Loved the gondola ride. It’s a must in Venice. However, Our drive was distracted and on the phone most of the time. And obviously not in a romantic mood. The other drivers kept yelling at him and also my husband and I didn’t even go to sit together. But it was something to check off the bucket list. The musicians in the other gondola were wonderful.

Pathetic experience. A group of 15 or more gondolas each with around 6 people were involved in this tour. Unfortunately we got onboard the 1st gondola so our gondola just kept hanging around till all other gondolas were loaded up and our boatman hadn't the courtesy to answer our quer as to what was happening. Then when all the gondolas moved out we realised that the serenade music was only in one of the gondola and the gondolas moved one behimd the other most of the time. Ours was the lead gondola and our boatmant kept our boat so far ahead of the seranade boat that we couldnt hear the serenade most of the time. I kept requesting our boatman to stay closer to tje music but he couldnt be bothered and was talking continuously on his mobile which in itself was a distraction. They should atleast swap positions of the gondolas so all in the group can enjoy the serenade up close but when i suggested this to my boatman he curtly said "not possible" and continued his mobile chat. Disappointe