• At 08.30am: Boarding at Fusina Terminal dock or at the Zattere banks(Venice)..
• Navigating along Vittorio Emanuele III canal towards the Giudecca canal
admiring the magnificent churches like the Redentore Church, the Zittelle
church or the majestic church of SantaMaria della Salute. Then, suddenly, St. Mark’s Basin will open
before you.
• Cruisers will then admire the famous St. Mark’s Square and its Bell
Tower, the Ducal Palace, the famous Sigh Bridge and the entire bank known as
Riva dei Sette Martiri up to Sant Elena’s Gardens, famous for the Biennale.
• From there the boat will coast the Arsenale banks. The Arsenale was in ancient times the greatest navl shipyard in the world.
• Arrival at TORCELLO island,
once called Turricellum (little tower), extending among shoals, kestrels and
bog grasses, for a tour and an optional visit to the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta which preserves ancient
mosaics belonging to the Veneto- Byzantine School of the XII and XIII century,
(entrance fee 4,00 € p.p.), the church of Santa Fosca and the Oratory of St.
Mark’s.
• Departure for BURANO,
a little extremely picturesque fisher village, famous all over the world for
its coloured houses and the thousand-year lace tradition. Guided tour to the Island.
• At 1.00pm lunch on board: typical Venetian dishes will be served, like aperitif:
aperitif with Bellini fruit drinks, prowns and marinated anchovies starters,
Fish fruits pasta typical of the Venetian tradition, fried sea food and fresh
vegetables, local Prosecco wine, still and fizzy water.
• After lunch arrival at MURANO, the island of blown glass art. Visit
to one of the most interesting glass factories accompanied by the comments of a
glass master.
• Ore
5.30 /6.00pm arrival at Fusina terminal, disembark of
participants and end of journey.