Festival Of Dance And Songs “Mare Adriatico”
16 – 20 June 2024

Venice is one of the most important tourist destinations in the world, due to the city being one of the world’s greatest and most beautiful cities of art. The city has an average of 50,000 tourists a day. Today there are numerous attractions in Venice, such as St Mark’s Basilica, the Grand Canal, and the Piazza San Marco, to name a few. The Lido di Venezia is also a popular international luxury destination, attracting thousands of actors, critics, celebrities, and mainly people in the cinematic industry.

The island MURANO, recognized worldwide as the capital of blown glass, the precious secrets of antique glass manufacture, passed down from generation to generation by the master glassmakers that with skillful techniques and skilled hands, have been in centuries transforming the simple matter in artworks. A stop by a historical factory to watch the heat manufacturing of glass – duration about 45 minutes.

Following, the second island is BURANO, a “multi-coloured palette”. The island of fishermen and of “tombolo” embroiderers, ancient instruments with which beautiful bobbin lace and lace artefacts are nowadays still realized. Visit of a lace and bobbin lace laboratory and walk through the streets of the small town – a duration of about 50 minutes.

At the end, the third island is TORCELLO or as it was said, “Turricellum”, the most ancient and prosperous settlement of the lagoon up to the rise of Venezia. Today it counts only 15 inhabitants and it is a very popular tourist place.

Aqualandia is much more than a traditional water park. It’s a true-themed fun island, with 26 attractions (including the highest water – slide in the world and Europe’s highest bungee jumping tower), 7 shows, and 4 animation activities.

Colorful themed animal park with kid-friendly exhibits, an aquarium & a predator display.

The Tropicarium area is a long journey with lots of animals: you can learn about the cute aquatic and terrestrial turtles, the mysterious geckos, strange lizards like iguanas, water dragons, basilisks, poisonous “Gila monsters”, and many others. Then there are the small and large snakes, frogs, toads, and salamanders.

Aquarium – Relaxing path with many different species of tropical fish. In the first part of the itinerary, you can admire very rare “primitive” fish such as the Limuli, which have existed since the time of the dinosaurs, dangerous and deadly stone fish, poisonous scorpion fish, showy and irascible triggerfish, surgeon, butterfly, and many others.

Predators – Crocodiles and sharks are great predators that have existed since the time of the dinosaurs, they are prehistoric animals! They are among the few survivors of the dinosaur era, and in fact, they haven’t changed much during the last 65 million years. The Predators area hosts the most dangerous predators in the world, always the most feared but also the most named.

Detailed Excursions list will be given to you 1 month before the festival.