01/24/2024
We are very happy to announce that we are partnering with Naples - Dreams in Pixels to offer photography packages on our gondola trips! Here are some photos that they took of a recent trip on a glorious day in
Experience a trip on an authentic Venetian gondola along the waterways of Naples, FL. Here at La Go
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We are very happy to announce that we are partnering with Naples - Dreams in Pixels to offer photography packages on our gondola trips! Here are some photos that they took of a recent trip on a glorious day in
A&D (right to left) are Naples residents now, but are both from Venice, Italy originally! So nice to have them on board with Gennaro yesterday. Hope you’re all having a great day!
Just another day in paradise, Gennaro choosing to go up the quieter Rock Creek rather than over to Tin City on this trip.
Just another few days until New Year’s and opening weekend!
Naples, meet Gennaro, winging his way southward from RI very soon to get the season started down there. You’re going to love this guy! (And he will be dressed in stripes the next time you see him 😉😁)
Yesterday, Rhode Island, today, Florida!
Heading out momentarily to launch gondola one - , we are headed your way!
We are so excited to be back in Naples, starting our 2024 season on New Year’s Eve!
From our to yours, a very happy and blessed to all 🙏🏼
L’ultimo giorno - the last day of the season in FL. We had a terrific day and evening, some amazing trips, and more photos to come later.
Giuliana and I just discovered the acoustics in this little alcove this weekend, but they are spectacular - the video definitely doesn’t do it justice.
Hope to see you all next season, hopefully sometime between New Year’s and late April - thank you all for a wonderful third season down here in Naples!!! 🙏🏼
An early congratulazioni to B&K, who had come straight to the dock from city hall after obtaining their marriage license! The big day is Saturday, so this was a little calm before the storm. From us to you, best wishes for a life filled with love, happiness, and romance!
Our breezy, even windy, conditions continue, but we are rowing when we can, and it is still glorious out there, especially after dark!
Just another day in paradise! 🥂🏝☀️
Tanti auguri (many wishes, or Happy Birthday) to M! Grazie to you, among many others, for joining us today out on the water. See you next time!
Just another day in paradise! ☀️🏝
Grazie mille (thank you very much) to J, R, & M, among many others, for joining us on these past few beautiful days despite dancing around the windy conditions. 🌬
Cheers to the beginning of our last month of the Florida 2022 season! 🥂🎉
Just another day in paradise!
☀️🌊⛱🏝
Tante grazie (thank you very much) to L&S and M&L, and many others, for another wonderful day out on the water.
Preparing for another day in Paradise!
☀️⛱🌊🏝
I cannot think of a better way to enjoy St. Patrick’s Day than with a gondola trip, can you? Hope you all had a wonderful time yesterday, whatever you were doing - sláinte! 🌞 ☘️
Finally, Marcello has come BACK … to Naples!
It is great to be rowing again, and down here in the beautiful weather of ! I’m trying to give Giuliana and Mariano a little extra time off before having to head for home on Sunday, and to do as much rowing as I can - hope to see you on the water!
The Patriarch and I are driving down to FL to visit Gramophone (him) and row (me) this week. We’re about 5ish miles from the SC border in NC, but these aren’t brake lights - that’s all of us sitting in Park on the highway at 0150 in the morning. GPS says it’s a 15 minute delay, but we’ve already sat for about twice that.
On the , this … is bad.
Note, the is used with permission from the incomparable
How does the road tripping gondolier celebrate Pi Day? With a pizza pie, of course!
Happy Pi Day (3/14) to all, and to all a good night! Hopefully the Ides of March will find me down in Naples …
P.S. if you’re around NW RI or NE CT, check out Weidele’s Pizza - they’re fantastic!
Our two very hardworking gondolieri took a few hours off today to visit for some time in a different vessel under oars, before they spent the evening rowing … Vessels under oars 😁🛶
Hands down, I know where I’d rather be this winter … , I’ll see you in a few more days, regardless of how high gas prices are!
Tante grazie to for bringing this to our attention:
https://www.winknews.com/2022/03/01/traffic-causing-problems-for-people-traveling-to-fort-myers-beach/
and .news, we stand ready to do our part to help alleviate the traffic headed to !
Unless, that is, you wanted the “other” type of gondola 🤷🏻♂️😆
Ah well, maybe after a day of dealing with beach traffic, you should just make a reservation with us 😁 🛶
Not a lot of boat maintenance happens while they are on the water, but the incomparable Giuliana had some time yesterday to scrub up the brass a little on the Dei Rossi gondola.
The cavalli (horses, in most cases sea horses) are very much a standard decoration on authentic gondolas. They are one of the four main adornments that were still allowed after the Doge and Venetian ruling council decreed in 1533 that all gondolas needed to be painted black, and that’s that!
How does a gondolier relax on a day off? If he’s lucky, he grabs his favorite person, maybe a furry friend, and goes for a gondola ride!
This is the incomparable Boris, owner/operator of just a ways north of Naples, who joined us for a trip. Check out his bio on sarasotagondola.com - he’s been rowing all sorts of boats for nearly 50 years!
Incidentally, that’s how many years I would like to be a gondolier - we shall see … only 27 more years to go!
Here’s to a great season for everyone on the Gulf coast!
Another winter storm hit La Gondola world headquarters yesterday, but thankfully it wasn’t as bad as the 8-14” they had been forecasting until the day of the event.
And it was great snowman/snowball snow, so the Gondobabies and I made a snow gondolier to celebrate. I wish I was rowing in Florida right now, but we’re making the most of it up here.
This post is a little late in the making - I ended up with a bunch of posts to make related to Valentine’s, and could have done more.
Better late than never (a La Gondola motto for life indeed!), here is the tired, but happy, team that served you for Valentine’s weekend 2022: from front to back:
Christina, our incredible violinist
Marcello, just me
Giuliana, though she be small, she is mighty, and powered by caffeine
Ivano, visiting all the way from RI - that hair looks even more glorious in FL than RI
Mariano, strong, steady, and smiling, shockingly - he is a rock here at LGN
Just another day in paradise - tante grazie to K&L, posing for this photo on a glorious evening in Naples!
I’s that person walking on water⁉️
No, it’s just our gondoliera extraordinaire, Giuliana, out on another trip on Valentine’s weekend. Hope you’re all doing something fun and romantic!
Ciao, Marcello
It’s a no-brainer - you can either spend your afternoon or evening in a crowded restaurant, or you can pack a picnic basket and join us for a romantic, quiet, and private gondola trip!
Just a few reservations open for this weekend - we hope to see you!
Ciao, Marcello
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Neapolitans, mi dispiace (I am sorry) for neglecting you on IG - the incomparable Giuliana and Mariano are down there serving you every day on the gondolas, and I am stuck up here at HQ, where the weather has been miserable.
The weather is looking up down there, though, and I will be heading south next week to prepare for Valentine’s weekend. Hope to see you soon!
Ciao, Marcello
We are happy to welcome back for the 2022 season the incomparable Giuliana - you repeat customers may remember her from seasons past - as well as the talented Mariano, both of them rowing all season down here before heading back to Providence in April. Here’s to a fantastic season!
I had the pleasure of meeting the incomparable and from over new year’s weekend - two fantastic people on a glorious weekend in !
Tante grazie for joining me and for the photo - I should’ve worn my sunglasses
😎🤷🏻♂️😁
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