Venezia Trip Overview
Journey down the canal on this 1 hour small group tour in a motor-boat with multilingual hostess along the Grand Canal, “the most beautiful street in the world”. Slightly more than 3 km long and between 20 and 70 metres wide, the Grand Canal divides the city in two parts and carries the bulk of Venetian transportation, be it private boats, vaporetti (water buses), water taxis or the famous gondolas. Choose from one of 4 departure times when you book.
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Duration: 1 hour
Starts: Venezia, Italy
Trip Category: Cruises, Sailing & Water Tours >> Day Cruises
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What to Expect When Visiting Venezia, Veneto, Italy
Journey down the canal on this 1 hour small group tour in a motor-boat with multilingual hostess along the Grand Canal, “the most beautiful street in the world”. Slightly more than 3 km long and between 20 and 70 metres wide, the Grand Canal divides the city in two parts and carries the bulk of Venetian transportation, be it private boats, vaporetti (water buses), water taxis or the famous gondolas. Choose from one of 4 departure times when you book.
Itinerary
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Pass By: Canal Grande, 30100 Venice Italy
Navigate on board an elegant water taxi the famos s-shaped canal, the Grand Canal
Pass By: Piazza San Marco, 31024 Venice Italy
St. Mark’s Square has always been the most important Square in Venice and it has been defined as “the most beautiful drawing room of Europe”.
Pass By: Doge’s Palace, Piazza San Marco, 1, 30124 Venice Italy
The Doge’s Palace is one of the finest example of Venetian Gothic style. It was the residence of the Doge, and the political and judicial heart of the city.
Pass By: Isola San Giorgio Maggiore, 30133 Venice Italy
The island of San Giorgio Maggiore is located right in front of St. Mark’s Square. On the island there is a 6th-century Benedictine church designed by Andrea Palladio.
Pass By: Chiesa del Santissimo Redentore, Campo Santissimo Redentore 1 Giudecca, 30133 Venice Italy
The Church of the Redeemer was designed by the architect Andrea Palladio and built as a votive church to thank God for the deliverance of the city from a major outbreak of the plague.
Pass By: Giudecca, 30133 Venice Italy
Giudecca is an island separated from Venice by the Giudecca canal, which is the largest one of the city.
Pass By: Ca’ Pesaro Galleria Internazionale d’Arte Moderna, Santa Croce 2076, 30125 Venice Italy
The Ca’ Pesaro is a Baroque marble palace facing the Grand Canal built by the Venetian architect, Baldassarre Longhena, who also designed the church of the Salute and Ca’ Rezzonico, for the noble and wealthy Pesaro family.
Pass By: Ponte degli Scalzi, Ponte Degli Scalzi, Venice Italy
At the beginning of the Grand Canal, the “barefoot bridge” connects the Railway station to the rest of the city.
Pass By: Ca’ Rezzonico, Dorsoduro 3136, Venice Italy
It is a particularly notable example of the 18th century Venetian baroque and rococo architecture and interior decoration, and displays paintings by the leading Venetian painters of the period, including Francesco Guardi and Giambattista Tiepolo. Nowadays it hosts a public museum dedicated to 18th-century Venice (Museo del Settecento Veneziano).
Pass By: Casino di Venezia, Palazzo Vemdramin, 30121 Venice Italy
Designed in the 16th century, Ca’ Vendramin Calergi now hosts the casino of Venice.
Pass By: Ca’ d’Oro, Cannaregio 3931-3932, 30121 Venice Italy
The Ca’ d’Oro or Palazzo Santa Sofia is a palace on the Grand Canal . One of the oldest palace in the city, its name means “golden house” due to the gilt and polychrome external decorations which once adorned its walls.
Pass By: Ponte di Rialto, Ruga degli Orefici (Rialto) San Polo, 30125 Venice Italy
Pass under one of the most iconic symbol of Venice: the Rialto Bridge.
Pass By: Ponte dell’Accademia, Campo de la Carita, Venice Italy
The Accademia Bridge is the only wooden bridge in Venice.
Pass By: Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Just East Accademia Along Gran Canal, 30123 Venice Italy
The Peggy Guggenheim collection is housed in the Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, an 18th-century palace, which was the home of the American heiress Peggy Guggenheim for three decades.
Pass By: Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute, Campo de la Salute Dorsoduro 1, 30123 Venice Italy
In the 17th century Venice experienced an unusually devastating outbreak of the plague. As a votive offering for the city’s deliverance from the pestilence, the Republic of Venice vowed to build and dedicate a church to Our Lady of Health (or of Deliverance, Italian: Salute).