The Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino, the largest property in the country to receive AAA’s Five Diamond Award and Mobil Four-Star, is one of the world’s most luxurious resort and convention destinations.

Re-creating Venice’s legendary landmarks, the resort offers unmatched service and quality for leisure and corporate guests.

The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino is all themed around Italy’s most romantic city – Venice. From an entrance modeled on the Doge’s Palace with mosaic-tiled walls, marble statues, Renaissance-style fresco ceilings and canals on which gondolas cruise under trompe-l’œil ceilings, to characters in public spaces singing Verdi’s operas, you might believe that you’re actually in Venice.

The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino, with its 36 floors and over 4,000 rooms, allows guests to enjoy all the splendor of Vegas without even leaving the premises.

Located in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip, The Venetian features The Grand Canal Shoppes, an indoor streetscape complete with gondolas and singing gondoliers, the Canyon Ranch SpaClub, world-class gaming, exquisite restaurants, and a wide variety of entertainment such as Phantom – The Las Vegas Spectacular, Blue Man Group and Wayne Brady on its premises, as well as extensive convention and corporate services.

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So Italy is a bit too far away – don’t worry.  You can still get the traditional Italian experience of a Venetian gondola ride right here in Las Vegas.

There are even private gondolas available for sixty dollars that allow you to traverse the Venice-inspired waterways with just you and a friend.  As elegant and romantic as a true Venetian gondola ride, this has become one of the many required stops on any trip to Vegas.

The gondola rides are offered solely, as you would expect, at The Venetian.  But the interconnectedness of the city makes visiting a simple jaunt, whether from nearby hotels such as Treasure Island and The Mirage, or a mere cab or tram ride down the strip.  Everyone is invited to take in the passion and wonder that has been transplanted from Italy and left to remain here, just steps from the casino floor.

If you want to ride in the gondolas at The Venetian in Las Vegas, you can choose between indoor and outdoor rides.  The indoor ride is the more popular, whisking you through the mall that is attached to the hotel, decorated with facades, bridges and other monuments that resemble the green canals of Venice.

Called the Grand Canal, the lilting voices of the gondoliers carry throughout the mall, many of whom were trained in Italy by the masters.  Gondolas at the Venetian Las Vegas are just about everywhere – it’s definitely the main selling point of the famous hotel.  Source: Destination 360