Cultural Activities in Venice

Learning a language is much more than being familiar with its grammar rules: it also entails learning in-depth about the culture it represents. The Istituto Venezia offers you the possibility to improve your knowledge of Italian culture thanks to social activities organized in Venice.

At school

Thanks to the afternoon activities at school you can improve your language skills: there are grammar workshops, thematic lectures, discussions on films, literature or on italian songs.

The program is updated weekly in order to offer you a wide variety of choices. All activities are free. Only in some cases students pay for entrance tickets or transport.

Around the city

Thanks to the experience of our assistants we organise afternoon excursions and walking tours that allow you to expand your knowledge about Venetian history, art, traditions and daily life.

These are some examples of our activities:

• Artistic itinerary: museums and art exhibitions.
• Itinerary about the local handcraft: visit to the glass and mask workshops and the squeri (where the gondolas are made).
• Historic itinerary: walks around the historical areas of the city.
• Gastronomic itinerary: walks around Rialto market (one of the greatest markets in the world), visit to local bacari and trattorie, wine and food tasting, cooking lessons.

Open air activities

You can discover the city also by doing sport activities: trekking in the islands of the lagoon, trips by bicycle in Venice Lido, jogging along the canals, and in addition the possibility of becoming members of the CUS (University Sport Centre).

Visiting the surroundings

Venice is not the only destination of our trips, we also organise one-day excursions to some of the most interesting cities near Venice, such as Padua, Treviso, Verona, Ferrara, Riviera del Brenta Villas in order for you to enjoy the beautiful landscape around Venice and to explore the historical cities in the region.