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Venice gondola rides, compared

Name: Venice gondola rides, compared
Creator: Venice Gondola Rides

A gondola ride in Venice is sold three ways: at the city's official gondola stations, where you pay the gondolier a fixed fare of €90 by day, by operators who book you a private boat in advance, and online as shared seats on a boat that leaves at a set time. Below are seven operators checked on their own sites, the 28 rides you can book online, and which option suits which group.

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A gondola at sunset off the Salute church, where the evening rides on the Grand Canal pass.

Operators compared: 7
Boarding areas: 3
Bookable online: 28
Cheapest direct: from €38.90

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The gondola rides you can book online, by what you get

The bookable Venice gondola rides, grouped by what you are buying: a shared seat, a private boat, a ride with extras, a famous route or hour, or a gondola added to a tour. Within each group the best-rated and most-booked come first. Prices are per person unless the card says per group.

Shared gondola rides: a seat on a boat

A shared gondola ride sells single seats on a gondola that leaves at a set time, usually on the Grand Canal. It is the cheapest real gondola ride for one or two people, and the most-booked option in Venice. Expect to share the boat with other travellers.

Venice: Grand Canal Gondola Ride with App Commentary

CITY TOURS CO LTD · 30 minutes - 2 hours · by CITY TOURS CO LTD · 30 minutes - 2 hours

4.2(26,894) from $41

Shared gondola ride Skip the line 2,000+ reviews Free cancellation

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Grand Canal Gondola Ride with Storytelling & Gondola Gallery

CITY TOURS CO LTD · 1 - 3 hours · by CITY TOURS CO LTD · 1 - 3 hours

4.2(18,063) from $44

Shared gondola ride Skip the line 2,000+ reviews Free cancellation

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Venice: Shared Gondola Ride Across the Grand Canal

Bucintoro Viaggi · 30 minutes · by Bucintoro Viaggi · 30 minutes

3.9(7,036) from $44

Shared gondola ride 2,000+ reviews Free cancellation

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Venice: Traditional Shared Gondola Ride

Gray Line Venice - Park Viaggi · 30 - 50 minutes · by Gray Line Venice - Park Viaggi · 30 - 50 minutes

4.1(4,036) from $40

Shared gondola ride 2,000+ reviews Free cancellation

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Venice: Shared Gondola Ride

Venetoinside · 30 minutes · by Venetoinside · 30 minutes

4.1(291) from $47

Shared gondola ride Free cancellation

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Venice: 30-Minute Semi-Private Shared Gondola Ride

the tour guy · 50 minutes - 9.5 hours · by the tour guy · 50 minutes - 9.5 hours

4.6(54) from $44

Shared gondola ride Skip the line Free cancellation

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Private gondola rides: the whole boat

A private gondola ride gives your group the whole boat for a fixed slot booked ahead, with free cancellation. You pay more than the official station fare of €90 by day, for the certainty of a time, a meeting point and the route on the listing.

Venice: Private Gondola Cruise for up to 5 Passengers

Bucintoro Viaggi · 30 minutes · by Bucintoro Viaggi · 30 minutes

3.8(5,344) from $156priced per group

Private gondola ride 2,000+ reviews Free cancellation

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Venice Private Gondola Ride: Tour Hidden Canals and Sights

TUI Musement · 30 minutes - 2 hours · by TUI Musement · 30 minutes - 2 hours

4.3(1,204) from $178priced per group

Private gondola ride Skip the line Free cancellation

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Venice: Premium Private Grand Canal Gondola Ride

CITY TOURS CO LTD · 30 minutes - 1 hour · by CITY TOURS CO LTD · 30 minutes - 1 hour

3.9(2,991) from $126

Private gondola ride Skip the line 2,000+ reviews Free cancellation

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Venice: Grand Canal Private 30-Minute Gondola Ride

Venetoinside · 30 minutes · by Venetoinside · 30 minutes

4.1(648) from $155priced per group

Private gondola ride Free cancellation

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Venice: Private Grand Canal Gondola Ride from Rialto

Venetoinside · 30 - 45 minutes · by Venetoinside · 30 - 45 minutes

4.3(192) from $291priced per group

Private gondola ride Free cancellation

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Venice: Private Gondola Ride

Venice Events srl · 20 - 25 minutes · by Venice Events srl · 20 - 25 minutes

3.7(850) from $86

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Gondola rides with a serenade, prosecco or a photographer

These rides add something to the boat: a serenade with a singer and accordion, prosecco, or a photographer who follows the ride. They suit a proposal, an anniversary or a honeymoon, and the extra is why they cost more than a plain ride.

Venice: Private Gondola Ride with Personal Photographer

Picster · 1.5 hours · by Picster · 1.5 hours

4.8(589) from $328priced per group

Ride with extras Skip the line Free cancellation

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Grand Canal Private Gondola Tour with Chilled Prosecco

VHG Experiences · 30 minutes · by VHG Experiences · 30 minutes

4.5(186) from $185priced per group

Ride with extras Skip the line Free cancellation

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Venice: Private Gondola Tour

Venice Boat Experience · 30 minutes · by Venice Boat Experience · 30 minutes

4.2(92) from $113

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Venice: 30-Minute Gondola Ride on the Grand Canal with a Serenade

Venice Events srl · 30 minutes · by Venice Events srl · 30 minutes

3.5(382) from $210

Ride with extras Skip the line Free cancellation

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Venice: VIP Champagne Gondola Ride - 1-Hour Private Tour

VOIR VENISE · 1 hour · by VOIR VENISE · 1 hour

4.6(37) from $246

Ride with extras Skip the line Free cancellation

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Bridge of Sighs and evening gondola rides

Some rides are sold on their route or their hour: under the Bridge of Sighs beside the Doge's Palace, or on the Grand Canal as the light goes. Evening rides at a station cost more (€110 after 19:00); online they are sold per seat.

Venice: Crafted Gondola Under Breathtaking Bridge of Sighs™

CITY TOURS CO LTD · 45 minutes · by CITY TOURS CO LTD · 45 minutes

4.1(2,560) from $44

Route or time Skip the line 2,000+ reviews Free cancellation

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Venice: Semi-Private Gondola Ride under the Bridge of Sighs

THE TOUR SHOP SRL · 30 minutes · by THE TOUR SHOP SRL · 30 minutes

4.1(232) from $44

Route or time Free cancellation

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Venice: Private Gondola Ride under the Bridge of Sighs

VOIR VENISE · 30 minutes · by VOIR VENISE · 30 minutes

4.3(26) from $145

Route or time Skip the line Free cancellation

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Venice: Grand Canal Evening Gondola Ride

CITY TOURS CO LTD · 30 minutes - 1 hour · by CITY TOURS CO LTD · 30 minutes - 1 hour

3.9(604) from $48

Route or time Skip the line Free cancellation

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Venice: Gondola Ride under the Bridge of Sighs with Audio Guide App

THE TOUR SHOP SRL · 30 - 50 minutes · by THE TOUR SHOP SRL · 30 - 50 minutes

4.1(291) from $35

Route or time Free cancellation

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Gondola rides with a tour of Venice

A gondola ride added to a walking tour or to a visit of the Doge's Palace and St Mark's. Worth it if you want both on the same day with one booking; otherwise a separate ride is simpler.

Venice: Doge's Palace and St. Mark's Tour with Gondola Ride

the tour guy · 3.5 - 9.5 hours · by the tour guy · 3.5 - 9.5 hours

4.7(726) from $151

Tour with a gondola ride Skip the line Free cancellation

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Venice: St. Mark's Basilica, Doge's Palace & Gondola Ride

Walks of Italy · 4.5 hours · by Walks of Italy · 4.5 hours

4.7(106) from $129

Tour with a gondola ride Skip the line Free cancellation

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Venice: St. Mark's, Doge's Palace, Rialto, and Gondola Tour

the tour guy · 30 minutes - 6 hours · by the tour guy · 30 minutes - 6 hours

4.7(408) from $44

Tour with a gondola ride Skip the line Free cancellation

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Venice: City Center Walking Tour with Gondola Ride Option

CITY TOURS CO LTD · 1 - 3 hours · by CITY TOURS CO LTD · 1 - 3 hours

4.4(665) from $30

Tour with a gondola ride Skip the line Free cancellation

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Venice Walking Tour and Gondola Ride Combo

Venetoinside · 3 hours · by Venetoinside · 3 hours

4.4(287) from $76

Tour with a gondola ride Free cancellation

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Venice: Private Walking Tour with Optional Gondola Ride

Venice Events srl · 2 - 2.5 hours · by Venice Events srl · 2 - 2.5 hours

4.8(89) from $148

Tour with a gondola ride Skip the line Free cancellation

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Rides can be called off in bad weather: inGondola, for one, cancels for rain over 2 mm or wind over 24 km/h. Every ride listed here can be cancelled free up to 24 hours before. "From" prices are the lowest on the listing and can change at checkout. Prices are "from" prices per person unless the card says it is priced per group; ratings and review counts as captured October 27, 2026. They move with season and availability — the booking page is the reference. Booking through these links may earn us a commission at no extra cost to you; it never changes the order or the verdicts.

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The most-booked gondola ride in Venice: a seat on a shared gondola on the Grand Canal, with app commentary, rated 4.2 from 26,894 reviews.

Venice: Grand Canal Gondola Ride with App Commentary

4.2★ from 26,894 reviews, from $41, free cancellation.

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Book a slot with free cancellation up to 24 hours before, so you can move the ride if the weather turns or your plans change.

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The operators side by side

Sorted by departure point (St Mark's first, then along the Grand Canal towards the station). Click any column heading to re-sort. "From" is the cheapest published adult price on the operator's own site; where an operator doesn't publish prices we say so rather than guess. The "What you get" column says how each operator sells the ride on its own site; prices are in euros, per boat unless the cell says per person, and "Official fare" means you pay the gondolier the city's €90 / €110.


Gondola Ride Experience	Calle San Gallo, near St Mark's Square	Gondola, shared or private	€38.90	Shared seats or a private boat, with a 20-minute introduction before shared rides	4.7
Gondolieri Travel	Bacino Orseolo, behind St Mark's Square	Gondola, private	Not readable on its site	Private and themed gondola rides arranged by an agency of the gondoliers	4.3
Gondola Bauer	Campo San Moisè, near the Hotel Bauer	Gondola, private or group	Site prices date from 2013	Group bookings and serenades from San Moisè; it says it does not take private-tour requests	4.1
Gondola San Marco (Molo station) Official	Molo San Marco, on the St Mark's waterfront	Gondola, private	Official fare (not on its site)	A private gondola from the city's Molo station at the official fare	4.0
Venice Relaxing Rides	Campo Sant'Angelo and Ponte dei Meloni (San Polo)	Private boat, rowed	€90	A private rowed ride, booked online and paid at the boarding point	4.8
Gondole San Tomà Official	San Tomà, on the Grand Canal (San Polo)	Gondola, private; traghetto	€90	Walk-up private rides through San Polo or Dorsoduro, plus the €2 traghetto	4.5
inGondola	Fondamenta Cossetti, near Piazzale Roma	Gondola, private	€90	Private rides booked and paid online, 30 minutes to two hours	4.1

★ ratings are from the operator's strongest public review profile (Google Maps). * = self-reported or indicative figure, not independently confirmed. Direct prices are starting adult fares (checked October 27, 2026) and change seasonally; confirm at booking. Machine-readable version (JSON)

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Choose the right gondola ride for you

The right gondola ride comes down to your group size, your budget, and whether you want to book ahead or walk up. The official fare is per boat, so the more of you there are, the more a private boat makes sense.

Five ways to ride a gondola in Venice
Option	Where	Who shares the boat	Price	Best for
Gondola station	10 official stations	Your group only (max 5)	€90 / 30 min by day, €110 / 35 min from 19:00	Groups of 3–5, no booking
Operator, booked ahead	The operator's boarding point	Your group only	From €90 (official fare) upward	A fixed time and place
Shared seat online	Grand Canal meeting points	Other travellers	From $41 per person	One or two people
Ride with extras	Varies by listing	Your group only	From $113 on the listing	Occasions
Traghetto crossing	Grand Canal crossings	Anyone crossing	€2 per person	The cheapest gondola

Station and operator prices are the official fare or the operators' own published prices, checked 27 October 2026; online prices are on the cards above.

Cheapest real ride

A shared gondola seat from $41 per person on the Grand Canal. For one or two people it costs less than half the €90 a whole boat costs at a station.

Best value for a group

Walk up to a gondola station and pay the official €90 for 30 minutes, shared by up to five people: about €18 each for a full boat.

A fixed time

Book a private boat with an operator that charges the official fare, such as inGondola (paid online) or Venice Relaxing Rides (paid at boarding).

An occasion

Rides with a serenade, prosecco or a photographer cost more than the fare because the extra is part of the price. Book these ahead.

Just to try it

Cross the Grand Canal on a traghetto for €2: a few minutes standing in a gondola rowed by two gondoliers.

One rule applies at every station: the fare is per gondola, not per person, set by the City of Venice, and the gondolier quotes any longer ride on the same tariff before you set off. Agree the length and price before you board.

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The gondola operators, by where you board

These are the gondola operators you can deal with directly, grouped by where you board: around St Mark's, along the Grand Canal, or near Piazzale Roma. Each was checked on its own website; ratings are from Google Maps.

St Mark's — waterfront and Bacino Orseolo

The busiest gondola stations are around St Mark's Square: the Molo on the waterfront, Bacino Orseolo behind the square and San Moisè to the west. Rides here usually head into the side canals towards the Bridge of Sighs or out onto the Grand Canal.

Gondola Ride Experience

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

Gondola, shared or private 4.7 ★ · 3,060 reviews (Google Maps)

The gondola brand of Venice Tours Srl, a tour company that packages rides and leaves the rowing to licensed gondoliers. It sells shared gondola rides from €38.90 per person (a 30-minute ride after a 20-minute introduction, with app or live commentary) and private rides from €120 per gondola for 30 minutes, above the €90 official day fare. Its Grand Canal ride with app commentary is the most-booked gondola ride on the booking site, sold there under City Tours. Also bookable on GetYourGuide ($41, 4.2★, 26,894 reviews) →

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Gondolieri Travel

Bacino Orseolo, behind St Mark's Square · San Marco 4289, 30124 Venezia VE, Italy

Gondola, private 4.3 ★ · 852 reviews (Google Maps)

An agency that sells gondola services from the stations behind St Mark's Square: Google Maps links its site to the Bacino Orseolo, Danieli and Dogana boarding points. Its homepage lists classic rides, rides combined with a walk, and romantic rides for proposals and symbolic weddings. Its price and booking pages sit behind a bot check, so no price is shown here; at a station the official fare applies.

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Gondola Bauer

Campo San Moisè, near the Hotel Bauer · Calle Larga XXII Marzo, 2091/b, 30124 Venezia VE, Italy

Gondola, private or group 4.1 ★ · 276 reviews (Google Maps)

A gondola service at San Moisè, just west of St Mark's Square, that now takes booking requests for groups only. It also runs serenades on two or three gondolas on the Grand Canal and a 60-minute rowing lesson (€300 for up to four, prepaid, booked seven days ahead). The day and evening fares on its site are from 2013 and below today's official fare, so they are not repeated here.

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Gondola San Marco (Molo station)

Molo San Marco, on the St Mark's waterfront · 30124 Venezia VE, Italy

Official Gondola, private 4.0 ★ · 338 reviews (Google Maps)

The gondoliers of the Molo station on the St Mark's waterfront, one of the ten stations the city lists, who say they have rowed from this quay since 1583. Their site publishes no price: you pay the gondolier the official fare (€90 for 30 minutes by day, €110 for 35 minutes from 19:00). It offers a free downloadable voucher for a preferential boarding lane, needs no registration, and asks no cancellation if it rains.

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Grand Canal — San Polo and Sant'Angelo

Stations and boarding points along the middle of the Grand Canal, between the Rialto and the Accademia, with rides into the quieter canals of San Polo and Dorsoduro.

Venice Relaxing Rides

Campo Sant'Angelo and Ponte dei Meloni (San Polo) · Fondamenta Narisi, 3555, 30124 Venezia VE, Italy

Private boat, rowed 4.8 ★ · 388 reviews (Google Maps)

Eight young rowers with four boats and two boarding points, at Campo Sant'Angelo and the Ponte dei Meloni near the Rialto. A 30-minute ride is €90 per boat and an hour €180, for up to five people including children, between 09:30 and 18:00 (no evening rides). You book at least an hour ahead, pay at the boarding point, and can cancel up to departure. Its booking page calls the boat a "private boat" rather than a gondola.

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Gondole San Tomà

San Tomà, on the Grand Canal (San Polo) · Calle del Traghetto O Ca’ Garzon, 30125 Venezia VE, Italy

Official Gondola, private; traghetto 4.5 ★ · 565 reviews (Google Maps)

The gondoliers of San Tomà, one of the ten official stations, on the Grand Canal in San Polo. Rides start at €90 per gondola for about 30 minutes, for up to five people, on a San Polo or a Dorsoduro route; there are no reservations, you walk up to a boarding point and pay the gondolier. The same station runs the traghetto across the Grand Canal: €2 for visitors, €0.70 with a Venezia Unica card.

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Santa Croce — near Piazzale Roma

The boarding points closest to Piazzale Roma and the train station, handy on the day you arrive or leave, at the top of the Grand Canal.

inGondola

Fondamenta Cossetti, near Piazzale Roma · Santa Croce, 666, 30135 Venezia VE, Italy

Gondola, private 4.1 ★ · 102 reviews (Google Maps)

An association of 20 gondoliers from San Marcuola that sells private rides online from Fondamenta Cossetti, a short walk from Piazzale Roma and the station: €90 for 30 minutes, €180 for an hour on the Grand Canal, €270 to the Rialto and €360 for two hours to St Mark's, for one to five people. You pay at booking; cancellation by email at least seven days ahead is refunded, and rides are cancelled for heavy rain or strong wind.

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Left out. Left out: three sites that resell or advertise other companies' rides (gondolarideinvenice.com, gondolatraghetto.com, veniceingondola.com), a duplicate listing of Venice Tours, the San Trovaso boatyard (it builds gondolas, it does not run rides), and four sites we could not read past a bot check or a script-only page (Gondola Trinità, Venezia in Gondola by Rizzo Andrea, venicegondolaride.com, privategondolavenice.com). They may be fine; we only list what we could check.

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Every Venice gondola ride, live

The full list of gondola rides on the booking site: shared and private boats, serenades and evening rides, with live dates and free cancellation on most.

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Frequently asked questions

Short answers to what people ask before booking a gondola ride in Venice: where to board, what it costs and whether to book.

Where do you get a gondola ride in Venice?

At one of the city's ten official gondola stations, among them the Molo by St Mark's, Danieli, Dogana, Trinità, Santa Maria del Giglio, San Tomà, Carbon and Santa Sofia, or at a boarding point an operator names when you book. See where to get a gondola.

Is it cheaper to book a gondola online?

For one or two people, yes: a shared seat starts at $41 a person, against €90 for a whole boat at a station. For four or five, the station fare shared between you is usually cheaper than any private ride sold online.

Which gondola ride is best in Venice?

It depends on your group: a shared Grand Canal ride for one or two on a budget, a private boat at the official fare for a family or friends, and a ride with a serenade, prosecco or a photographer for an occasion.

Do gondola operators charge the official fare?

Some do: inGondola, Gondole San Tomà and Venice Relaxing Rides publish €90 for 30 minutes on their own sites. Others charge more for a booked slot or extras, such as Gondola Ride Experience's private rides from €120 per gondola.