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Walk Around Venetian Shipyards and Traditional Lagoon Boats
Venezia
Important Information
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Service animals allowed
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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On certain dates, most travelers staying outside of Venice who are planning to visit for the day will be required to pay a €5 access fee. For further details (including exemptions) and to learn what days this fee is applicable, please visit: https://cda.ve.it
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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Discover the squeri, the shipyard where traditional lagoon boats are built in the city that has been built to be navigated around. Enter the world of Venetian squeri, small boatyards where expert craftsmen build and repair wooden boats. These activities are just as ancient as Venice itself, everything is still the way it used to be. Just a few steps away from the usual tourist routes, let’s meet the last master boat builders that pass on the art of building gondolas and all other typical lagoon boats. A city born on water implies another logical consequence: the use of the "forcola" the venetian oarlock used for rowing in the venetian way. Be enchanted by the care and patience characterizin...
Highlights
2 hours
Offered in German (Deutsch) & 3 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
2 hours
Offered in German (Deutsch) & 3 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Gondola ferry on Canal Grande
Licensed Tour Guide (registration number 06000001)
Gratuities
Entrance ticket to a traditional squero: 100 euro to be paid on the spot
Meeting Points
Departure
Campiello dei Squelini
near Cafoscarina bookshop
Return
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Walk Around Venetian Shipyards and Traditional Lagoon Boats
Venezia
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Discover the squeri, the shipyard where traditional lagoon boats are built in the city that has been built to be navigated around. Enter the world of Venetian squeri, small boatyards where expert craftsmen build and repair wooden boats. These activities are just as ancient as Venice itself, everything is still the way it used to be. Just a few steps away from the usual tourist routes, let’s meet the last master boat builders that pass on the art of building gondolas and all other typical lagoon boats. A city born on water implies another logical consequence: the use of the "forcola" the venetian oarlock used for rowing in the venetian way. Be enchanted by the care and patience characterizin...
Highlights
2 hours
Offered in German (Deutsch) & 3 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
2 hours
Offered in German (Deutsch) & 3 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Gondola ferry on Canal Grande
Licensed Tour Guide (registration number 06000001)
Gratuities
Entrance ticket to a traditional squero: 100 euro to be paid on the spot
Visit a traditional squero built on a courtyard that slopes down towards the water to launch or tow boats, active since the 17th century and one of the few still active nowadays.
30 minutes
2
Dorsoduro
Get into the details of a fórcola and understand how its shape allows eight different points of control to change the speed and the direction of the boat. Every single oxbow and elbow are studied to allow the movements of the oar in the water, which move and govern the boat.
15 minutes
3
Dorsoduro
The Voga alla Veneta technique of rowing is considerably different from the style used in international sport rowing, due to the oarsman facing forward in a standing position. This allows the boat to manoeuvre very quickly and with agility - useful in the narrow and busy canals of Venice.
15 minutes
4
Dorsoduro / Accademia
For centuries, the gondola was a major means of transportation and the most common watercraft within Venice. We will learn all about this wooden boat trying to go beyond the touristic clichés.
15 minutes
5
Dorsoduro
Discover the traditional wooden boats still used for navigating venice and lagoon, such as Sandolo, Coarlina, Topa, Pupparin, Còfano, Mascarèta, Sanpieròta and learn how they differ from each other according purpose or rowing technique and what they have in common.
15 minutes
6
Canal Grande
Hop on a gondola and cross Canal Grande as locals are doing since centuries
