Venezia Trip Overview
Venice=gondola. True or false? FALSE
If you like to know how things work, you’re a boat-lover, or have children to entertain, you’ll be interested in the different types of boat which plough through the waters and canals of Venice and its lagoon.
Apart from the car parks by the mainland bridge, and a private port area, all transport in Venice is by boat. And the more you think about it, the more difficulties that represents. Deliveries, emergency services, taxis – everything that is done on wheels in other cities must here be done by boat.
So boats are a major part of everyday life, not just for passenger transport but for pretty much everything else, too. This is very helpful for parents with children – architecture and churches might get boring, but who can get bored of boat-spotting?
Visit to a squero
Ride by vaporetto line n. 1 to Arsenale stop;
Visit of the Padiglione delle Navi
Ride from Arsenale to Giudecca Island by public “motoscafo” for a visit to Crea shipyard
Additional Info
Duration: 4 hours
Starts: Venezia, Italy
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Venezia, Veneto, Italy
Venice=gondola. True or false? FALSE
If you like to know how things work, you’re a boat-lover, or have children to entertain, you’ll be interested in the different types of boat which plough through the waters and canals of Venice and its lagoon.
Apart from the car parks by the mainland bridge, and a private port area, all transport in Venice is by boat. And the more you think about it, the more difficulties that represents. Deliveries, emergency services, taxis – everything that is done on wheels in other cities must here be done by boat.
So boats are a major part of everyday life, not just for passenger transport but for pretty much everything else, too. This is very helpful for parents with children – architecture and churches might get boring, but who can get bored of boat-spotting?
Visit to a squero
Ride by vaporetto line n. 1 to Arsenale stop;
Visit of the Padiglione delle Navi
Ride from Arsenale to Giudecca Island by public “motoscafo” for a visit to Crea shipyard
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Lo Squero, Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore, 30100 Venice Italy
A “squero” is a gondola shipyard, one of the most traditional artisan work in Venice. You will have a private explanation by a proper gondola master of how a gondola is built
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: padiglione delle navi temporaneo, Fondamenta Arsenale, 2167, 30122 Venezia VE, Italy
The building was built in the mid-sixteenth Century as an oars workshop and storage facility. Following the reorganization of the Arsenal started after 1866, when Venice was annexed to the Kingdom of Italy, the premises were used as storehouses and workshops by the Military Engineers. Since 1980, the area of the oars workshops has been known by the name of “Ships Pavilion”. It houses vessels of great historical importance as an annex of the Naval Historical museum.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Cantiere Crea, Giudecca, 212, F, 30100 Venezia VE, Italy
The story of this shipyard is firmly linked to the story of the owner and founder, Mr. Vianello Gianfranco Crea, who made of excellence his main aim, starting with the sport. The sport? Yes; he won for 7 consecutive years Venice Historial Regatta, being therefore named “Re del Remo” (king of the oar). Then, after studying the art of carving, he applied it to his big passion: the boats. He started giving life to wonderful gondolas and other kind of traditional Venetian boats, well known for their technical excellence and magnificent beauty. The shipyard can be visited and so can his restaurant with a splendid view over the lagoon just above the shipyard itself.
Duration: 1 hour
