Venice Grand Canal Boat Tour | Private

Take to the Venetian waters in your private boat with an expert local guide. Starting at either 3 pm or in the evening, this one-private hour tour takes you down the Grand Canal to discover all the highlights of the main waterway of the ‘Queen of the Adriatic’. You’ll pass under the stunning Rialto Bridge, venture past Saint Mark’s, Rome’s most iconic square, and come face to face with some of the city’s most stunning architecture in the form of the Doge’s Palace and Bridge of Sighs. Your hour-long private tour finishes on the Grand Canal with a refreshing aperitivo of DOCG prosecco.

Pass under Rialto Bridge and sail past St. Mark’s Square

As the gentle waves of the lagoon ripple against your private boat, we will continue along the canals, rimmed with stunning Gothic-style buildings with tented roofs topped by pinnacles. We will pass famous landmarks such as the bustling shops of the Rialto Bridge and the elegant Ponte dei Sospiri (the Bridge of Sighs). Pass under this 17th-century bridge, which connects the Doge’s Palace with the Prigioni Nuove (New Prison) along the majestic Rio di Palazzo.

Emerge on the Grand Canal to discover its highlights

Your Venice Grand Canal Boat tour finishes along the city’s main waterway, where gondoliers still punt and around which the life of the city revolves. As you sail down the Grand Canal, where goods were exported in and out of the city hundreds of years ago when it was at the peak of its power, your private guide will regale you with anecdotes and stories that will captivate your imagination.