Combo Tour: Glassblowing and Gondola Ride

    3.6 / 5

    77 Reviews

    Combo Tour: Glassblowing and Gondola Ride

    3.6

    77 Reviews

    From US$ 46.21 per person

    Discover the secrets of the Murano art of glassblowing at a Venice glass factory. Then, relax as a gondola carries you through Venice's picturesque canals.

    About this activity

    Free cancellation
    Cancel up to 24 hours in advance to receive a full refund
    COVID-19 precautions
    Special health and safety measures apply. Learn more
    Mobile ticketing
    Use your phone or print your voucher
    Duration 55 minutes
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    Skip the ticket line
    Instant confirmation
    Live tour guide
    English

    Experience

    Highlights
    • Skip the long lines
    • Experience the magic art of glassblowing
    • Float down Venice's most charming canals in a gondola
    • Admire famous sights while relaxing and enjoying
    Full description
    The Magic Art of Glassblowing Watch a glass craftsman create a unique art piece, like magic, right in front of your eyes. While this mesmerizing art form comes to life, you'll hear all about its ancient history and techniques. The warmth, smells and sounds of the furnace will take you right back through time to the Venetian Republic. At the end of your experience, you will receive a small glass souvenir as a memento of this visit. The Gondola Ride Float along Venice's most characteristic and memorable features: its canals. You'll pass through the Grand Canal, cruise under charming small bridges and explore some of city's most secluded waterways. From your gondola, you can admire the city's most breathtaking and important sights: the Mozart House; La Fenice Theatre; the Peggy Guggenheim Collection; Salute Church; Punta della Dogana; Doge's Palace; and St. Mark's Bell Tower.
    Includes
    • Skip-the-line guarantee
    • Glass factory guided tour
    • Small glass souvenir for every couple or each family
    • Tour commentary provided in English, French, Spanish, German, Italian and Japanese
    • Gondola ride: lasts approximately 30 minutes
    • Map that describes tour sights
    • Food and drinks
    • Hotel pick-up
    • Tips
    Not suitable for
    • Wheelchair users
    COVID-19 precautions

    Customers must book this activity online because the ticket office is closed

    Safety measures in place
    • All areas that customers touch are frequently cleaned
    • Customers must keep distance in vehicles
    • The number of visitors is limited to reduce crowds
    Traveler requirements
    • Customers must bring their own headphones
    • Customers are required to bring and wear masks

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    Meeting point

    Ground floor colonnade, in front of Museo Correr’s entrance at Saint Mark’s Square. Facing the Museo Correr's entrance you will see the Post Office (Poste Italiane) on your left. The gondola station is just one minute walking from the meeting point. The assistant will wait for you at the grey newsstand between Fendi Boutique and Poste Italiane (Post Office) with a sign saying 'Venice Tours - Assistance Point'.

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    Important information

    What to bring

    • Comfortable shoes

    Not allowed

    • Pets
    • Smoking

    Know before you go

    • Three different time options, so please choose accordingly
    • Not fully accessible for wheelchair users or people with walking disabilities
    • Wear comfortable shoes
    • Shared tour with other guests who may not belong to your party
    • Each gondola can hold a maximum of six (6) people
    • Gondola seating arrangement cannot be chosen and is assigned by the gondolier based on the weight of each guest
    • Tour does not operate in case of exceptionally bad weather or local gondolier's strike
    • Itinerary is subject to change in the case of wind or bad weather
    Customer reviews

    Overall rating

    3.6 / 5

    based on 77 reviews

    Review summary

    • Service
      3.6 / 5
    • Organization
      3.5 / 5
    • Value for money
      3.3 / 5
    • Safety
      4 / 5
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    Very nice well organized Gondola tour

    Nice to combine 2 activities within the same day. The tour is well organized. The gondola tour was super nice, I strongly recommended it. The glassblowing tour is very short, just a few minutes exhibition (cute but short!) and then the glass company trying to sell their products. Not sure it’s worth the cost of the ticket.

    June 24, 2019

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    Reviewed by Anonymous – Netherlands

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    Good!

    For the glassblowing, we had a demo and a tour of the gallery as well as extensive information on the exceptional pieces in the gallery, which we enjoyed. I wish we could have had more time with the master glassblower, looking at more demos and examples. The gondola tour was nice but didn’t feel special. Maybe it’s because the gondolier made little effort to connect with us, or because we didn’t go under the bridge of sighs during the tour... or maybe the lack of serenading? In any case, the sights were beautiful and i would recommend Venice and the ride nonetheless. Concerning the tour itself, it was easy to find the meeting points and the lady was very nice. We had booked for a French tour though, but were spoken to in English throughout.

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    June 13, 2019

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    Reviewed by Anonymous – Mauritius

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    Brilliant value for money

    Very good combination. Gondola ride was brilliant (although it said there was an English guide and the guide turned out to be your phone so if you would like to learn about some of the site's then take earphones as we didn't so couldn't take advantage of that feature). The glass blowing was brilliant!! Just a 10 minute demonstration but fantastic to see and then you have the chance to look around the shop and here a little bit more information on how it is made! Tour guide was lovely and answered all of the questions I asked her . Only other thing to mention is that the meeting points are both a 5-10 minute walk to where you actually need to go.

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    April 13, 2019

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    Reviewed by Emma – United Kingdom

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