An Italian Adventure In Providence With A Gondola Ride And Grilled Pizza

Whether you want to recreate some Italian magic from a past trip, you were a super fan of Stanley Tucci’s CNN show Searching For Italy (his new show is Tucci in Italy on HULU) or you’re just looking for a way to enjoy this week to the fullest, how about booking a gondola ride?

Povidence’s La Gondola is a picturesque way to capture some Venetian special-ness without having to hop any flights or stress over what to pack. (Also, if you want to ramp up the Italian trip vibes, grab a grilled pizza or two at Bacaro afterwards.)

The hubs and I took our very FIRST ride back in 2016 and it was so enjoyable! In addition to serenading us, our gondolier looped us in on some local history that we were completely unaware of.

And we’ve been back a bunch of times since, most recently earlier THIS SUMMER (that’s 2025).

All in all, it is a fun-tastic afternoon or evening on the water in Providence and I cannot recommend it more, especially if you and your significant other want to do something Euro inspired and romantic.

If this sounds like something you’d LOVE to do this summer, definitely take a look at their site: GondolaRI.com.

As always, if you go with La Gondola after reading this, please let them know you were inspired by Patty J and PattyJ.com.