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Private Gondola Ride on the Grand Canal with Chilled Prosecco

A private gondola along the Grand Canal with a chilled bottle of Italian Prosecco included.

Private tour — just your group 40 minutes Up to 25 guests Free itinerary changes Local expert guide
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Overview

Glide through a beautiful stretch of the Grand Canal surrounded by Venetian palaces before entering quieter canals, with a chilled bottle of Prosecco for your group.

A private gondola ride through the Grand Canal and quieter back canals, with a chilled bottle of Italian Prosecco included for your group as your gondolier navigates centuries of Venetian history.

Highlights

  • Chilled Prosecco included Toast the ride with a bottle for your group.
  • Grand Canal & quiet canals See grand palaces, then slip into Venice's authentic back streets.

What Stops Does This Tour Make?

A popular starting point — every Voyzo itinerary is fully customizable, so we'll shape the order and stops around your group.

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Pickup

Meet your local host near St. Mark's Square, where you'll be escorted to your gondola.

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Chilled Prosecco included

Toast the ride with a bottle for your group.

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Grand Canal & quiet canals

See grand palaces, then slip into Venice's authentic back streets.

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Drop-off

Your guide walks you back to a convenient point near your hotel.

What's Included

A private local guide, just for your group
A professional, knowledgeable local guide
Your guide meets you right where you're staying
A fully customizable itinerary built around you

What's Not Included

Attraction admission tickets, unless noted as included
Meals and snacks
Gratuities for your guide or driver
Personal expenses

Why Book a Private Tour With Voyzo?

Your group only — never combined with strangers
Crowded 50+ seat group buses
Fully custom stops, built around you
A fixed script with no flexibility
Your guide meets you right where you're staying
Meeting at a fixed public meeting point
Direct, transparent pricing — no marketplace markup
Third-party booking fees

Important Information

Know Before You Book

  • Group size can range from 1 to 25 guests.
  • Pricing depends on group size and tour length, and is confirmed after your quote request.
  • Tour duration is flexible — the times shown are a typical starting point.

Know Before You Go

  • We'll confirm your exact meeting time and place after booking.
  • Bring a camera, comfortable shoes, and weather-appropriate layers.
  • Your pickup address is required to finalize the itinerary.

Special Requests

  • Mobility needs, dietary notes, or accessibility requirements? Let us know when requesting your quote and we'll arrange accordingly.
  • Traveling with young children or larger groups — just tell us, and we'll plan accordingly.

Frequently Asked Questions

Once your quote is accepted, we'll confirm your exact meeting time and place by email ahead of your tour date.
Yes — reach out to our team any time before your tour and we'll do our best to accommodate itinerary or schedule changes.

About This Tour

Glide through a beautiful stretch of the Grand Canal surrounded by Venetian palaces before entering quieter canals, with a chilled bottle of Prosecco for your group. A private gondola ride through the Grand Canal and quieter back canals, with a chilled bottle of Italian Prosecco included for your group as your gondolier navigates centuries of Venetian history.

Every gondola on Venice's canals today is the same uniform black, a rule that traces back to a 1562 sumptuary law. Before it, wealthy Venetians had turned their private gondolas into a running competition of gilding, carved ornament, and rich fabric — so the Republic, never one to tolerate wasted money, ordered every boat painted black and ended the display outright. A handful of nobles paid fines to keep their decoration, but the black gondola became, and remains, the standard.

The Grand Canal itself traces a long reverse-S through the heart of the city, roughly 3.8 kilometers from end to end, flanked by more than 170 palaces built across six centuries of Venetian wealth. Gliding past them at water level — rather than glimpsing them from a bridge — is really the only way to appreciate how much of Venice's history is written on its waterfront facades, from Gothic tracery to Baroque stonework.

This ride pairs that view with a chilled bottle of Prosecco for your group before easing off the main waterway into Venice's quieter back canals, where the crowds thin out and the city's daily rhythm — laundry lines, small boats, narrow footbridges — comes back into focus.

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