The Lost Treasure of Marco Polo Tour
3 h
About this activity
You start visiting Palazzo Loredan, once the house of seven Doges of Mocenigo Family and nowadays Institute of Science, Literature and Arts where you will admire some details of interior architecture of the Palace as well as its bust collection including the most important characters of Venice.
Walking through hidden “calli” (Venetian narrow alleys) you will reach “Corte del Milion” and the house where Marco Polo lived. Nowadays the Marco Polo’s House, totally renovated in 1993, hosts the Malibran Theatre. During its restoration, archaeologists found many important objects belonged to the Polo family including a rare purple glass produced in Murano in 1300 B.C.
After a short walk you reach the Rialto Market where an entire area, named “Erbaria”, was specifically dedicated only to the spices imported from Asia and from the rest of the world by Marco Polo and by Venetian traders. Here you will discover how the prices of spices and fish were calculated in the past.
Aboard a private water taxi, travelling through part of the Grand Canal and smaller canals, you reach Murano Island and visit a glass factory where an expert glass master, with the same ancient technique used in the past, will create in front of you a copy of the purple glass of Marco Polo. Tour ends in Murano Island.
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Walking through hidden “calli” (Venetian narrow alleys) you will reach “Corte del Milion” and the house where Marco Polo lived. Nowadays the Marco Polo’s House, totally renovated in 1993, hosts the Malibran Theatre. During its restoration, archaeologists found many important objects belonged to the Polo family including a rare purple glass produced in Murano in 1300 B.C.
After a short walk you reach the Rialto Market where an entire area, named “Erbaria”, was specifically dedicated only to the spices imported from Asia and from the rest of the world by Marco Polo and by Venetian traders. Here you will discover how the prices of spices and fish were calculated in the past.
Aboard a private water taxi, travelling through part of the Grand Canal and smaller canals, you reach Murano Island and visit a glass factory where an expert glass master, with the same ancient technique used in the past, will create in front of you a copy of the purple glass of Marco Polo. Tour ends in Murano Island.
Included
- Private guided tour on foot and by water taxi
- 20% discount on purchase in Murano glass factory
- A copy of Marco Polo glass globet
- Hotel pickup
- Unique glassblowing performance
Not included
- Food and drinks
- Hotel drop-off
- Gratuities
- return trip from Murano
Additional
- Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Comfortable shoes suggested
- Unfortunately this tour is not fully accesible for wheelchair users or people with walking disabilities
- Mobile voucher accepted
- For the pick up in hotel, it must be situated in Saint Mark or Rialto area and you must comunicate the andress and name of the hotel at the moment of reservation and 24 hours before the tour. Otherwise the meeting point will be at the Venice Tours office in "San Marco 1130"" 1 minutes from Saint Mark's Square"
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
Features
Cultural
85%
Tourism
85%
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