Private Tour: Venice Grand Canal Evening Boat Tour
Description
Embark on a romantic evening cruise through Venice's enchanting canals aboard a modern Venetian boat. This tour offers a unique experience along Venice's iconic Grand Canal, allowing you to explore further than a traditional gondola. Choose between a one or two-hour journey with your own private boat and personal guide.
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Navigate on board an elegant water taxi the famos s-shaped canal, the Grand Canal
St. Mark's Square has always been the most important Square in Venice and it has been defined as "the most beautiful drawing room of Europe".
The Doge's Palace is one of the finest example of Venetian Gothic style. It was the residence of the Doge, and the political and judicial heart of the city.
The island of San Giorgio Maggiore is located right in front of St. Mark's Square. On the island there is a 6th-century Benedictine church designed by Andrea Palladio.
The Church of the Redeemer was designed by the architect Andrea Palladio and built as a votive church to thank God for the deliverance of the city from a major outbreak of the plague.
The Ca' Pesaro is a Baroque marble palace facing the Grand Canal built by the Venetian architect, Baldassarre Longhena, who also designed the church of the Salute and Ca' Rezzonico, for the noble and wealthy Pesaro family.
At the beginning of the Grand Canal, the "barefoot bridge" connects the Railway station to the rest of the city.
It is a particularly notable example of the 18th century Venetian baroque and rococo architecture and interior decoration, and displays paintings by the leading Venetian painters of the period, including Francesco Guardi and Giambattista Tiepolo. Nowadays it hosts a public museum dedicated to 18th-century Venice (Museo del Settecento Veneziano)
Designed in the 16th century, it now hosts the casino of Venice.
The Ca' d'Oro or Palazzo Santa Sofia is a palace on the Grand Canal . One of the oldest palace in the city, its name means "golden house" due to the gilt and polychrome external decorations which once adorned its walls.
Pass under one of the most iconic symbol of Venice: the Rialto Bridge.
The Accademia Bridge is the only wooden bridge in Venice.
The Peggy Guggenheim collection is housed in the Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, an 18th-century palace, which was the home of the American heiress Peggy Guggenheim for three decades.
In the 17th century Venice experienced an unusually devastating outbreak of the plague. As a votive offering for the city's deliverance from the pestilence, the Republic of Venice vowed to build and dedicate a church to Our Lady of Health (or of Deliverance, Italian: Salute).
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
- If you're planning a day trip to Venice and staying outside the city, please note that an access fee will be required on certain dates. For more information, including details about exemptions and the specific dates when the fee applies, please visit (https://cda.ve.it).
Reviews(58)
Unfortunately, we showed up for our 6:00pm evening grand canal tour and were told that no guide or boat were available. I tried messaging the provider with no response that evening and the next day with no response. Thanks to Viator for providing a full refund!
We were canceled the reservation that had been previously confirmed. We arrived at tour time and were told it was complete and had been an operator error. I have not received any emails advising of the cancellation or with the refund. I gave the impression that they didn't know the faith that I had hired the tour. We were given no option to change either the date or the time. Very bad experience
Eliza was my guide and at first we were both standing at the meet up spot for awhile both waiting for each other and so it was a little confusing at first but once we got that figured out it was amazing! She spoke very good English and she even had a presentation book with pictures and took the time to explain things to me about the foundational elements of Venice which I loved because I’m an Interior Designer and a builder and that is why I came to study the architecture and understand the structures. She was so knowledgeable and so friendly and easy to talk to!
Barbara was amazing! The tour was so beautiful, genuine, and educational. We had a wonderful time. 10/10 would book again
We were a family of 5 adults and 2 small children. Lara was superb. We did the 2 hour trip. Very knowledgable. Highly recommended.
Grand tour by water taxi The tour of the the canals via water taxi was unforgettable. In our first day in Venice, we were able to appreciate the beautiful vistas and intricacies of the architecture amidst the canals. Elisa, our tour guide, was knowledgeable and attentive to our needs. Traveling with my elderly mother, she ensured safe and easy transport. It was a magical evening.
Great experience of the grand canal with an amazing guide. She was very knowledgeable and interesting. It was a great way to go around the islands.
Basically you are on a private taxi boat, mostly going through the Grand Canal, some side canals and in the open lagoon. The windows of the boat are dirty from the waterspray and don't get cleaned before the next tour starts. So taking photos or really seeing the sights is obscured. For the most part, the tour guide explained the history of Venice rather than explaining what we were driving past. A conversation better held over a dinner and not an expensive boat ride. So overall we were not impressed.
Unfortunately it rained and the experience was not pleasant, we could not see anything because the windows of the boat fogged up, they should allow cancellation when the weather is not suitable due to rain, additionally the guide was sick twisting, sneezing in such a closed place, which generated unease In the group, he also provided little information so we had to ask him a lot of questions to try to make the visit more lively because in the rain, not being able to see anything was very boring… 2 super long hours
The tour was and boat were nice but we had issues finding our meeting location. Viator had listed two meeting locations and our location tour guide had a third meeting location so we had a late and unfortunate start to our trip as it was frustrating and changed the energy of our experience. They did provide 15 minutes at the end to help rectify but it was not the full luxury experience I had hoped for.
