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The tour combines two ways of visiting Venice into one ultimate experience, to discover most of the enchanted city.
The walking tour through Labyrinth of narrow streets and channels includes the most important buildings in Venice, while the cruise around Gran Canal
allows to see the city from the perspective of merchants sailors and fishermen arriving to [...]

The tour gives the unique opportunity to discover Venice as seen by local people, to enter the places usually not seen by the tourists.
The English speaking guide leads through tiny streets, small bridges above narrow canals passing by local market squares.

This intimate experience is our suggestion for the ultimate romantic evening in Venice.
Your enchanting evening begins at the Bacino Orseolo in front of Cavalletto Hotel near Piazza San Marco.
The gondola meanders slowly in the labyrinth of narrow canals, under tiny bridges passing by old buildings and palaces, that leave the stilettos of light reflections [...]

This tour provides the perfect addition to a standard visit to Venice. The luxurious motor boat takes the visitors to a ride around the Venetian Lagoon with the stops on three most influent islands.
For the centuries Murano glass has been the symbol of mysterious quality of Venetian masters doing their secret works on the island [...]

The Gondola Serenade tour allows the tourists to meet one of the most moving experience of the enchanted city.
The reflections of old buildings and bridges seen from the water level strengthened by the songs by a gondolier at the end of a dayare really ‘must do’ while in Venice. The evening time is chosen to [...]

Enjoy a tour of the two iconic buildings of Venice – the Basilica di San Marco and the Palazzo Ducale located on another iconic symbol Piazza San Marco, the famous square
called the “Drawing Room of the World”.

In 1949 the American millionairess Peggy Guggenheim came for the Venetian Biennale with her art collection, and soon decided to move to the city for good.
For her new home she has bought the former residence of Venetian aristocratic family Venier, known as Ca’Venier de Leoni, from the pet lion kept once on the courtyard of [...]

The entrance to the square from the marine side leads between two columns located on Piazetta, the small square between the Doge’s Palace and Sansovinian Library. On the columns there are the sculptures of lion symbol of St.Mark and St.Teodoro killing the dragon.
St. Teodoro was the first Patron saint of Venice to be replaced by [...]

For over thousand years the Doge’s Palace has been the the site of the highest Venetian authorities.
The small fortified castle from the 9th century grew gradually with the grow of Republic’s power. At the end of the 13th century the Republic featured the stable political system consisted of
Senate and Great Council which controlled the [...]

In 1774, the leading opera house in Venice, San Benedetto Theatre has been destroyed by the malicious fire.
Due to the land ownership problems the opera company decided to build the new opera on the different location. The theatre, which “rose from the ashes” was given the apropriate name
La Fenice (The Phoenix). The building [...]

Until half of the 19th century Ponte di Rialto was the only bridge connecting both sides of Canal Grande.
The bridge has been located in the place, where the canal goes narrower just before the sharp turning, and it happened to lie almost exactly in the middle of the city.

Built originally as a mausoleum to protect the grave of Saint Mark, Patron Saint of Venice, the small church, twice rebuilt to the present times witnessed almost the whole history of the city.
The power of Medieval trade has changed the private chapel near Dodge’s Palace into the main church of the Republic, where the doge’s [...]

First Jewish merchants came to Venice at the beginning of 14th century. Issued in 1381 the first Condotta which allowed Jews to settle in Venice and occupy with money lending and second-hand trade became only a temporary solution, and thorough 15th century Jews who wanted to live in Venice encountered numerous problems especially from [...]

This year edition of Venice Film Festival runs under the banner of Venice Biennale along with other great events such as International Art Exhibition, Music and the Theatre Festival.
The opening ceremony is scheduled on September 2, and the Festiwal is going to last till 12th of September.
Today in the eve of Festival is scheduled [...]

The Palazzo del Cinema at Venice Lido has been opened for the occasion of the fifth edition of the Venice Film Festival in 1937.
Since that time the modernist building hosts the next editions of the festival, which will commence this year for the 66′th time.
It has been enlarged in 1952 with the [...]

The Clock Tower which flanks the north side of Piazza San Marco has been built at the end of 15th century most likely by Mauro Coducci.
The side wings were added a couple of years later, and in 1755 were adorned by the top balustrade, the work of Giorgio Massari.
The astronomical clock on the main wall [...]

The honeymoon in Venice – it is a dream of thousands of young couples all over the world.
The unique spleen of the city attracts more and more people, some came here fulfilling their dreams -’just married’, some -’just about to be married’ still have the time,
and some deliberately choose Venice as a perfect place [...]

The Airport Marco Polo is located on terra ferma – the dry land, northeast of the island part of Venice.
The nicest way to get to the island city is – as one can expect by the boat.
There is the regular line vaporetto boats departing every hour, and faster, but 5-6 times more expensive motorboats, that [...]

Due to its location on the Adriatic coast ans chain of canals covering the city, Venice experiences very high humidity, and often rapid thunderstorms and rain showers.
There are a lot of sunny days, but weather is quite unpredictable, and the blue sky very fast can be covered with rainy clouds.
But Venice isn’t a city [...]

The infamous great flood, that hit Venice in 1966 was mainly caused by the local phenomenon called ‘Acqua Alta’, which every year occurs in the Venetian Lagoon, fortunately on much lower scale.
Acqua Alta (“High water”) is the period of abnormal level of sea water in Venetian Lagoon, which rise due to coincidence of several factors [...]