5 minutes to book. Best day of our entire trip. Everything felt effortless from pickup to sunset.
Italy — houseboats at a glance
10 houseboats are available to book across 1 departure base. Boats leave from Chioggia (10). The model is Pénichette 1020 (2). Built 1994–2025, 8.9–13 m long, 1–4 cabins, up to 11 guests. Weekly prices start from €2,139; every price on this page is the boat’s own listed rate for 7 nights, before extras.
Houseboats in Italy
Houseboats in Italy are on the Venetian lagoon and the canals of the Veneto and Friuli: from Casale sul Sile, Chioggia and Precenicco to Venice itself, Burano, Murano, the Brenta villas and the lagoon towns of Caorle and Grado. No licence is needed; the bases give a briefing and the boats are slow, flat-bottomed and built for the lagoon channels. A week is enough for Venice and the islands with a day or two on the rivers.
Other boat types in Italy
Sailing boats (741) · Catamarans (573) · Motor boats (101) · Motor yachts (43) · Gulets (38) · All boats in Italy
Houseboats elsewhere
France (194) · Germany (45) · Netherlands (34) · Belgium (8) · Ireland (7) · All houseboats
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