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..

Carnival of Venice - Venice

Events from February 4th to 21st 2023

Le Carnaval de Venise est l'une des célébrations les plus sincères et les plus vécues tant par les Vénitiens que par les nombreux visiteurs qui arrivent chaque année dans la ville du monde entier. Il dure 18 jours qui se terminent par les classiques jours gras, point culminant du Carnaval de Venise.

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.

Visit of Venetian pubs with mask and carnival costume - Traveling guided tour with actors - Venice

Event from 11 to 15 and from 17 to 21 February 2023

The Venetian style carnival pub crawl is done with a friendly Venetian guide visiting 3 bacari (Venetian bars). In each bacaro you will have an ombra or a glass of local wine and in the last bar you will try the classic Venetian spritz.

Ballo Tiepolo Carnival - Venice

The Ballo Tiepolo®, an unmissable international rendezvous of the Carnival of Venice since 1998, will take place, as usual, at Palazzo Pisani Moretta, overlooking the Grand Canal. Everyone in costume dines and dances late into the night.

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

Morning Tour Murano, Burano, Torcello: € 25. Ticket on your phone valid 48 hours. 4 hours of experience.

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.

Carnival Mask Balls - Venice

The Balls at Palazzo del Carnevale in Venice are one of the most exclusive moments in the city; in historic buildings, the atmospheres of historic festivals are recreated. Everyone in costume dines and dances late into the night.

Tickets available: Ball Tiepolo® at Palazzo Pisani Moretta, Bal Minuetto with gala dinner at Ridotto, Masked Ball Carnival Extravaganza, Ball of Dreams at Palazzo Zen.

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.