In Venice Today: guide to the 2023 events in Venice

Venice is one of the charmest destination. Through photos and texts you will discover the treasures of civic and private museums, current exhibitions, the history and architecture of the churches and the paintings preserved inside. Beside information on events, restaurants, hotels, apartments in Venice. Finally, night bars and clubs and concerts in the cities of Venice and Mestre.

Boat Tickets. Coming to Venice? Book in advance and skip the line!

Same price of ticket counter. 1 ticket: 75 minutes € 9,50; 24 hours € 25; 48 hours € 35; 72 hours € 45; 7 days € 65.

Do you need a water taxi from or to the Venice Airport? Book in advance and skip the line!

Route Airport - Venice center on shared taxi : € 32 for person. Get to the airport and take a taxi..



Route Airport - Venice center on private taxi: € 160. Get to the airport and take a taxi..

Feast of San Marco - Piazza San Marco - Venice

Events on April 25th 2023

The Festa di San Marco celebrates the patron saint of the city with a procession of religious and civil authorities in Piazza San Marco. But in Venice it is also the feast of lovers who exchange a rose (the bocolo).

Edmondo Bacci. The energy of light - Museo Guggenheim, Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, Dorsoduro 701 - Venice

Exhibition from April 1st to September 18th, 2023

At the Guggenheim Museum, the first and most comprehensive solo exhibition dedicated to the Venetian artist Edmondo Bacci (1913-1978); around eighty works, many of which have never been exhibited before, including unpublished paintings and drawings, from the Edmondo Bacci archive, private collections and international museums.

Coming to Venice? Book before your gondola ride and skip the line!

Choose from more than 20 gondola experiences in Venice: to the simple private tour you can add aperitifs, dinner or a serenade. But also attractions such as the Basilica or the Doge’s Palace; you can choose the evening tour with commentary, the one on the Grand Canal or the San Marco Basin.

Vittore Carpaccio. Paintings and Drawings - Doge's Palace, St. Mark's Square - Venice

Exhibition from March 18 to June 18, 2023

The Palazzo Ducale hosts until June a major monograph entitled "Vittore Carpaccio. Paintings and Drawings", following the one that also took place in this place in the distant 1963. On display are mainly works from international museums and collections or from churches in the ancient Serenissima areas, from Lombardy to Istria and Dalmatia.

Coming to Murano, Burano, Torcello? Book in advance a tour!

All the tours and visits to Murano, Burano, Torcello. Ticket on your phone valid 48 hours.

Chronorama. Photographic treasures of the 20th century - Palazzo Grassi, Campo San Samuele, San Marco 3231 - Venice

Exhibition from March 12, 2023 to January 7, 2024

Palazzo Grassi inaugurates the first universal exhibition dedicated to photographic treasures recently acquired from the Pinault Collection and from the Condé Nast archives, some of which have never been shown to the public before.

The magical scene. The theatrical art of Mischa Scandella - Magazzino del Sale 3, Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia - Venice

Exhibition from March 10 to April 28, 2023

The Institute for Theater and Opera of the Giorgio Cini Foundation organizes with the Venice Academy of Fine Arts a tribute to the work of the Venetian set and costume designer Mischa Scandella, a visionary artist and daring experimenter.

De' Visi Mostruosi e Caricature. Da Leonardo Da Vinci a Bacon - Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, Palazzo Loredan, Campo S. Stefano, San Marco 2945 - Venice

Running exhibition from 28 January to 27 April 2023

An exhibition takes a fascinating journey to Palazzo Loredan, which identifies a line of 'northern' continuity from Leonardo's loaded and grotesque heads to the caricatures of Anton Maria Zanetti and Giambattista Tiepolo in 18th-century Venice. An extraordinary and alienating exhibition of deformed faces, anatomical exaggerations, physiognomic investigations, caricatured figures and galleries of "human characters". Also exhibited are 18 autograph drawings by Leonardo including - for the first time in Italy - some sheets from the Collection of the Duke of Devonshire.

Doge's Palace and St. Mark's Basilica's Tour - Saint Mark's Square - Venice

Discover the main civic and religious monuments of Saint Mark's Square: Doge's Palace and St. Mark's Basilica. Tickets included. It also includes the entrance to Correr Museum and to Marciana Library. An official guide and ticket skip the line.

Venezia Unica City - Book your pass for all museums, churches and Doge's Palace of Venice and skip the line.

The Card Venezia Unica City Pass offers priority access to the main museums and monuments of Venice. Plan your vacation and save up to 28%!

- Doge's Palace
- Correr Museum
- National archeologic museum
- Marciana Library
- 3 churches to be chosen from those included in the Chorus Pass list
- Querini Stampalia Foundations.

Guggenheim Foundation - Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, Dorsoduro 701 - Venezia

The Guggenehim Museum, in Palazzo Venier dei Leoni along the Grand Canal, is one of the most popular places in Venice and probably the most important exhibition container for modern art of the early and late twentieth century.

Gondola Venice - Origin, history and present time of the gondola of Venice

What's the meaning and the origin of the word, when it was invented and its history. Everything you want to know about the gondola. Finally the most successfull and present time of the gondola.

Museum of Doge's Palace - Piazza San Marco 1, San Marco - Venice

Splendid example of Gothic civil architecture and at the same time of reuse of the ancient material provided by the many colonies of the Serenissima, as well as of Renaissance interventions such as the imposing Scala dei Giganti by Antonio Rizzo or the decorations by Lombardo. It summarizes a thousand years of history and it was the seat of power as evidenced by the Sala del Maggior Consiglio, the Sala del Senato and the Sala del Collegio with the famous paintings by Tintoretto, Tiziano and Veronese. Doge's apartments and famous prisons can also be visited.

Correr Museum - Sain Mark's Square, San Marco - Venice

The Correr Museum is dedicated to Venice, its political and military history of the Maritime Republic and its presence in every field of art. Through the rooms of the Ala Napoleonica and the Procuratie Nuove, a path unfolds that rebounds from sculpture, navigation, and the trades of the past.

Saint Mark's Square Tours - Saint Mark's Square - Venice

All the tours taking place in Saint Mark's Square we can offer you: visit the Basilica or the Doge's Palace or both of them and see also the Correr Collection of Painting. Or combine a monument of the square with a walking tour or with a gondola ride.

The Banksy of Venice - City of Venice

Appeared on May 9th 2019

The night between 8 and 9 May in Venice appears a graffiti made with the stencil technique. The news bounces all over the planet thinking immediately of Banksy, the most enigmatic contemporary artist; he does not confirm at first, then he shows up in the city to sell his paintings to San Marco, being expelled by the police, finally on 24 May 2019 he confirms the paternity of the child-migrant. .

Restaurant Al Giardinetto Da Severino - Salizada Zorzi (Ruga Giuffa), Castello 4928 - Venice

The Restaurant Al Giardinetto da Severino, listed among the "Historic Venues of the Veneto", since the beginning of the '900 offers its guests typical dishes of Venetian cuisine.

Restaurant Antico Dolo - Ruga Rialto, San Polo 778, Venice

The Restaurant Antico Dolo serves fresh fish every day from the nearby Rialto Market. His achievements have earned him important awards such as the Grand Gourmet of the Michelin Guide.

Pasticceria Serenissima -  Via Miranese, 186/H - Mestre Venice

The Pasticceria Serenissima, managed by the Pizzato family for over 40 years, represents the best pastry tradition. From the experience comes the rigor of our artisan quality, appreciated by the most refined and refined customers.

Osteria Lupo Nero - Via G. Ferro, 21 - Mestre Venice

Osteria Lupo Nero is open for lunch and dinner and serves fresh fish cicheti from the nearby market. In the restaurant menu you will find traditional Venetian dishes chosen according to the seasonality of the products and ingredients.

McOnor Pub - Piazza Ferretto, 75 - Mestre Venice

The McOnor Pub, which is also a restaurant and pizzeria, is open for lunch and dinner and serves snacks, sandwiches and pizzas in the central Piazza Ferretto. In addition to 6 draft beer lines there is also a large selection of bottled beers.

Feasts in Venice

The feasts of Venice Italy from Carnival to New Year's Eve.