School Football Tour to Venice

Like the rest of Italy, the people of Venice and the Veneto are football-mad! If you’re looking for a football tour that combines great sporting experiences with the opportunity to visit one of the world’s most important cultural centres, Venice is a pretty good bet.

There’s plenty of good quality opposition here, as football is taken pretty seriously in Italy. Test your team’s skills in friendlies with local teams, building your players’ confidence and giving them the opportunity to get to know their Italian opponents.

When not on the pitch, why not explore this beautiful city? Make sure you take a gondola ride and be sure to stop by the Doge’s Palace and Piazza San Marco. You’ll stay in a lovely beach resort close to Venice, so you can also enjoy all the benefits of being on the magnificent Adriatic coast!

Suggested Itinerary

Day 1

Morning

Make way to airport Board flight to Venice Arrive in Venice, meet coach and transfer to accommodation

Afternoon

Check in to accommodation Training session

Evening

Friendly fixture

Day 2

Morning

Full-day excursion to Venice including gondola ride and visits to famous sites

Day 3

Morning

Training session

Afternoon

Friendly fixture

Evening

Evening meal at local Italian restaurant

Day 4

Morning

Full-day visit to Aqualandia water park

Day 5

Morning

Check out of accommodation Spend morning in Venice - last-minute sightseeing and souvenir shopping

Afternoon

Transfer to airport Board return flight to UK

Evening

4 nights' bed & breakfast accommodation
Single room upgrade for staff
Return flights from Stansted to Venice Treviso airport
Hold luggage flight upgrade per passenger
x 2 fixtures against local opposition of a similar standard
Return airport and fixture transfers in an executive coach
Free staff place ratio 1:10
Detailed information pack
Travel and medical insurance
Itinerary planning service
VAT

Accommodation

Hotel Christian

Hotel Christian is a renovated, friendly, family run hotel in Lido di Jesolo. It boasts a rooftop swimming pool and jacuzzi, restaurant, pizzeria, and snack bar, life and TV lounge. Students are generally in multi bedded rooms with staff in twins. Rooms all have satellite TV, safe, air con and are all en-suite.

Colombo, Hotel

The Hotel Colombo is an excellent family owned hotel. Situated in a central and quiet position only 100 mts from the sea it offers modern amenities, all the rooms have: private facilities, balcony, direct telephone line, color-TV with satellite, safe, heating and air conditioning. In addition there is a rooftop pool, 2 lifts, reading and TV room, lounge, solarium, terrace bar, restaurant with choice of menu, parking, children's play area, private beach, tennis and mini-golf!

Excursions

Venice Guided City Tour

Explore this former maritime republic with your team and see the beauty of Venice for yourself.

Aqualandia Water Park

Aqualandia is a theme water park which mimics a Caribbean Isle on the Adriatic see: a combination of cheerfulness, fun, extreme sports and water games.

Supporting you every step of the way

Creating your perfect sports tour

Your quote will be put together by an experienced Tour Adviser who’ll be an expert in school sports tours and will know the destination really well too. They’ll work with you to create a tour to suit your group’s needs and meet your tour objectives.

Launching your tour to parents and students

The next step is to get your tour approved and then get students signed up to it. Our ‘Trip Launch Pack’ will help you with this step. Here you’ll find loads of resources (all free to download) designed to make your life easier at this crucial point in the planning process.

After you’ve booked

Once you’ve booked, your dedicated Itinerary Coordinator will start working on the finer details. They’ll make sure your itinerary makes the most of your time and they’ll take on most of the admin tasks for your tour (making the whole process a lot less stressful for you).

Support while you’re away

While you’re out on tour, we’ll be at the end of the phone 24 hours a day to provide support should you need it. We’ll also send you a final info pack before you go and you’ll be able to access all your tour documents via the free Vamoos app.

After your trip

When you return from your sports tour, we’ll ask you to complete a detailed feedback survey, which helps us continue to improve the service we offer. And we can start planning your next tour too, so you can give parents plenty of time to pay for it (and so it’s less stressful for you).