Grand Canal Gondola Serenade with your Carnival Mask | La Vacanza Travel

Grand Canal Gondola Serenade with your Carnival Mask

Duration: 40 minutes
Destination: Italy, Veneto, Venice
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  • 40 minutes
  • Venice
  • E-Voucher
  • Lowest Price
  • Not-Cancellable

Overview

Experience a peculiar small-group gondola ride with singer and musician along the Grand Canal and romantic canals, wearing your own Carnival mask.

Our knowledgeable guide will provide a short introduction to the history and traditions of Venetian gondolas.

As a gift, we'll give you a traditional Carnival mask to wear during the gondola ride and take home with you.

Don't forget to snap some unforgettable photos with your mask on board the gondola and share them on social media!

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Pass By: Canal Grande, 30100 Venice Italy

“The most beautiful road in the world”, this is how the Grand Canal is known as. Gondola serenades have always been part of Venetian culture, an unchanged tradition for an unchageable city. If you look around, what you will see is almost exactly what a nobleman in the 18th century might have looked upon, and before him a Renaissance courtesan and before him a merchant in the Middle Ages.

Pass By: Teatro La Fenice, Campo San Fantin San Marco 1965, 30124 Venice Italy

Once one of 7 major theatres in the city, today the Fenice is Venice’s one and only opera house. It is surely a jewel among European theatres, and began to shine from the beginning, as the best composers of the age wrote and performed their operas here, among which Bellini, Donizetti and Rossini. But it was Giuseppe Verdi who is most attached to the Fenice and to Venetian memory.

Pass By: Palazzo Gritti Badoer, Sestiere Castello 3608, 30122 Venice Italy

The Gritti Palace takes its name from the Gritti family, an old Venetian family, the most important member being Andrea Gritti, who was Doge of Venice in the Renaissance, and led the Venetian armies against the League of Cambrai, composed by France, Spain, Holy Roman who attempted to stop Venice’s expansionist goals in France.


Pass By: Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Just East Accademia Along Gran Canal, 30123 Venice Italy

Peggy Guggenheim Collection, one of the most important art collections in the world. Peggy Guggenheim, originally from New York, arrived in Venice in 1949 and began to satisfy art addiction buying this wonderful building where she displayed invaluable artworks to the world. The beautiful terrace you see is where Guggenheim sun-bathed regularly looking onto the Grand Canal.

Pass By: Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute, Campo de la Salute Dorsoduro 1, 30123 Venice Italy

Here, as you come into the Grand Canal you are opened to the church of the Madonna della Salute.

The first thing that strikes a viewer is how imposing the church is, strategically placed at the entrance of the Grand Canal looking out onto the rest of the city in every direction, thanks to its circular shape.

Today, ever 21 November the city celebrates the Madonna della Salute in memory of the end of the plague


Pass By: Campanile di San Marco, Sestiere San Marco 328, 30124 Venice Italy

From your gondola, you will see the basin of St. Mark's and the marvelous bell tower with the base of its incredible square.

Inclusions
  • 30-minute shared gondola ride
  • Live musicians
  • Typical Carnival Mask to take home
  • 10-minute introduction to Gondola tradition
  • Aperitif (if option is selected)

Exclusions
  • Hotel pickup
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • Near public transportation
  • Not recommended for travelers with back problems
  • Not recommended for pregnant travelers
  • No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
  • Most travelers can participate
  • The Gondola Ride does not operate in case of exceptionally bad weather, high/low tide (in these cases it can be postponed the days after otherwise it will be refunded)
  • Each gondola can hold a maximum of 5 people; the seat aboard cannot be chosen but will be assigned by the gondolier depending on guests' weight
  • The gondola serenade includes a pair of musicians (a singer and a musician) who will be boarded in one of the gondolas to perform throughout the trip; there are not musicians on each gondola; to permit all participants to listen the serenade, the musicians will board on a gondola in the centre of the row
  • 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 good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers
  • Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Departure Point

1: gondola ride, Calle larga de l'Ascension, 1257, 30124 Venezia VE, Italy
2: illy Caffè, Giardini Reali, 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

40 minutes


User's Reviews

Charles_R

21 Sep, 2023

This was a terrible experience, as we didn't get to actually take the tour. After booking this tour with La Vacanza Travel, it became 1 out of 7 tours booked, where the tour guide never contacted us for the tour. We wound up booking for the wrong date, but could've taken the tour if they had contacted us. Tried to contact the tour guide assigned to this tour but never got a response. I asked for a refund but was refused, even though it said we could ask for one, even though we were never contacted by the guide.

Sherri_s

21 Sep, 2023

This was a horrible 1st experience in Venice. WE DID NOT GET OUR GONDOLA RIDE OR OUR MASK. We were lost and texted AND called for help and nobody answered. We were able to fins the restaurant and eat, but the vendor for the tour was very rude and unhelpful. We asked to reschedule and were told 👎no

Nicholas_C

11 Aug, 2023

Doing the gondola in Venice is a must! just be aware that the serenade and music is spread out and it’s not in each individual gondola. But they did a wonderful job at but they did a wonderful job at projecting the voice and music. Would recommend and carnival mask that’s included is beautifully made.

Barbara_S

29 Jul, 2023

Unfortunately we did not take this tour. We had a difficult time finding the port to board the gondola. Every gondola spot directed us to an incorrect boarding and consequently we missed the boat. Your company was not at all willing to book us on another ride the next day which was clearly available. You offered a Private ride in which you stated we would have everything the same except for music. This did not happen. We had a silent gondolier, my grandchildren did not receive a mask and it was a most disappointing experience. We also had to pay 3 euros more...for what? we don't know.

ANDRE_V

23 Jul, 2023

Singer who was serenading us was in a different gondola and much too far to hear. Our gondolier was not very friendly. He did his thing and did not engage with any of the passengers during the entire 30 min ride. Venetian masks were handed to everyone at the start of the tour without any meaningful explanation. No one wore them during the ride. In summary. It was a very ordinary gondola ride. The experience did not live up to the expectation or the description on line. Not worth the extra money.

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