Venice and Echoes of the Orient: Walking Tour and Coffee Tasting
Venice, Italy
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Trip Type: Walking Tours
Duration: 2 hours
Spice and silk. Coffee and salt. The Italian merchants who traded in the Far East transformed Venice’s fortune, a piece of history that you learn about on this 2-hour, small-group walking tour. A guide helps you discover the legacy left in the East-West trading hub as you pass the Canareggio district, Rialto Bridge Market and Marco Polo’s house. Finish with one of the floating city's most beloved imports — a coffee. Numbers are limited to 15 people for a personalized experience.
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Spice and silk. Coffee and salt. The Italian merchants who traded in the Far East transformed Venice’s fortune, a piece of history that you learn about on this 2-hour, small-group walking tour. A guide helps you discover the legacy left in the East-West trading hub as you pass the Canareggio district, Rialto Bridge Market and Marco Polo’s house. Finish with one of the floating city's most beloved imports — a coffee. Numbers are limited to 15 people for a personalized experience.Meet your guide near Campo San Bartolomeo in central Venice to start your 2-hour walking tour about Venice’s famous merchant culture that took root back in the Middle Ages, when traders undertook long journeys to the Far East in pursuit of exotic goods. The wealth created by Eastern trade transformed Venice’s fortune, turning it from an island settlement into a powerful Mediterranean city with a far-reaching maritime empire.
As you explore, listen to stories about the medieval Venetian merchants and the exotic products they traded such as spice and silk. Look around Campo San Bartolomeo as you learn how it hosted Venice’s original market — a trading point that echoed the Middle Eastern souks. See the stalls at the modern-day version of the market at Rialto Bridge, and walk to Campiello del Milion where the home of the famous explorer Marco Polo once stood.
In the Canareggio neighborhood, pass the Church of the Abbey of Misericordia and Church of Madonna dell’Orto, one of Venice’s finest Gothic churches. Learn how the area is believed to have been home to Islamic merchants in medieval days and was also home to the artist Tintoretto.
See where Tintoretto had his workshop, and take photos of the camel wall relief on Palazzo del Cammello, another sign of Eastern influence in the city. View Moorish statues and explore the old Jewish Ghetto as your guide recounts how merchants from around the world once flocked here to trade.
Finish at one of Venice’s traditional coffee-roasting houses. Enjoy the aromatic home-roasted blends and hear how traders first brought coffee to the city in the 1600s. Your tour ends here, leaving you free to explore or return to your hotel independently.
As you explore, listen to stories about the medieval Venetian merchants and the exotic products they traded such as spice and silk. Look around Campo San Bartolomeo as you learn how it hosted Venice’s original market — a trading point that echoed the Middle Eastern souks. See the stalls at the modern-day version of the market at Rialto Bridge, and walk to Campiello del Milion where the home of the famous explorer Marco Polo once stood.
In the Canareggio neighborhood, pass the Church of the Abbey of Misericordia and Church of Madonna dell’Orto, one of Venice’s finest Gothic churches. Learn how the area is believed to have been home to Islamic merchants in medieval days and was also home to the artist Tintoretto.
See where Tintoretto had his workshop, and take photos of the camel wall relief on Palazzo del Cammello, another sign of Eastern influence in the city. View Moorish statues and explore the old Jewish Ghetto as your guide recounts how merchants from around the world once flocked here to trade.
Finish at one of Venice’s traditional coffee-roasting houses. Enjoy the aromatic home-roasted blends and hear how traders first brought coffee to the city in the 1600s. Your tour ends here, leaving you free to explore or return to your hotel independently.
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