Gondola Traghetto di Riva del Vin (Sestiere di San Polo) — Local services in Venice

The gondoliers were cheat, they did a deal to charge a bit more to do some extra time and bigger circle on the canal, but they did the usual circle. When I complained then the gondolier started speaking in Italian and after sometime he said go talk to person you made deal with, who was obviously gone. The ride was also awfully dull, the gondolier didn’t talk or respond. The gondoliers started shouting and abusing and we had to chuck it and go away as we didn’t want to spoil our holiday. Stay away from them if you don’t want spend this big sum and spoil your experience. Don’t spoil your...

Scenic ride for my lady. I almost slipped entering the boat and the gondolier said, "are you crazy?" Started out not so hot. Gondolier did not explain much to make the ride more enjoyable, responded to our questions only briefly. We signed up for a 30 minute ride that lasted 20 minutes. At the end, the man said they only take cash, which, like many cabbies, is typical vendor hustle. Would not do that again, felt scammed and cheated. Without the gondolier, nice experience;...

My partner and I were lucky to get such a nice gondolier for our ride. Riccardo spoke English well and spoke about history of some places. He answered any questions we had too. The ride was 90€ for just on the big canal or €110 through the „streets“. We opted the street route...