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This tour is designed especially for children to engage with the history and art of Venice. Ideal for children aged between 5-12 years. After skipping the queques the tour guide will lead your family through the Basilica and Doge’s Palace! Explore the Doge’s Palace, the true heart of Venetian political power where the Doge and his council took the decisions for the Venetian Republic. I will start with an overview of the courtyard, and carry on through the Loggia’s floor. On the upper floors, you will be impressed by the Institutional Chambers: the most magnificent is the Chamber of the Great Council. I will lead you over the Bridge of Sighs, to the Prisons.

After that we will discover one of the world’s most majestic cathedrals, a true masterpiece of Byzantine art! From the ground floor you can admire the beautiful golden mosaics and marble inlay flooring. A wonderful way for children to enjoy Venice! They will come away having had fun, having learnt about art, religion and history but also they will go back home with…the Venetian Treasure!

Tour Details

Duration: 3 hours.

Meeting point: At your hotel or apartment.

What’s included: Professional tour guide, skip the line tickets Doge’s Palace, skip the line tickets Basilica, certificate and treasure for kids.

Weather restrictions: The tour takes places rain or shine.

Dressing code: No restrictions, but dress up comfortably. In order to enter inside churches, shoulders and knees have to be covered. Shorts and skirts are fine, but below knees. For security reasons sacks, bags or knapsacks are not allowed inside the churches, also the visit during liturgical celebrations is not permitted.

Age groups: Suitable to everybody. Kids from 4 to 10 years old.

Notes: St.Mark’s Basilica is closed on Sunday mornings and National holidays.

St.Mark’s Basilica & Doge’s Palace tour

With this tour you will discover the two most important places in the history of the Republic of Venice: Doge’s Palace, the centre of the temporal power, and St. Mark’s Basilica, the symbol of spiritual power and religion. The first structure of the Doge’s Palace was built around the ninth century…

Over the centuries it has been altered several times to become a real jewel of Venetian Gothic architecture art which represented for centuries the seat of the Venetian political power. In his splendid rooms, plastered and immersed in hundreds of masterpieces of painting, the Doge and his Council controlled the fate of a thousand-year history republic. You will live it together with your tour guide that will show you the halls of power, plunging you in a very particular historical context: the European Middle Ages and the immediately following centuries. You will be surprised of the rich details of the golden staircase, of the realism of the scenes depicted by many artists who have decorated this building, you will relive the anguish of the prisoners crossing the famous Bridge of Sighs, and entering the Venetian prisons, famous for hosting the famous Casanova.

After the Palace the tour guide will take you to the splendid St Mark’s Basilica, the chapel of Doge’s Palace until the fall of the Venetian Republic and later elected as the cathedral of Venice. In a deep spiritual atmosphere, mosaics, majestic architecture and sumptuous vestments make St Mark’s Basilica a work of art of inestimable value, it is one of the most majestic cathedral in the world. You will understand the strong message displayed in 8000 square meters of mosaics, explained in hundreds bibical episodes.

Tour Details

Duration: 2h 30 minutes.

Meeting point: At your Hotel or Apartment

What’s included: Professional tour guide, skip the line tickets Doge’s Palace, skip the line tickets Basilica.

Weather restrictions: The tour takes places rain or shine.

Dressing code: No restrictions, but dress up comfortably. In order to enter inside churches, shoulders and knees have to be covered. Shorts and skirts are fine, but below knees. For security reasons sacks, bags or knapsacks are not allowed inside the churches, also the visit during liturgical celebrations is not permitted.

Age groups: Suitable to everybody. Kids from 0 to 5 free entrance

Notes: St.Mark’s Basilica is closed on Sunday mornings and National holidays.

Private evening Stroll is offering a fascinating evening walk discovering unusual routes accompanied by legends, anecdotes, ghosts and tales of a secret Venice. During the evening hours, Venice is more peaceful since many of the day visitors have returned to their resorts.The stroll through small streets without the daunting crowds, and walk on charming bridges and unique piazzas. With your tour guide you will reach the heart of the political and religious center of Venice, Saint Mark’s square. Reaching this beautiful square at this time of the early evening allows us to admire the Basilica of Saint Mark completely lit, along with the Bell Tower and the Doge’s Palace.

A moment of a bit of romance, and your tour guide will continue to share amazing stories about these key buildings! At the end, a gondola is waiting for you and you will enjoy the enchanting and very classical way to see Venice, from its narrow canals!

Tours Details.

Duration: 2 hours 30 minutes, from 9.00pm to 11.30pm.

Meeting point: At your hotel or apartment.

Weather restrictions: The tour takes places rain or shine.

What’s included: 30 minutes of gondola ride.

Dressing code: No restrictions. Dress up comfortably.

Age groups: Suitable to everybody.

Gran Canal tour by boat

With this private guided boat tour along the Grand Canal you will discover “the most beautiful street in the world” and its magnificent palaces built over hundreds of years, which have made the “Canalasso” what it is today. Let your imagination go back in time when the “squeri” (gondolas’ shipyards) were at their highest, the “fonteghi” were full of merchants, smells and colors and the most noble families used to party in their wonderful houses.

Why are there so many different styles and where are those moorish windows coming from? Your guide will be ready to answer to these questions and many more; you will be entertained with the history of the buildings and the stories of their owners (some of them universally well known). You will also navigate some smaller canals, to enjoy some delicious glimpses of small bridges, “fondamente” with local groceries, narrow streets: the true side of Venice, where the few Venetians still here live their city at the most. Venice was built on the water, and from the water she gives her very best. Upon request the tour could end in Murano to visit a Glass Factory.

Tours details
Duration: 1 hour only boat, but I can customize the duration on your needs.

Meeting point: If your hotel has a watertaxi dock, the boat will pick you up directly there, or your apartment.

What’s included: Professional tour guide, luxury watertaxi 1 hour.

Weather restrictions: The tour takes places rain or shine. Intense fog could compromise the tour.

Dressing code: No restrictions. Sunglasses suggested.

Age groups: Suitable to everybody.

The Mask in Venice is much more than just “Carnival”: it is an art that gives life to masterpieces. During this 2 hours class you will choose 2 models among the 43 white masks handmade in papier-maché and start to decorate them using one of the 7 different techniques that can be normally used. The masks’ decorations can be changed over and over, with the masters’ help, until you’ll reach the desired results. You will take with you the knowledge of these 800 years old technique and, last but not least, your beatiful masks to wear for the next Carnival!

Tours details

Duration: 2 hours.

Meeting point: At masks atelier.

Weather restrictions: The tour takes places rain or shine.

What’s included: Mask painting lesson and your painted mask! Dressing code: No restrictions. Dress up comfortably.

Age groups: Suitable to everybody, tour designed especially for kids from 4 to 12.

With this tour you will visit the most beautiful islands of Venice: Murano, Burano and Torcello– you will discover the stunning islands of Venice with a private luxury water taxi and the assistance of a local guide. First stop you will visit the beautiful island of Murano, where the glass blowing dates back to the X century. Whilst watching one of the glass masters blowing and shaping the glass in the furnace, you will learn the history and the process of the glass making throughout the years. After this you will be invited to visit their elegant show room, with beautiful and original pieces on display, which is really worth a visit.

Your private water taxi will then take you to Burano, a fishermen’s island known for its vibrant multi-coloured houses. The tour guide will lead you through the narrow alleys and reveal the true culture and lifestyle of this charming, picturesque town, famous also for the millenary lace-work, you will also have the possibility to see one of the local old ladies working on the Burano lace: she will show you the different stitches involved in making these wonderful works of art.

We’ll then leave the Island of Burano and take a short boat ride to the Island of Torcello, “where all began”; it is here that the “future Venetians” first settled, to escape from the Barbarian conquering the mainland. You’ll have the chance to enter the Basilica, one of the oldest in the lagoon, and admire its magnificent mosaics.

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This tour is the perfect combination to live Venice from two perspectives: earth and water!

The tour guide will meet you at the lobby of your hotel and then you will enjoy a stroll to the very heart of Venice, the St. Marks Area of Venice. You will not only experience the atmosphere of Venice and wonders of this unique city but we will start to understand the city, what it offers. On arrival in St. Marks Square you will enjoy the history and the architecture.

After St. Mark’s square, staying away from the crowds, you’ll walk through the backstreets and the squares to explore the city’s layout: you’ll be cocooned by the silence and intimacy that only a car-free city built to human scale can provide. We’ll end our visit in the busy neighborhood of Rialto, once the trade centre of Venice. You’ll cross the famous Bridge, the oldest over the Grand Canal, and explore the bustling surroundings of the best fresh produce market in the city.

The last hour will be on a luxury private boat – the best way to appreciate Venice is from the water perspective. During this unique opportunity you enjoy all the best scenarios Venice presents: the peaceful Lagoon surrounding Venice, small and narrow canals of the quaint Castello district, passing under some of the 400 bridges of Venice, while observing the vibrant reverberation of the buildings reflecting on the water surface.

Tour Details:

Duration: 3 hours(1 hour only boat), but I can customize the duration on your clients’ needs.

Meeting point: At your Hotel or Apartment.

Weather restrictions: The tour takes places rain or shine. Intense fog could compromise the tour.

Dressing code: No restrictions, but dress up comfortably.

What’s included: Professional tour guide, luxury watertaxi 1 hour.

Age groups: Suitable to everybody.

Notes: Rialto fish market is closed on Sunday & Monday mornings and National holidays

The L’e Marquis impressive car portfolio is composed of the new 2017 complete range of Ferrari, Lamborghini and Maserati for rent: Ferrari 488 Spider, Ferrari California T, Ferrari 458 Speciale, Ferrari 458 Spider, Ferrari F12 Berlinetta, Ferrari FF, Ferrari 458 Italia, Ferrari California, Ferrari 430 Spider F1, the latest Ferrari convertible, Ferrari 430 Scuderia, Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano F1 HGTE, Lamborghini Huracán LP 610-4 Spyder, Lamborghini Aventador, Lamborghini Gallardo LP 560-4 E-Gear Spyder, new Maserati Ghibli, Maserati Quattroporte GTS and Maserati Granturismo S Gran Cabrio cabriolet MC Stradale, delivery all over Veneto.

Also the latest Aston Martin, Bentley, Rolls-Royce, Porsche, BMW, Mercedes, Audi for rent in Italy. Latest models for rent: Pagani Huayra, new powerful Bentley SUV Bentayga, Rolls Royce Phantom Drophead Coupé.

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Discover the sights and the tastes of the most beautiful spots of Italy driving a classic car. Driving “slowly”. Rediscovering sensations that just a vintage sports car can give to you. This is the reason why we rent vintage cars, particularly spiders, offering old fashioned emotions to our customers.

We will show you the most beautiful roads, the best art and the views you mustn’t miss. We can recommend the wine producers where you can find the best wines, the places where you can buy typical products or where you can try genuine dishes made with traditional recipes.

Taking the necessary length of time … you decide.
Rediscover the authentic sensations of driving, sensations only a vintage car can give you: hearing the roar of the engine, feeling each vibration through the steering wheel and pedals through your entire body, knowing that no two curves are the same.  Discover the tastes and sounds of the landscape you are driving through, with the wind in your hair.

The ‘Vintage Car Driver’ captures the pleasure of each instant behind the wheel; never choosing the fast busy route, instead he goes for the longer, less busy route, more curves and more emotions.
The ‘Vintage Car Driver’ feels every vibration through the steering wheel, taking on every challenging curve with great expectation and excitement, knowing there are no two curves alike. Each of them unique in design and elegance as nature intended.

At the same time the ‘Vintage Car Driver’ leaves behind all time measuring instruments, the chaos of the city. Appreciating each moment of his driving experience and dealing with any unexpected events with a smile. A ‘Vintage Car Driver’ lives the encounter with his vintage car as an opportunity to appreciate all that surrounds him on his journey, a scenic view, a monument, a sunset… not satisfied with the things everyone can see from a main road but venturing onto the secondary route to see hidden gems.

For these reasons, getting lost, going down the wrong road, is not so bad; sometimes only destiny can show us things we had not planned to see.

Rent one of our cars to explore Veneto on your own or join one of our tours. Contact anna@lemarquisluxury.com for details.