The rising of the Lion’s Republic, history of a myth genesis: a charming journey through secrets, political plots and the hard-working community of merchants and artisans.

The Doge’s Palace, the personal residence of the highest Venetian public office and the seat of the government of the Serenissima

Among history, music, art, legends and the famous protagonists of the final glories of the Serenissima Republic.

A ride in the most romantic “boat” in the world is certainly an experience not to be missed: it encompasses the full spirit of the Venetians and their love of the Lagoon

In Venice, past and present keep meeting like water and stones. Venice, seen from its original point of view, at dawn or dusk or plunged in the fog, loses its clear boundaries. The iridescent image reflected by the water merges into the real Venice to become a dream-like vision.

Our Venice would not even exist without its lagoon: Chosen as a safe shelter, this extraordinary morphological system conditioned since the beginning by choice of the Venetian State, has always tried to preserve its main characteristics and to rescue it from its own destiny.

In Venice there are three hidden magical sites.. when the Venetians are tired of the official authorities, they walk  to these secret places, and opening the doors they find at the very end of these courtyards, they go away, forever, to reach beautiful places and to other stories… (Hugo Pratt)

In a city such as Venice, plunged in a vibrant and evanescent atmosphere that lets the outline fade away and the boundaries disappear, it’s no surprise that the Venetian painters preferred to sacrifice the perfect drawing in the name of color and light.

To stroll between calli and campielli, to snoop in the markets, to dream about the way of living in a faraway past, to spy an enchanting courtyard through a key-hole, to peer in a church, to drink a “ombra” in a “bacàro”, to follow a celebrity’s footsteps, to take a picture with a breath-taking view: discover Venice as you like!

The Veneto is a region with the richest heritage in all of Italy and not just because of Venice, its capital: centers such as Padova of Donatello and Giotto, Vicenza of Andrea Palladio and Verona with its Arena and romantic memories of Romeo and Juliet, are all monuments or works of the finest art.

A guided tour on the footsteps of the Venetian movie sets to discover Venice through the camera’s eyes: stories, anecdotes from the most recent movies shot in Venice, such as The Tourist, Casinò Royal, The Italian Job, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and lots more…

Will my little detectives manage to follow the tracks to find out the key of this unrevealed mystery?