Private Gondola Ride: Venice's Grand Canal and Hidden Canals

The gondola is yours alone, with no strangers on board. Your gondolier sets off from Riva degli Schiavoni beside St Mark's and glides onto the Grand Canal, past Gothic and Byzantine palace facades best seen from the water. Then he slips into the narrow side canals, under low stone bridges and along quiet walls where Venice is still a working city. Available by day or after dark, when the monuments are lit and reflections turn gold.