Venice

In the cen­tre of Venice there are no roads to spoil the endur­ing beau­ty and time seems to move more slow­ly amidst its icon­ic archi­tec­ture and water­ways. Venice was once a trad­ing super­pow­er with the asso­ci­at­ed wealth fund­ing the spec­tac­u­lar archi­tec­ture span­ning the Byzan­tine, Goth­ic, Baroque and Renais­sance peri­ods. Even if you have not vis­it­ed Venice before you will like­ly have a vision of the city in your mind’s eye and this is a pho­to­graph­ic loca­tion that will live up to, and prob­a­bly exceed, your expectations.

Dur­ing the tour we will explore many icon­ic loca­tions includ­ing Piaz­za San Mar­co, home of St Mark’s Basil­i­ca, the Doge’s Palace and Bridge of Sighs, the Rial­to Bridge and, of course, the Grand Canal. Whilst each of these loca­tions pro­vides a host of pho­to­graph­ic oppor­tu­ni­ties, we will also take time to explore some of the less well known and qui­eter back streets, or calles, in areas such as Dor­so­duro and Cannaregio. 

Using the Vaporet­tos (water bus) we will also cross the lagoon and ven­ture to the island of Bura­no, home to won­der­ful­ly colour­ful hous­es nes­tled along­side its own net­work of canals. The Vaporet­tos will also enable us to vis­it Giudec­ca and San Gior­gio Mag­giore to take in some clas­sic views back towards Basil­i­ca San­ta Maria del­la Salute and the Doges Palace.

We have sched­uled this tour for late Octo­ber so that, if we wish, we can take in either sun­rise or sun­set, or maybe take a walk with our cam­eras after dark. For the ear­ly ris­ers watch­ing and pho­tograph­ing sun­rise from the Ponte dell’Accademia is a mem­o­ry that will last long, and for those who pre­fer a lie in, we may get the oppor­tu­ni­ty to watch the sun­set across the city from the top of the Abbey of San Gior­gio Maggiore.

Dur­ing the day as well as vis­it­ing the many icon­ic loca­tions across the city we will of course make time to soak up the atmos­phere of watch­ing Venet­ian life pass by from one of the many street cafes. Oppor­tu­ni­ties to make inti­mate and per­son­al images abound at every turn as we cross the many canals and take time to mean­der along qui­et alleyways.

For this tour, you will be in the capa­ble hands of Mark Lawrence who has vis­it­ed Venice many times and has over 40 years’ pho­tog­ra­phy expe­ri­ence. Mark will be on hand to guide you through this won­der­ful city and help you achieve the best from your time in Venice.