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0115 9404 303School Primary Languages trip to Venice & Lido di Jesolo
Venice is an amazingly beautiful place with a stunning photo opportunity around every twist and turn of the alleyways and canals. Venice can be a memorable experience on any budget.
It provides its visitors with a lifetime of memories and sights that no other city in the world can offer. Just 25 mins by bus or 40 mins by boat takes you to Lido di Jesolo. Although it existed as a Roman settlement, only in the last century has the seaside been developed, becoming one of the best resorts in Italy. Every year more than 400,000 people come for the sun and to dive in the Adriatic Sea.
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7 days/4 nights
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Includes:
- 4 nights half board accommodation
- Return executive coach travel (TV/Video/WC/Seatbelts)
- Return ferry/Eurotunnel crossings
- Free staff place ratio 1:8
- Detailed information pack
- Comprehensive travel and medical insurance
- Itinerary planning service
- Motorway tolls and taxes
- VAT
Suggested Activities
Sample Itinerary
Example AccommodationGrand Canal
The Grand Canal is the main aquatic thoroughfare in central Venice. The S-shaped waterway follows an ancient riverbed from the Tronchetto parking island, the Piazzale Roma transit centre and the Santa Lucia railroad station to Piazza San Marco and St. Mark's Basin. The canal is about 4 km or 2.5 miles long, with a width that varies from 30 to 70 meters (98 to 230 feet).The best way to see it is to...
St. Mark's (San Marco) Basilica
This fantastic building, mother church of the city since the early Middle Ages, blends Romanesque with Byzantine and other diverse cultural influences from Venice's far-flung maritime empire. Its campanile, or bell-tower, offers one of the finest urban panoramas anywhere.
Guggenheim Collection
Part of the worldwide Guggenheim art foundation, the Guggenheim is Italy's most important collection of twentieth-century art. Its core is Peggy Guggenheim's private collection, and it's housed in her former home.
Doge's Palace
The Palazzo Ducale was built in the 9th century and was the residence of the Doge (chief magistrates) until the fall of the Venetian Republic in I797. It was a public palace and the seat of the administration of justice - the highest and richest symbol of Venetian civilization. The 15th century staircase of this pink Veronese marble palace is crowned with statues of Mars and Neptune, symbols of Ve...
Correr Museum
The museum offers an exciting itinerary to discover the Art and the History of Venice. Born of the collection donated to the city of Venice in 1830 by Teodoro Correr, the Museum has grown through later gifts, acquisitions and donations, which constitute the rich and varied heritage of the Venetian Civic Museums.
Galleria dell Accademia Venice
The Galleria dell’Accademia is one of the world’s great museums, and absolutely unmissable on your visit to Venice.Actually the sights begin before you set foot in the Accademia. The galleries are in the Dorsoduro sestiere (district) of Venice, and you approach via the huge wooden arch of the Ponte dell’Accademia, built by the Austrians to move their soldiers swiftly about the ci...
Murano Glass Museum
The palace was originally used by the bishops of the diocese of Torcello (a major settlement in the lagoon in earlier times) and now houses the collection of glass from the 15th to the 20th century on an upper floor.
Piazza San Marco
In New York, every tourist has to visit Times Square, in London, Trafalgar Square and Piccadilly Circus, in Paris, the Place de la Concorde. The equivalent in Venice is the Piazza San Marco, better known as St. Mark's Square. It differs from its foreign counterparts in two major respects: It's more attractive and it hasn''t been ruined by traffic.In ‘The Companion Guide to Venice’, the...
| Morning | Afternoon | Evening | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | Pick-up from school | Ferry/Eurotunnel crossing | |
| Day 2 | Mid-afternoon arrive resort and explore local area on foot. | Evening meal in hotel | |
| Day 3 | Visit to San Marco Basilica followed by a visit to the Marciana National Library and Archeological Museum | Spend time at the Piazza di San Marco followed by a stroll up to the St. Mark’s Basin, Venice’s Waterfront through the Piazzetta di San Marco followed by a visit to the Clock Tower. | Evening meal in hotel |
| Day 4 | Participate in a Venetian Mask workshop and visit a Showroom. | Visit to the Guildhall and Church of San Rocco | Evening meal in hotel |
| Day 5 | Visit to the Rialto Market passing through the famous Rialto Bridge. Group to spend time strolling in the shops nearby the area | Visit to the National Gallery of Modern Art and Oriental Art Museum | Evening meal in hotel |
| Day 6 | Depart Hotel mid-morning and drive to Calais | ||
| Day 7 | Breakfast time Ferry and drive back to school | ||
Hotel Serenella
Hotel Serenella is well located in Lido di Jesolo and offers 36 rooms. Students will generally be accommodated in multi-bedded rooms and staff in twins. All rooms en-suite, with balcony and telephone. There is a TV room, lift, bar, restaurant, car parking.
