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Located right in front of the Venetian Hotel, in a million years I thought I would ride this silly thing, especially if you have tried the real thing in Venice.
$16 per person, regardless of age, you get 2 choices, going through the Grand Canal Shoppes of the Venetian, or the outdoor. The wait for the shops was 3 hours. We chose the outdoor for my nieces.
13 minutes drive to be exact, my lil nieces love it. The gondolier also sang 2 beautiful songs for us! He told us all gondoliers had to audition in Italy, then moved here to work on contract! I was like "really?" He said he's from Sicily, wonder if I actually buy that!
$21 for 2 small pictures & 2 key rings as souvenir, not bad! Value is at 3 stars, but how often I got to babysitting my nieces while a hot Italian gondolier sang for me, so there's an extra star for the gondolier, alone!