Venice, classic tour

DURATION

4 days/3 nights – Available all year round

SERVICE

Half board

A complete tour in the city of Venice, unparalleled art city thanks to its museums, palaces and churches.

ItinerarY

First day: Venice

Arrival in Venice and meeting with the guide. We are going to have a guided tour of some of the city’s most famous landmarks: Rialto Bridge, the Grand Canal, St. Mark’s Basilica and the Piazza bearing the same name, St Mark’s Campanile, the Doge’s Palace, the Bridge of Sighs. Free time will be allotted for lunch in a bacaro, a typical Venetian bar. In the afternoon we are going to get to Peggy Guggenheim Collection for our private tour. Hotel check-in in the evening, dinner and overnight stay.

Second day: cruise around the islands of Murano, Burano and Torcello

After breakfast, we are going to board a private vessel and start cruising in the Venetian lagoon. We are going to get to the island of Murano and visit a kiln. Then we are going to visit the island of Burano, characterised by colourful houses. Lastly, we are going to visit the island of Torcello to have lunch in a restaurant. After lunch, we are going back to Venice and in the afternoon you can have individual tours. Dinner and overnight stay in a hotel.

Third day: Venice

After breakfast, we are meeting the guide to begin a series of visits to discover the Venetian cloisters, a covered walk, open gallery, or open arcade running along the walls of buildings and forming a quadrangle or garth. We are going to visit the cloisters of several convents such as Santa Gloriosa dei Frari, Madonna dell’Orto, S. Apollonia, S. Francesco della Vigna. At the end of these visits, some time will be allotted for lunch. In the afternoon we are going to relocate to Cannaregio to visit the Venetian ghetto, the area of Venice in which Jews were forced to live by the government of the Venetian Republic. Back to the hotel, dinner and overnight stay.

Fourth day: Venice

After breakfast, we are going to have a private tour of Gallerie dell’Accademia. At the end of the visit, the rest of the day is free for individual tours and end of services. Possible additions or integrations may be added to the main program based on the client’s preferences.

ADDITIONAL TOURS

Venice culinary tour

A tour enabling you to discover the origins and the history of Venetian gastronomy through banquets, hotels, flebag motels, furatole (typical Venetian inn), wine shops, and most of all old inns still in existence.

“La città delle donne” (the city of women)

Guided tour dedicated to some women who best represent the role of women in Venice, at the time of the Ventian Republic. They were dogaresse (the official title of the spouse of the Doge of Venice), women of letters, journalists, artists, but also courtesans, competitive sailors, entrepreneurs who made their mark in the history of Venice representing, in some cases, an achievement in the history of the world.

DETAILS

It is possible to join this itinerary with another one. Further additional tours could be available based on seasonality.

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INCLUDED

3 overnight stays in a 3 or 4-star hotel in Venice with breakfast included;
1 lunch and 2 dinners at the restaurant;
Guided tours with specialised guide as scheduled;
Admissions as scheduled;
Cruise around the islands in the Venetian lagoon.

NOT INCLUDED

Tourist taxes;
Additional admissions;
Tips, drinks and everything not included in the “included” section.