Calendar of main events
January February
- Carnival of Venice
March April
- “Su e zo per i ponti” run, a run through Venice, up and down the bridges 25th - St. Mark, patron saint of Venice
May June
- Festa della Sensa, Ascension Day
- Vogalonga
- Prize of the Ancient Seafaring Republics
- Sagra di San Pietro di Castello, a village festival
July August
- Festa del Redentore, a festival to celebrate the Redeemer who saved Venice from the plague - International Film Festival
September October
- Regata Storica, a rowing-boat race along the Grand Canal
- Fish Festival in Burano island - VeniceMarathon
- Must Festival in Sant’Erasmo island
November December
21th - Madonna della Salute, to celebrate Venice saved from the plague
Getting around
Now you’re in Venice! Venice is a city where you can
Take a stroll on foot.
You'll get to know all of its out of the way and unusual nooks and crannies, perhaps far off the more beaten paths. Distances are short: Get a map of the city, but don’t bother to get “lost” in the back streets, bridges and campi (squares) that make up the real Venice..
Yellow signs, usually on the wall of a corner building, will direct you to the major spots.
Keep right when walking in the city street. Never stop on bridges.
Do not be bewildered by “acqua alta” (flooding) : you can still visit the city by using the wooden walkways.
For information, visit the website of the Centro Maree (Tide Forecasts and Reporting Centre) or call 041.2411996.
To enjoy a virtual vist of Venice and find information relating to tourist attractions, consult the map Virtual Venice
Take the vaporetto (water bus, ACTV public transportation).
At this website you can find information about routes, fares and timetable.
You can buy the ACTV tickets at the ticket booths at the docks or the VE.LA. ticket offices.
You can also buy tickets from one of the many authorised sellers (tobacconists’, newspaper stores and some cafés): remember to stamp your ticket in the yellow machine before getting on the vaporetto.
Tickets are not sold on board the boats. If you find yourself on board without a ticket, inform the ACTV crew immediately so as to avoid paying a fine.
Venicecard is a ticket that allows you to use the main tourist services that the City offers to the visitor.
For travelling in tranquility please follow some simple suggestions.
At the boat stop there are maps depicting the directions all boats stopping there are going: the vaporetto is an easy way to admire all the mansions and buildings that overlook the Grand Canal and the lagoon.
Cross the Grand Canal on (traghetti) ferry crossing.
You can feel the excitement of a gondola ride cheaply by using the ferry crossings that link the various parts of the two sides of the Grand Canal. Venetians use this transportation when they need to move quickly from one side of the Grand Canal to another without crossing one of its three bridges. There is a gondola ferry at San Marcuola, Santa Sofia, San Tomà, San Samuele, Santa Maria del Giglio, and the Dogana (crossable when the strand is repaired).
The fare is € 0,40.
Take a water taxi, recognisable by the yellow strip on the sides and the concession number.
Take a gondola, surely the most romantic way to sightsee in Venice.
The institution for the preservation of the gondola and the protection of the gondolier publishes the fares on its official web site.
Art and Museums
- Venice Civic Museums
- Palazzo Grassi
- Peggie Guggenheim Foundation
- La Biennale of Venice
- Galleries of the Accademia of Venice
- Basilica of St. Mark
Culture and Show
- Comune di Venezia – Assesorship to Culture
- Carlo Goldoni Theatre
- La Fenice Theatre
- Marciana National Library
- Querini Stampalia Onlus Foundation
- Museum of the Jewish Community
Recreation
- Venice Football
- Venice Casino
Visiting Venice ...
The 51st Int. Art Exhibition
Giardini and Arsenale, (12 June - 6 November, 2005)
The 51st Intl. Art Exhibition runs June 12 to November 6, 2005 the exhibition will be composed of two specific and complementary shows that will offer an articulated yet homogeneous reading of international contemporary art from the Seventies through today, with an eye to the near future
Modigliani and Venezia, between Livorno and Paris
Sale Monumentali della Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana (20 May - 5 July 2005)
the exhibition explores the artistic career and personal life of Amedeo Modigliani, with a rich displayof works, documents and photographs of the artist, his earlier experiences in Livorno and in Florence, up to his arrival in Paris. Special attention is devoted to his period in Venice.
No Limits, Just Edges: Jackson Pollock Paintings on Paper
at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice (4 June - 18 September, 2005)
This retrospective selection of approximately 55 works on paper (recently shown at Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin) from international collections highlights the most important phases of Pollock's work and documents his development in drawing in a survey spanning his figurative, strongly European-influenced beginnings through to the abstract compositions of his later years.
Full disclosure and legality in public water taxi and gondola services
The City of Venice website is publishing the current tariffs for water taxi and gondola services, one of the initiatives requested by the municipal Ombudsman to promote and reinstate transparency and legality in both sectors.
International photography contest
View the 50 photographs selected by the panel: if you are resident in Italy, you can win a prize casting a vote on the 50 photographs with "Vote CanonFotografaVenezia" from 24 March 2005 – 23 June 2005
The 20 winning photographs will be published on our web site from 5 July 2005
Events:
CulturaSpettacoloVenezia: Culture, entertainment and much more...
Musei Civici Veneziani: not only permanent collections but also exhibitions, educational facilities and initiatives.
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