What You Will Do
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!
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Itinerary
Meeting Point
**SHARED GONDOLA SERENADE (IF OPTION SELECTED)**
The meeting point is at Venice Tours Assistance Point, the big grey newstand close to Correr Museum entrance between Fendi Boutique and Post Office.
**SHARED GONDOLA SERENADE WITH DINNER (IF OPTION SELECTED)**
Dinner: Ai Coristi Restaurant
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Canal Grande
“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.
2
Teatro La Fenice
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.
3
Palazzo Gritti Badoer
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.
4
Peggy Guggenheim Collection
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.
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Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute
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
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Campanile di San Marco
From your gondola, you will see the basin of St. Mark's and the marvelous bell tower with the base of its incredible square.
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