A gondola is a traditional Venetian rowing boat, best known today for transporting tourists.
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Gondola may also refer to:
- Gondola (airplane), a compartment on the underside of a powered fixed-wing aircraft
- Gondola (airship), an external equipment or passenger compartment attached to a powered blimp or dirigible
- Gondola (balloon), a payload basket or capsule suspended beneath an unpowered hot air or gas balloon
- Gondola (Ferris wheel), a passenger car or cabin or capsule attached to the rim of the wheel
- Gondola, a capsule in which a test subject is situated at the end of the rotating arm of a human centrifuge
- Gondola lift, or cable car, a type of aerial lift
- Gondola, the cargo or passenger platform suspended beneath a transporter bridge
- Gondola, a suspended platform used by window cleaners
- Gondola, major component of the Falkirk Wheel rotating boat lift in Scotland, UK
- Spy gondola, an observation compartment lowered beneath an airship
Vehicles
- Gondola (rail), a type of railroad car with an open top and enclosed sides, for carrying loose bulk materials
- SY Gondola, an 1859 preserved steam yacht operated by the National Trust on Coniston Water, England