Italy

Venice lies in the centre of a vast lagoon that stretches for about thirty miles from north to south and studded by numerous small islands, which are mostly deserted. This amazing collection of lagoons drove the Venetians to establish their city here, a perfectly secure and inaccessible little world. You will visit St Marks Square, the Bridge of Sighs, enter the Doge’s Palace and learn about the adventures of the amorous Giacomo Casanova. You will have the opportunity to enter his prison cell and hear how he and one other became the only people to ever escape the palace! Aboard your water taxi, your private guide will show you the quaint and colourful fishing island of Burano which is famous for its lace and charming architecture. The next island of Murano is where equally coloured glass has been hand-made for over 700 years and where you can experience the age-old techniques of glass-blowing which is still in use today.