Discovering Venice – City tours February 19, 2009

If you are planning to visit Venice with your family or some friends discoveringvenice.com is the web site you need.  Discoveringvenice is a web site formed by registered tour guides members of the authorized Association of Guides in Venice. The three of us love art and history and are graduated in these subjects. We have been organizing tours in Venice in English, Spanish and Italian since we became authorized guides in 2000.  Discoveringvenice.com offers a wide range of city tours, many different ways to approach the city on foot or by boat. If you have never visited Venice you can choose the itinerary “Classic Venice” and we will  show you the historical highlights of the city belonging to the ancient Serenissima Republic: Saint Mark’s Basilica and the unique Doge’s Palace, bridge of Sighs and old prisons. Another must is the “Rialto” tour where you can breathe the acient mercantile flavour of the city but at the same time see one of most pictoresque food market in Italy. 

Visiting the old Venetian districts, the “sestieri”, with your guide you will have the privilege to get in touch with unusual areas of the city and with its handcraft and daily life but always with an eye to its past full of history and art. Together we can visit the monumental Gran Canal by private boat or have a nice trip sailing the Venetian lagoon and stopping in its famous islands, Murano Burano and Torcello. If you are interested in art we can take you to visit the beautiful Accademia Galleries, Peggy Guggenheim Collection and all the other Venetian art galleries and museums. We also have a guide specialized in contemporary art who can take you to the new prestigious contemporary art center at palazzo Grassi and Punta della Dogana opened since June 2009. Kids are well accepted and we can organize costumized tours for them. As you can see visiting our website discoveringvenice.com we propose many different city tours but  we are keen to organize personalized itineriaries to meet your own wishes.
For reservations  please contact discoverinvenice.com

Eliotropica Travelling, Lucca customised travel proposal November 11, 2008

Eliotropica it is not just a simple travel agency from where to buy your tickets and reservations. This unique agency will be able to support you to plan your own independent  holiday, informing you on anything you may need from itineraries to Hotels, from services to suggestions that allows you to tailor make your holiday as you prefer best yet being helped by the experience and structure of a great travel agency.

 

One of the main unique characteristic of Eliotropica travelling is that very focused on travelling women needs, still as above mentioned, being able to accommodate any independent request, however, this bright Travel agency every year organises in specific dates and itineraries, original tours dedicated to women, that will have the chance to gather together in the destination place and make new friend ,but expecially are supported by assistants that are personal travellers as well.

 

Eliotropica is also specialised in finding solutions for photographers and film makers who needs location scouting activity and/or production assistance and clearly all the travelling services that are normally required in such a situation.

 

The suggested destination of Eliotropica Travelling are mainly in Italy, both because Italy is one of the best places where to spend holidays (so much to do and visit) and also because being physically in Tuscany (Lucca) it is the best known territory, however Spain, Greece, Corsica (France) and other destinations are surely possible. Lastly I should not forget to mention that chartering and sailing holidays is something that this great travel agency can make you experience.

 

Eliotropica Travelling Lucca (Tuscany), Ph.: +39.0583.956465

Bed & Breakfast Casa delle Rose Lido, Venice November 10, 2008

Lido island is the main island nearby Venice, a place where the Venetian go at the beach on the Adriatic Sea but it is also the place where the world famous Venice film festival is celebrated.

The Casa delle Rose, a beautiful apartment in liberty 20’s style, it is very close to the Vaporetto (the public boat transportation of Venice) terminal, that connects in about 15 minutes, Lido island with the main historical centre of Venice. This nicely decorated apartment is composed of 3 elegant and large rooms all equipped with Satellite TV, Sofas, and even safety box where to leave your valuables. Two bathrooms are at disposal and the dinning room and kitchen are overlooking the romantic Venice Lagoon. A particular plus is the garden where during warm season (from end of April to September) you may relax in a quiet atmosphere.

Home owners Elaine and Stefano will surely be helpful and will try to make as comfortable as they can, preparing a nice breakfast every morning, but being at disposal and charming.

So, “Casa delle Rose” is a gracious bed and breakfast near Venice that offers a nice way to visit Venice and its interesting surroundings in an alternative way of the classic Hotel. A special mention to the location that is something also to be considered as you will have easy access to the centre of Venice with a short ride or you may be even more comfortable if you are interested in visiting less over known places like the Giardini, the church of S. Pietro di Castello, and many other interesting but yet less crowded places.

Contacts: B & B Casa delle Rose via Smirne 11 – Lido Venice

Ph.: +39.041.5261108 mail info@casadellerose.net

 

 

Cruises a complete way of spending your holiday September 13, 2008

is strangely something I haven’t written about yet, so here I would like to state something! The vast quantity and various type available is just incredible, cruises are indeed a different way of spending your holiday, so many people can be a little concerned when they have to decide the type of holiday, however they should remember that a Cruise is an unique experience where it is not rare to meet new people, where the occasion for relaxing and activities are frequent and where staff is friendly and professional. 

 

 

Cruises can be chosen selecting from many different factors, destination, type of ship, cruise on a river, but also you can choose the Company, in fact the Company may appear of a less importance, however being your companion during all the cruise, you may prefer one Company or another.

A great destination for cruises is for surely Venice, a way of spending holidays and visiting the lagoon city that has encountered more and more success during the years, nowadays cruises from Venice are really various and operated from many Companies, starting from the more famous one, Costa Crociere, MSC Cruises to many other big and small Companies.

Venicecharms.com a Venice Travel portal June 7, 2008

Venicecharms.com seems just another travel portal on Venice, and for some aspects obviously it is. By navigating through it you will be able to catch many useful information likewise any other Venice travel portal, however, the selection of information is very careful and aims to propose interesting high quality solution for your stay in Venice.

Shops, unique itineraries to discover hidden parts of Venice, short histories and curiosities on Venice monuments, most typical and traditional events like the Historical regatta or the magnificent Redentore festivity, Restaurant selection and short history of local cuisine.  Venice is always a surprise and Venicecharms.com helps you discover it from a different point of view.

A separated special mention has to be done for the Hotel section, which is a selection of 4 star Venice Hotels, even bookable directly, in fact Venicecharms.com is an informative website and does not intermediates on Hotel reservations like the most famous Hotel portals, that is a strategic difference when you have to consider to book your Hotel, in such a way you will be sure to have always the best available rate.

Since this is an informative website, and information flow is constantly going, venicecharms.com will be adding more and more contents and features, we suggest, to take a look every once in a while to discover more and more about the beautiful city of Venice.

http://www.venicecharms.com/