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"The best find we had in Venice was our water taxi service.
We used Luigi from Venice Guide & Boat..."
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Discover Venice with Venice Guide and Boat's Tours and a Licensed Tour Guide
Venice Guide and Boat Classic City Tours are designed for visitors
interested in learning about the History and the Arts of the Most Serene Republic of Venice. Your guide will discuss how Venice was founded, the way it
was built, the events which characterized its historical and political evolution, the
Architecture, and the genius of the Artists who made Venetian Painting so unique.
These tours aim to give an understanding of the formation, fortunes and fate
of the Republic of Venice. How its maritime affairs were important in determining
the Venetian social and political structure. How Venice developed a distinctive
School of Painting based on light and colors. How guilds and charitable associations
could commission outstanding works of art to decorate
their premises and the churches of Venice. How Venice remained throughout the 17th
and 18th Cs one of the major centre of European Culture, despite a declining
political weight.
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Tour 1: The Doge's Palace and the Basilica of St Mark
The Doges' Palace was the official residence of the Dukes of Venice,
and the seat of the Venetian governing institutions.
The Basilica of Saint Mark is encrusted with more than 86,000 square feet
of magnificent mosaics, rare marbles and carvings
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Duration: 2 hours
Tour 2: The Secret Trails of the Doge's Palace
Next to the official state rooms, the Doge’s
Palace hides some Secret Chambers where the nitty-gritty business of running
the state took place. You'll see the headquarter of the Venetian Intelligence Agency,
the infamous
torture chamber and will relive the legendary escape of Casanova read more >
Duration: 2 hours
Tour 3: The Evolution of Venetian Painting at the Accademia Galleries
The most complete
collection of Venetian paintings in existence. Five centuries of Venetian
Art are represented, from the first masters of the 14thC to the last burst of artistic genius in the 18thC
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Duration: 2 hours
Tour 4: Titian and Tintoretto at the Frari's Church and San Rocco
The amazing Franciscan Church of the Frari, contains the most celebrated of all Titian paintings and works of Giovanni Bellini and Paolo Veneziano.
The nearby Scuola Grande di San Rocco displays an incredible
cycle of canvasses painted by Tintoretto,
a truly illustrated Bible
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Duration: 2 hours
Tour 5: Life in 18th Century Venice: Ca' Rezzonico
Ca' Rezzonico, a palace on the Grand Canal, offers
a unique opportunity to visit an authentic 1700 private house, with frescoed ceilings,
furnitures, ceramics, tapestries and the richest collection
of 1700 Venetian paintings in the City, including some views by Canaletto
read more >
Duration: 2 hours
Tour 6: Veronese and Tiepolo at San Sebastiano and the Carmini
Veronese and Tiepolo are the kings of Venetian color:Paolo Veronese
was the most sumptuous painter of High Renaissance.
Gian Battista Tiepolo is the crowning glory of 18thC Venetian painting.
We will admire incredible ceilings created by these artists read more >
Duration: 2 hours
Tour 7: Gothic in Cannaregio: Ca'd'Oro and Madonna dell'Orto
The tour will take you through one of the most typical and fascinating district of Venice
You will stroll around a non-tourist Venice, off-the-beaten track, walking through the quiet neighbourhood of Cannaregio,
to reach the Madonna dell'Orto
Church, Tintoretto's parish containing many of his masterpieces. Then you will make your way through the narrow alleys to reach the famous Jewish Ghetto read more >
Duration: 2 hours
Tour 8: Early Renaissance: the Schiavoni's and the Miracoli Church
The tiny Scuola degli Schiavoni contains paintings by Carpaccio,
the most popular story-telling painter of the 15thC. The small, exquisitely-crafted
Church dei Miracoli, , clad in sheets
of softly-colored marbles, was described as second only to San Marco shortly after
it was built, one of the most loved and admired
Venetian buildings read more >
Duration: 2 hours
Tour 9: Business and worship in Venice: the Rialto Market
A stroll through the colorful scene of the Rialto Market–
once the centre of commercial and financial activity - where the stalls record the
procession of the seasons, at the discovery of testimonies of the ancient activities
and of some of the most peculiar places of worship for merchants, who would pray for
honest but profitable business
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Duration: 2 hours
Tour 10: Classical and Baroque Architecture in Venice
A journey through Classical and Baroque Architecture to learn the principles which inspired Palladio
and the genius of the following century. The Palladian Churches of the Redentore and
San Giorgio,
and the majestic church of Our Lady of Good Health. read more >
Duration: 2 hours
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 The Doge's Palace |
 The Torture Chamber in the Secret Trails |
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 Titian: The Assumption of the Virgin Mary |
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 Ca' Rezzonico: a fresco by Tiepolo |
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