Weekend in Italy

A journey through 1000 years of faith, art and history. An invitation to discover the treasures kept in Venice’s most surprising museum - its churches. You can see masterpieces by the great artists working in the city down the centuries, in the actual sites for which they were conceived and created. At the same time, you will discover a surprising Venice made up of silent, secret places. And you will become part of a great project to restore the city’s artistic heritage.

Venice is a very romantic city, where couples love to get lost: there’s nothing more fascinating that walk hand in hand between alleys and bridges.

Winter, with the fog slowly rising from the sea, has a very particular fascination…Sometimes, it seems to make disappear palaces and monuments and to hide the beauty of this city in the silence.

The advantage of the Christmas Holidays, or as an idea to celebrate the New Year! Give yourself a romantic weekend in Venice, or perhaps some more days to relax and enjoy the less tourist zones of the city. The magic atmosphere of the city surrounded by the lagoon will make it feels as a Doge’s New Year’s Eve .

And if you want to give yourself, perhaps as Christmas gift, a unique experience, take a gondola ride. While you relax on a romantic sofa, the gondola rider behind you will tell you the story and anecdotes about Venice, indicating you the palaces that belonged to celebrities, and tips that only Venetian people know.

Do you think a gondola ride is too expensive? We’ve heard it can cost from 60, 80 euros on, and many gondola riders haggle.

Book it now, by internet, and you will spend much less than you can imagine.

A gondola ride for December 31st, departing from Ponte della Paglia at 15:30, taking you on Canal Grande and the small inner canals, will cost you only € 46.20…

Give yourself an unforgettable New Year Holiday…

Venice is an enchanting city, that deserves more than a single time visit, even in winter.

If you have already visited the Doge’s Palace, Piazza San Marco, Rialto Bridge, perhaps you are looking for something different for your trip to Venice. You can try the Secret Itineraries to the hidden rooms of the Doge’s Palace.

Imagine to look around the ancient rooms of the Notary Public, where the most important secret archive of Venetian Republic was kept, or the Office of the Cancellier Grande, who had lot of powers (he was the only magistrate directly elected by the Maggior Consiglio) and the splendid Room of the Secret Chancery, with closets housisng public acts and secret deeds, decorated with coat of arms and names of the various chancellors.

Feel the shudder entering to the Torture Room (also known as Agony Room) directly linked to the prisons: the famous Piombi that once housed Giacomo Casanova, who related in a book his daring escape.

Also, passing through the attc, with the 16th Century arms collection, get into the Inquisitors Room, which ceiling is decorated by works by Tintoretto. Then, enter to the Room of the three leaders, and finally, through a secret passage inside a wooden closet, enter to the Room of Consiglio dei Dieci. From here, visit is over and you can make the regular tour of Doge’s Palace without guide.

The secret itineraries of the Doge’s Palace inVenice are a unique occasion to get closer to the history and secrets of ancient Venice. A way to understand intrigues, powers and secrets of one of the most powerful cities in the world.

This kind of itinerary takes place every morning, only upon reservation, for 2 people minimum (maximum 25). Book now your visit to the Secret Itineraries of the Doge’s Palace.