Ready to try Venetian rowing? We are ready for you!

Private lessons year-round in rare, traditional Venetian batele craft.

All in the family

No age limit: kids row by themselves, along with a parent or your instructor.

Evening Row in the Grand Canal

Experience Venezia at her most serene — by oar.

Just rewards.

Why not follow your hard work learning the voga with a stop at a local bàcaro…or two?

Row Venice to sustain Venice.

We’re open all year-round!

We can offer you a Venetian rowing lesson whenever you like. BOOK ONLINE or request a lesson in the next 24 hours in the LIVE CHAT below.

Supporting the Venetian Voga Tradition and Sharing It with the World

Row Venice is a non-profit organization of passionate women and expert vogatrici, Venetian by birth and by choice. We are dedicated to the preservation of the traditional Venetian cultura acquea and at its center, the voga alla veneta, the Venetian style of rowing: standing up, facing forward, native to Venice and made iconic by the gondoliers. Many of us are also athletes and regatanti, racing all season long and devoted to this Venetian sport that’s as old as the city itself.

Come row with us to experience one of the most exciting and most-Venetian activities you can have. Get off the beaten path and onto the Venetian waterways in our beautiful bateline and try it yourself!

Venetian Rowing Lesson

Our classic, 80-minute, private lesson for up to four people in one traditional, Venetian hand-crafted all-wood batellina.

The Cichetto Row

Cichetto Row - Row Venice

Where foodies and wine enthusiasts can follow their prova di voga with a giro d’ombra, employing their newly acquired skills to row to two bàcari, sampling food and wine of Venice.

Row the Canal Grande!

A 80-minute rowing lesson that takes place in Canal Grande exclusively in the evening after the city begins to relax (and in summer, cool off), and during the day on Sundays (no work boats).

Looking for something different to do in Venice, something truly authentic and un-touristy? Row Venice gets you off the beaten Venetian path and behind an oar, offering you the possibility to experience the rich heritage of this unique rowing style first-hand.

While getting a taste of this exhilarating, inherently green and sustainable activity, you’ll also be supporting our non-profit organization’s goals to support women who race, kids who learn, and organizations who work to keep the voga an integral part of the city.

You’ll play a part in simultaneously raising international awareness, and generating broader support for the role of the voga and typical Venetian boats as a vital part of Venetian heritage.

By participating in—not just observing—this unique, very-Venetian activity, you’ll support our cause while acquiring a visceral connection to the city that is both historic and intimate. You, too, will understand that

There is nothing more Venetian than the Voga.

English friends of Venetian Rowing

ROW VENICE has always been fortunate to have many long-term friends of Venetian rowing. Here are two recent examples of enthusiasts from England, in Oxford and Richmond. The first is a blog post on the history of women's rowing in Venice from Tim Koch's blog on all...

Row Venice Delivers

Row Venice volunteers batele and vogatrici to deliver organic produce to Venetian residents.

An Historic Year for Racing and More

As the official Venetian regata season has drawn to a close, we at Row Venice are starting to take a look back at our accomplishments this year. Just to name a few... For instructor Elisa Costantini and her rowing partner Elena, the hard work and sacrifice of non-stop...

Thank you 25,000 times!

The Row Venice 2018 Non-profit Activity Report For many years, Row Venice has been active in the promotion of Venetian rowing and in support of the many female athletes who dedicate themselves with passion and dedication to this sport. We offer Venetian rowing lessons...

Row Venice Rows Richmond

Jane Caporal, along with 5 other Row Venice instructors and voga veneta champions who rowed with members of the Richmond Bridge Boat Club in the 2018 Vogalonga (the 30km rowing event held in Venice each spring) traveled across the Channel this weekend. They are...

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