First day: Venice

Arrival in Venice in the morning and meeting with the guide. We are going to start walking and then making our first stop outside of Ca Vendramin Calergi, where Richard Wagner lived for a long time. We are going to continue towards a district called Castello e we are going to stop in front of the old facade of a church called San Lazzaro dei Mendicanti where concerts that captivated Jean Jacques Rousseau were held. We are going to make a stop in front of the Antico Ospizio dei Derelitti, also known as Ospedaletto, whose chapel was run by high-profile, internationally renowned composers. Walking out of Ospedaletto we are going to make a stop near St.Mark’s district to admire the Ospedaletto della Pietà beloved by Vivaldi. Lastly, we are going to head towards Rialto to admire Palazzo Strozzi, whose owner (Giulio Strozzi) contributed to the birth of the Venetian opera. At the end of our walk, we are going to stop for a refreshing drink in St. Mark’s Square. Then, we are going to board a gondola where an opera singer will sing for us some of the most important operas and/or historical Venetian songs. In the evening, we are going to check-in in a hotel, have dinner and overnight stay.