Private Venice Canal Cruise: 2-Hour Grand Canal and Secret Canals | La Vacanza Travel

Private Venice Canal Cruise: 2-Hour Grand Canal and Secret Canals

Duration: 2 hours
Destination: Italy, Veneto, Venice
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  • 2 hours
  • Venice
  • E-Voucher
  • Lowest Price
  • Not-Cancellable

Overview

Explore some of the smaller, secret Venetian canals by motorboat on a 2-hour cruise, and discover the neighborhoods of Cannaregio, the Jewish Ghetto and Dorsoduro as well as the Grand Canal, too! While hearing anecdotes and history about the enchanting city from an onboard guide, look out for sights such as the Arsenale shipyard alongside intriguing lesser-known landmarks. See craftsmen at work at a gondola boat workshop, and then finish the cruise on a high note with a jaunt along the glamorous Grand Canal and underneath Rialto Bridge.

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Pass By: Piazza San Marco, 31024 Venice Italy

View the magnificent St Mark's Square and Doges Palace from the water

Stop At: Canal Grande, 30100 Venice Italy

Enjoy a 1-hour tour of the Grand Canal and minor canals lead by our English-speaking guide in a small group of 8/9 people

Duration: 1 hour

Pass By: Ponte di Rialto, Ruga degli Orefici (Rialto) San Polo, 30125 Venice Italy

Learn about the Magnificent Rialto Bridge as you pass by on your boat

Pass By: Arsenale di Venezia, Campo San Biagio Castello 2148, 30122 Venice Italy

View the magnificent Arsenal of Venice during your guided 2-hour cruise by boat

Stop At: Ghetto Ebraico, Campo del Ghetto Nuovo, 30121 Venice Italy

Enjoy a walk in the fascinating Jewish ghetto of Venice

Duration: 20 minutes

Pass By: Cannaregio, 30121 Venice Italy

Enter some of the back canals of the picturesque Cannaregio district

Pass By: San Pietro di Castello, Castello 70, 30122 Venice Italy

See the first basilica of Venice in the Castello district

Pass By: Dorsoduro Dorsoduro 190, Venice Italy

Cruise down some of the charming canals of Dorsoduro district

Pass By: Ponte dell'Accademia, Campo de la Carita, Venice Italy

Pass by the Accademia gallery and bridge as you tour the Grand Canal

Pass By: Santa Croce, Venice Italy

Cruise some of the small canals of the Santa Croce district

Pass By: Ponte degli Scalzi, Ponte Degli Scalzi, Venice Italy

Pass by the Ponte degli Scalzi near the train station, the third bridge connecting the two sides of the Grand Canal

Pass By: Chiesa di Santa Maria di Nazareth - Chiesa degli Scalzi, Cannaregio, 54, 30121 Venice Italy

See the Baroque church Santa Maria di Nazareth as you cruise down the Grand Canal

Pass By: Squero di San Trovaso, Rio San Trovaso, 30170 Venice Italy

See the famous Squero San Trovaso, one of the oldest and still active places where gondolas are built

Inclusions
  • Professional English-speaking guide
  • Luxurious motor-launch
  • Stop at the Jewish Ghetto
  • Grand Canal ride
  • Enter via the “Porta dell’Acqua“ into the impressive Arsenal, the historic shipyard of Venice
  • Stop by a Gondola Shipyard in the charming Dorsoduro district

Exclusions
  • Gratuities
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Meals
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Near public transportation
  • Most travelers can participate
  • Tour is not suitable for people in wheelchairs or with walking difficulties as passengers are required to step down onto the boat when boarding. The variation of the level of tides can make the vessel unstable
  • During high water, the tour will take place, but it might happen we have to partly adapt the tour to the weather conditions
  • Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
  • All passengers pay the same rate irrespectively from their age
  • 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 experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
  • This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking, unless booked within 2 days of travel. In this case confirmation will be received within 48 hours, subject to availability
Departure Point

Giardini Reali, P.za San Marco, 30124 Venezia VE, Italy


Return Details

Returns to original departure point

Voucher info

You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.

Duration

2 hours


User's Reviews

Cassie_C

30 Sep, 2023

Our first tour of the trip! After landing in Venice all the way from the states, we were so grateful for this relaxing orientation to venice. We got so much information and understand the city better!

Patricia_B

30 May, 2023

Tour was in a taxi and not in a wooden boat like the photos. Taxi was old and run down. Tour guide talked badly about “tourists” and the way they shop. His knowledge about the history was limited. We found ourselves correcting him several times. One strange thing was he kept asking us to leave our belongings (purse and backpack) on the taxi when we got off. Felt sketchy. Tour guide left us in the shopping district and not back where we started like it said. It was a 40 minute walk back. We mentioned we wanted to go back and he ignored us. Just awful experience. This was our 4th La Vacanza Travel tour this trip. The others were great.

Anant G

29 Sep, 2022

This was a great tour of some of the less touristy parts of Venice. It's divided up into the boat portion of the tour and the walking portion of the tour, that is mostly in the Jewish Ghetto. All the locations that were picked out were interesting and our guide did a good job of relaying information to us. The one issue we had was that in the boat portion of the tour, we were sitting outside in the back of the boat and weren't able to hear the guide who was sitting in the front.

Jeff_S

29 Aug, 2022

There were 8 of us on this cruise and the boat used only had seating for 3 to 4 outside the cabin. Those seated inside the cabin really couldn't see what the tour guide was discussing/telling us to look at. A boat without the cabin should have been utilized Also, really not so many secret canals as the tour was titled, they were just canals that most tourists would not see since they were mostly away from the main tourist locations

Greg_B

07 Jul, 2022

The tour guide was very knowledgeable and spoke wonderful English. She took us to all the main attractions and then some, thank you

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