Transparency and mysticism
from Murano to San Francesco del Deserto.
9.30embarkation at Tronchetto
you go down the Giudecca canal, skirting the island with the same name, past the church of Redentore and the island of San Giorgio to come alongside at San Marco. Forty minutes to spend in one of the world's most famous squares, its trapezoid shape dominated by the fa?ade of the San Marco Basilica with its mosaic inlays and Gothic inventions. Enclosed by a sequence of loggias and the arcades with their underlying porticoes, the space stretches from the clock tower and the Procuratie Vecchie to the Neoclassical Ala Nuovissima, to end at the bell tower marking the passage to Piazzetta di Palazzo Ducale.
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10.50re-embarkation for Murano
11.30disembarkation
on the ancient Amurianum known since 982 in medieval times for its refined glass art which inherits and evolves the Arab and Byzantine tradition. From the past to the present, its prestige has been entrusted to the element most similar to water and of which only inhabitants of water could fully grasp the extreme, fluid ductility.
By visiting one of the numerous glassworks, you can witness the fascinating process of glass working, observing the skill and fantasy with which the glass is blown, modelled and transformed into objects which are unique, because entirely hand made.
13.00 lunch (not included)
14.00embarkation for San Francesco del Deserto
15.00disembarkation on the island
situated eight kilometres from Venice in a north easterly direction with its characteristic silhouette of cypress trees. At the centre of the island, a curtain of green almost completely hides the monastery which, together with its bell tower, is the only building midst cultivated fields, smallholdings and gardens. A place where the subdued light, scents and sounds recount a Franciscan spirituality, harmony with nature and its creatures and work religiously following the rhythms of the seasons.
16.00embarkation and return
through the lagoon, skirting Burano, the Fondamenta Nuove and the Jewish Ghetto.
17.30disembarkation at Tronchetto
The excursion involves eight hours boat hire, but can be organised differently according to requirements.
This program applies only to organized groups of at least 35 people.
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