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Personal Guided Tours of Venice, Italy, Romantic Holidays, Venetian Art, Gay, Lesbian, Venetian Culture, Venetian Music, Gondola Rides, Guided Canal Tours, Sightseeing

One of the most captivating phenomena of Venice are the musicians and artists which it produced. Vivaldi, Albinoni, Monteverdi, and Galuppi as well as Tintoretto, Carpaccio, Tiziano, Tiepolo, Canaletto, and Guardi, all filled Venice with spectacular creations for eyes and ears to behold. Admire the masterpieces of painters in their original place or in the city museums. Along with visits to works found in churches, your adventure can include stops at the Quadreria of the Correr Museum, or to the Academia of Fine Arts. In this tour, you'll learn the characteristics of lavish Venetian Style. You can suggest your favorite artist and we'll help you to see his most fascinating works, visiting churches or buildings where you can still find the atmosphere of a humanistic Studio, like in the School of San Giorgio dei Greci, or that of a Magnificent Renaissance Complex like the School of San Rocco. If you like music, you are in for a big treat. You will understand why Venetian music developed unique features which made it different from any other Italian and European school. Visit the Conservatory Benedetto Marcello, Vivaldi's Church of the Pieta, the Church of the Ospedaletto, passing through the area of La Fenice Theater and by the houses where the opera composer Cimarosa and the great Mozart lived. The most passionate about ancient music may also pay a visit to the Levi Foundation, the most relevant archive of Ancient Music in Venice, to get information about their favorite studies. Meet an artisan who builds ancient Venetian harpsichords and visit the music shop of Cristiano Nalesso specialized in classical Venetian renaissance, pre-baroque and baroque music and Opera, where you can find rare first recordings. Your tour would not be complete without a sampling of the finest concerts available during your stay, such as an evening concert in S. Rocco, or, depending on the season, opera at the Pala Fenice.

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Artisans

Learn about a fascinating aspect of Venice which is quickly disappearing: the handicrafts of the woodworkers, glass blowers, lace makers, guilders, textile specialists, shoe makers, and many other artisans who make their wares as their masters taught them.

You'll not only know the crafts related to traditional boat building, but also a musical instrument maker, a wood sculptor, and any of many other craftsmen who work in Venice. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity, because these craftsmen are getting older, and there are almost no young people taking their places.

An exception to this is the art of glass blowing. This is a thriving field which dominates the island of Murano. Visitors learn about the oldest glass factory on the island where you will see the craftsmen at work and have an expert on hand to describe the process of blowing glass. Murano is famous around the world for its glass, but you can see it from behind the scenes, and if you are interested in taking some glass home with you, we can find you the best prices on the highest quality work.

As Murano is for Glass, the island of Burano is for Lace. You'll see not only the most beautiful lace, and lots of it, but you will see the most beautiful island of the lagoon, with it's brightly colored houses and relaxed island atmosphere.

In this itinerary, which forms a real course about our traditions, you will understand why Venice thrived as a mercantile city, which not only resold the wares it imported from around the world, but exported its own goods, which were highly sought after, and still are.

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