Evening visit of St. Mark’s Basilica

Private and exclusive guided tour inside St. Mark's Basilica from 07.30 – till 08.30 p.m., when the Basilica closes its doors to the public. During the first 10 minutes organ concert taken by Roberto Micconi official organist of the Basilica. Then lights gradually begin to turn and you can admire the cathedral's mosaics, which cover more than 8,500 sq. m of surface area.

A one day cruise with bragozzo (traditional boat)

A unique chance to embark on a privileged journey through one of the greatest historical and cultural regions of Italy. Travelling with specially adapted traditional boats, we experience the very best gastronomy and historical insight into the area, reflecting its very historical and cultural essence.

This morning we board EOLO,the  only still sailing “bragozzo”refitted to cruise the Venice Lagoon for a cruise  towards the beautiful island of Lazzaretto Nuovo,  located in front  of  Sant’Erasmo one of the lagoon’s biggest producer of fruit and vegetables.. The  island used  for the “quarantine” during  Venetian  age is an important testimoniance of the history  of the  lagoon dated pre romanic age .After  the  visit  there will be  the  time  to reach  some  hidden  point  of the  lagoon  for the lunch  on  board.  As we return towards Venice for sunset, there will be time for a visit  to  the  island  of    San Lazzaro degli Armeni and an aperitivo before disembark  . We end our tour by sailing into the heart of Venice where we .will stay on the island of San Giorgio, opposite the Ducal Palace and St.Marks square, offering one of the most celebrated views of Venice

The art of the Gondola

Itinerary to the discovery of the characteristic boat in Venice

Visit of the Naval Historical Museum, where it's exhibited the model St. Trovaso's squero, the gondola belonged to the "dogaressa" Peggy Guggenheim, other historical gondolas, as well as bows from the XVIIIth century to today, tools and other objects of great artistic and historical interest such as the reconstruction of the Bucintoro, the ceremony ship used by the Doge in the day of the Ascension for the Wedding of the sea.

The visit continues in a privileged place where to learn how the gondolas were made when Venice was at its apex power: the Foundation Querini Stampalia, that still preserves abode, library, file, art collections and furnishings of the noble Venetian family.

The center is in Maria Formosa square, in a palazzetto of the '500 that, in recent times, has seen the intervention of great architectures as Carlo Scarpa.

Lunch in a typical bacaro where to taste Venetian specialty.

The itinerary ends with the visit of a squero, the yard where these unique boats in the world are built.

If you want to bring an authentic Venetian memory at home, we advise a stop in Giuliana Longo's small shop, manufacturer of caps and hats since 1901; here you find the best production in Venice in fact of hats, the authentic gondolier cap: a kind of Basque with a pompon.

Contact :  s.smizzer@vertours.com