring. The guide talked mainly about architecture, which I have no interest in.
Visita perfecta para dos DIAS en Venecia
JuanPablo_P, Apr 2022
Martina, la guía, excepcional. Español perfecto y explicaciones justas, interesantes y prácticas. El paseo en góndola de 30 minutos se queda corto, pero eso depende de lo que cada uno quiera contratar.

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