| Venice - Private Tours |
Half Day visit of Venice
(2 hrs) |
You will meet the guide at hotel and will start the visit of Palazzo Ducale (inside) The Palazzo Ducale, the seat of the ancient courts of the Republic, was built between the'300 and'400 Gothic "bloom" and the decorations of the rooms date from institutional and celebrate'500 end the myth of Venice, whose glory was allegorically represented by Veronese in the ceiling of the hall of the Higher Council.
Then visit of St. Mark’s Basilica called golden for its mosaics glass tiles covered with gold leaf, was the private chapel of the Doge, strange combination of East-Christian art and ornamentation of Muslim origin, Byzantine and Gothic.
You will admire the Tower from the square. |
Half Day visit of The Accademia Museum
(2 hrs) |
You will meet the guide at hotel and together you will reach the Accademia Gallery; the School (lay brotherhoods) of Charity, the oldest (1260) of Venice, since 1807 has become the seat of the Accademia Gallery and the School of Fine Arts (1750) is now in the convent of the church of Charity.
The Academy is the most important collection of Venetian painting from'300 to'700: Bellini, Giorgione, Titian, Veronese, Tintoretto, Guardi, the extraordinary cycle of Carpaccio, the cycle of canvases of the Scuola di San Giovanni Evangelista, representation of the scene." End of the visit. |
Half Day visit of Arsenale and the Castello
(2 hrs) |
You will meet the guide at hotel and start a journey in the most extended of Venice, Castello, where once resided some of the most important foreign community will pass on the little school of San Giorgio degli Schiavoni, where there is a series of canvases devoted to the saints protectors of Dalmatian powered by Carpaccio, famous as the "Vision of St. Augustine." This small room is a precious testimony of the Italian Renaissance, recreated in an internal Venetian by Carpaccio.
Continue towards the Arsenal After a maze of narrow streets, will arrive in Campo San Zanipolo, once defined as "the field of wonders," to admire the façade of the Scuola di San Marco, the equestrian statue of the mercenary Bartolomeo Colleoni del Verrocchio, the teacher of Leonardo da Vinci and the Gothic church of the Dominicans, pantheon of the Doges.
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The Lagoon Islands (4 hrs) |
You will meet the guide at hotel and start the visit from St. Mark's Square by private water taxi that leads you to Murano Island , the biggest Island famous for its glassworks. Here, in 1291 all the glassblowers, were moved for security reasons. We may enter into a furnace and assisting the creation of an object and continue our discovery of this art in the Museum of Ancient Glass. Further north, Burano, the island of lace, once a fishing village, with small colorful houses that one cannot avoid photographing.
At the end the boat will leave to Torcello that is the smaller of the three Islands . Now, only 13 people are living there but, on the X century it was a big centre with 40.000 habitants, 12 churches and convents. It was also the richest and most powerful island on the lagoon. Here stands the oldest cathedral of the lagoon, the Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta. Back to Venice.
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Gondola Ride |
We would like to offer a great Gondola Tour on the most charming venetian canals.
The private tour starts from Bacino Orseolo located just behind St. Mark’s Square and go through small but enchanting venetian canals such as Rio dei Barcaroli and Rio dell’Ovo, then ride through the Grand Canal just near the worldwide famous Rialto Bridge.
The tour continues to Rio S. Luca direction, and back to Bacino Orseolo where the tour ends. Possibility to organize dinner after the tour.
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