Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Ghetto synagogues
Climb to rooftop synagogues on tours run by Museo
Ebraico. (
Click here
)
Palazzo Contarini del Bovolo
A secret spiral staircase in an ancient hidden
courtyard sets the scene for a clandestine smooch. (
Click here
)
Trade Secrets Revealed
Museo del Vetro
Murano kept master glass-making techniques under wraps for
centuries, but here they're on full display. (
Click here
)
Arsenale
Workers at Venice's legendary shipyards were sworn to secrecy, but
now you can see how they built a ship a day. (
Click here
)
Museo del Merletto
Watch lace artisans tat traditional Venetian patterns handed
down through centuries. (
Click here
)
Museo Storico Navale
Bodyguards wouldn't let anyone near the
bucintoro
(ducal
barge), until now. (
Click here
)
Row Venice
Learn to row across lagoon waters standing, like gondolieri do, from
regatta champ Jane Caporal. (
Click here
)
Mysteries in the Attic
Palazzo Mocenigo
Head up to the attic closet to discover the kind of shoes a
Venetian courtesan wore for streetwalking. (
Click here
)
Palazzo Ducale
A tour of the attic prison will reveal just how Casanova escaped
prison while the doge slept downstairs. (
Click here
)
Torre dell'Orologio
A tower-top tour will give an up-close look at those bronze
bell-ringers who moon Basilica di San Marco at midnight. (
Click here
)
