Gondola Serenade and romantic dinner

About the Event

Experience a delightful gondola tour enhanced by the vibrant sounds of iconic Italian melodies.

Board the gondola to navigate the charming waterways and stunning palatial vistas along the Grand Canal, with views of historic sites like the Peggy Guggenheim Collection and the Basilica of Santa Maria della Salute. Explore the aquatic approach to the La Fenice Theatre and glide beneath the renowned Accademia Bridge.

After your musical gondola journey, indulge in authentic Venetian dishes at a cozy local eatery. There, you and your party can savor the romantic ambiance of this magical city while sampling regional delicacies.

Practical Information

Gondola Serenade Meeting point: Campo San Gallo, San Marco 1093/B, Venice Tours office, close to San Marco Square. Please be at the meeting point 5 minutes before the departure time.

HOW TO REACH THE MEETING POINT
The office is located close to San Marco Square. Having the Basilica of San Marco behind you, stay on the right side of the square and go under the arches. Find Olivetti Museum, turn right passing under the archways, cross the little bridge and go straight on to “Campo San Gallo”, Venice Tours Office is located in the campo (small square).

Restaurant address: Ai Coristi, Piscina S. Moise, 1995 (just in front of the Fenice Opera House)

Ai Coristi restaurant is located just few meters from the gondola landing stage. After the gondola ride you will enjoy a typical dinner in a Venetian Restaurant tasting the traditional local food, the location is just few meters from he gondola landing stage.

Meat Menu:
First Courses
Spaghetti with clams
Tagliolini with local sea food
Spaghetti with cuttlefish ink Venetian recipe Bolognaise gnocchi with meat sauce
Garden vegetables soup
Crepes with mushrooms sauce from our mountains
Second Courses
Adriatic mixed fried fish
Grilled gilt‐head
Veal liver Venetian style
Escalope with Marsala wine‐sauce
Grilled chicken breast
Special Course — Coristi’s Salmon
Side Dish
Mixed salad
Grilled Vegetables
French Fries

Vegetarian Menu:
First dishes
Risotto with zucchini and saffron Lasagna with local vegetables
Caprese salad
Tagliatelle with mushrooms and vegetarian cream
Second courses
Local vegetables patties
Eggplant Parmigiana Grilled vegetables Vegetable soup
Side dish
Mixed salad French fries

Please note:
- The choice of courses is not replaceable, if customers wish to take other courses, they shall pay directly to the restaurants the difference due.
- The tour does not include special request (candlelight, special cakes, prosecco wine etc.)
- For people with food intolerance problems or with special diet requirements, a special request shall be made upon reservation.
- Drinks are not included

Please, at the moment of reservation, comunicate us eventual food allergies or special diet request, you should comunicate it at the moment of reservation.

This tour is not fully accessible for wheelchair users or people with walking disabilities.

Free under 2 years ONLY if child does not occupy its own seat on the gondola.

Any purchase at the restaurant for children under 2 years shall be paid directly on the spot.

The tour does not include special request (candlelight, special cakes, prosecco, wine etc.)

Comfortable shoes are suggested

The gondola ride is NOT private but it's shared with other participants.
Each gondola can accomodate up to maximum 5 people the seat aboard cannot be chosen but will be assigned by the gondolier depending on guests weight

The tour group 'Gondola Serenade' includes a couple of musicians (a singer + a musician) that will be boarded in one of the gondolas to perform throughout the trip, there is not a couple of musicians on each gondola to permit all participants to listen the serenade, the musicians will board on a gondola in the center of the row