Fabulous collection, we'll laid out. I highly recommend buying the short guide, sit in the café and have an Aperol Spritz while you read it. Going to the gallery with your head full of information makes it a great experience.
The Headout gondola cruise starts first with a Virtual Reality presentation covering background history to Venice and gondolas - very good. And caters for those who wear hearing devices!
Note you need to turn up at the Headout office.
Then it's a short walk to the gondola, seating five. Two of them get the heart-shaped seat - the others have flat seats. Can't change positions once you're onboard (as one tried during our 25-minute trip causing a panicky shout from the gondolier as the boat swayed threateningly!)
All in all it was a fabulous experience.
(As at our springtime break, getting a gondola ride for two people without booking was typically 90€)
The location is spectacular, the gondolas are beautiful, and the atmosphere is amazing—but the gondolier was pretty rude. The service from the travel agency was excellent.
Yes, it was cheesy, but my parents were living for it. As first timers in Italy and Venice, they enjoyed every minute of it. Thank you for helping my parents cross off a bucket list item - what a wonderful way to spend the morning in beautiful Venice.
I was very pleased with the trip—it wasn't long, but it was impressive. Both the guitarist and singer were excellent, featuring the most famous and beautiful Italian songs and arias. The only thing that bothered me was that the musicians and gondolier were in casual clothes, which was a bit lacking in local color. And the trip was essentially 25 minutes long. At 350 euros, they could have done a better job.
I thought it was a tourist trap, but it turned out to be a really wonderful experience, and the food was excellent! In the summer, the galleon is completely open, so you can enjoy the view to the fullest. Dinner lasts 3 hours and includes just the right breaks to let you explore the galleon and take plenty of photos with the stunning backdrop of Venice.
The meal includes two appetizers, two first courses, a main course, and a dessert, plus a welcome glass of Prosecco, a bottle of wine, and a bottle of water. Since I chose the seafood menu, everything was seafood-based; the only thing I didn’t care for was the crespella (the second first course), which was vegetarian. The background music was lovely, and the lighting was well done—it was turned on and off to allow us to eat at a leisurely pace and fully enjoy the view when there were no dishes on the table.
