La Dolce Vita - Honeymmon Luxury Hotel Barge Vacation Venice Italy & Brenta River

LA DOLCE VITA
Luxury barge cruises - Venice, ITALY

Honeymoon charter
Romantic Venice, the Islands of the Lagoon & the Brenta River

Guests are met at 5 PM at Hotel Villa Goetzen in Dolo, just 20 minutes by taxi from Venice and Marco Polo Airport. We transfer you to Padua by car, where the crew is eager to welcome you on board with a Champagne Welcome and a toast to the newly married couple. Whilst you unpack in you suite, the best cabin on board, enjoy a complimentary bottle of Champagne on ice. We have a romantic, candlelit dinner in Padua moored at Portello gate, one of the best preserved gates of the ancient city walls.

In the morning we take a tour of the Botanical Garden, the oldest in the world. In the afternoon we visit Giotto’s Chapel and we walk into the centre, which is as full of history as Venice herself. Our afternoon cruise brings us to Noventa along river Brenta, where we moor for Champagne cocktails followed by a candlelit dinner on board.

Further descent of River Brenta to Stra, where we visit Villa Pisani, an 18th century masterpiece of Venetian architecture with frescos from Tiepolo. In the afternoon we cruise for two more hours to Dolo, where we moor for the night. For those who enjoy cycling, it is possible to follow the barge on a bicycle. Before our superb fish dinner at Villa Goetzen restaurant, where we have organised for you to have the very best table, we take you for a glass of wine at the old water mill of Dolo.

This morning we cruise down River Brenta into the lagoon, passing by Villa Foscari in Malcontenta, a masterpiece of the Renaissance architect Palladio. In the afternoon we have a guided tour of the Doge’s Palace and Saint Mark in Venice. A water taxi will then take you through the Grand Canal to Murano, where La Dolce Vita is moored for the night. Champagne cocktails before your candlelit dinner on board

We visit a glass-blowing workshop in Murano. Our cruise then takes us to Torcello, the first island of the lagoon to be colonised 2000 years ago. We see the Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta, a beautiful example of Veneto-Byzantine style. We have lunch while cruising on Siloncello Canal and in the afternoon we visit Burano, a picturesque fishermen’s island in the northern lagoon. We walk through the colourful streets of Burano and visit the Lace Museum. We moor for the night on the calm waters of Burano and enjoy Champagne cocktails before your candlelit dinner on board dinner on board.

We start our cruise today by passing by San Francesco del Deserto Island, where we can moor and visit the monastery. We then proceed to San Lazzaro degli Armeni where we visit one of the most interesting libraries of Venice with 150,000 volumes and more than 4,000 Armenian manuscripts, some nearly 1,300 years old. The monks of the San Lazzaro monastery have welcomed visitors for more than two centuries. In 1816, Lord Byron visited the island twice a week for six months, studying Armenian and envying the monks' comfortable academic lifestyle. A plaque quotes Byron as saying, "The visitor will be convinced that there are other and better things even in this life.” In the late afternoon we moor in San Giorgio, just in front of Saint Mark, from where you can reach Venice in 5 minutes by boat and spend some more free time in the city until the Captain’s Farewell Dinner on board. After dinner you can enjoy romantic Saint Marks square by night and be entertained by the classic musicians playing your classical favourites, followed by a romantic night-time exclusive gondola ride through Venice.

After breakfast we cruise to Fusina, where we arrive at 11 am. You are then transferred to Hotel Villa Goetzen in Dolo or Marco Polo airport. If you have an early flight or if you are staying at a hotel in Venice, we can make custom arrangement at your expense.