Gondola Ride Experience™

I would 100% recommend going to the islands but I would not do it with this company. 1- they advertised as a small group tour, which is why I went with them versus other companies. It was over 100 people with smaller “groups” with each tour guide. That made everything we did overly crowded. “Choose this option to visit the iconic Venetian islands in a small group, comfortably seated on a wooden boat.” 2-I booked the three islands, and was advertised as 6 hours… instead it was the 5 hour tour but we were rushed over to Torcello for 30 minutes while the 5 hour group was on Borano. “6 hours: approximately Murano, Burano, Torcello” the main problem with this is the main thing to see is the basilica that’s a 10 minute walk, by the time you walk there you only have a few minutes for pictures before you leave. The ad said One-hour and 15 minutes on Torcello island. 3- every place we were guided to seemed like an tourist trap, and things that we should have been guided too were discussed and we were told to find them on our own. The guide was okay, the problem is that you don’t get much guiding, and most of the time when you are guided it’s with the group of 100 and being jammed into too small spaces. I would probably say go with alilaguna, it’s cheaper you get the same amount of time but less crowds, less hassle, and the same amount of guiding.

Be sure to be on time!! Wonderful day on the boat to both islands. The glass demo was very hot and amazing! The lace was interesting, 7 women and a month to make one 7 inch piece of lace. My sister and had a great day and had a wonderful lunch. Our tour guide was great and informative and she spoke very good English. We are going back to Burono when we return !

Our tour guide (Sara I believe), was fantastic! We did: “Doge’s Palace and St.Mark's Basilica: Private Skip-the-Line Guided Tour”. I got so nervous after booking it because of the mixed reviews, but wow it was probably our favorite thing from our trip! With our tour guide being a local, waving to many friends as we walked by and weaving in and out of places like she knew them like her back hand, it felt like a friend was showing us around while making history come to life. This was so worth it! They didn’t ask us for any reviews or anything, but it truly deserved it and I know that I would have benefitted from reading what tour was booked and people’s review. Thanks so much for a great tour!!

The shared gondola ride was very nice, as was the brief tour as we walked over to the gondolas. We were able to walk up to the counter and buy our tickets. We could have also ordered online. The only downside was that our gondolier was sick and didn't provide any information as we toured the canals.

Booked St. Marks Basilica and Doge’s Palace tour (with the Bell Tower option) Our guide was the very knowledgeable, light hearted, and often numerous, Elena. She is very clearly proud of her city, its history, and her people, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. We learned a lot of things about these beautiful buildings, and their often bloody history… and does make you wonder why the Bridge of Sighs has become such an iconic tourist attraction, given its purpose… Overall, I’d highly recommend this company… and if you happen to have the pleasure of the tour being led by Elena, then you’ve got the added bonus! The Bell Tower was definitely worth doing too, and didn’t matter that this part of the tour was unguided, but extremely pleased that we had Skip the Queue passes! The views are sensational!

This was a very nice tour that included a shared gondola ride. Our guide was incredibly knowledgeable and helpful. The tour started with a vr video, followed by a walk through Venice with our guide, and lastly ended with a gondola ride through some of the canals in Venice. My wife and I really enjoyed it!

Nothing spacial other than the views, the guy who took us is there to take your 90 euros thats it dont expect too much from him!

Nicely organised the gondola ride. It is like 15 mins they will explain what is the ride about and 25-30 mins of ride. But it will be amazing to view the buildings around grand canal