Venice is a unique artistic achievement, one of Italy's top travel cities and a beautiful, romantic destination with many attractions… You'll find many magnificent churches and palaces, lagoons, islands and canals, lively squares, and interesting shops…

Do you know that ...  the city is built on 118 small islands and seems to float on the waters of the lagoon - separated by 150 canals and linked by more than 400 bridges? That - the Grand Canal is like main street, cutting through the center of the city? That - two hundred years ago, there were 10,000 gondolas in Venice… ?   

So … go with us and you can know and see more…Saint Mark's Square - the main square of Venice surrounded by chic sidewalk cafes and fancy shops, live music. Saint Mark's Basilica - a beautiful church blending the architecture of East and West. Doge's Palace - the most impressive building in Venice, it was the political and judicial hub of Venetian government. The palace was connected to its prisons by the famous "Bridge of Sighs." Grand Canal - the main thoroughfare of Venice, full of all kinds of boats and lined with beautiful buildings. Rialto Bridge - the main bridge crossing the Grand Canal in the heart of Venice, is over 400 years old. Rialto Market - where you can find an interesting and lively food market with lots of little shops. Academy Gallery - one of Italy's best art museums, Bridge of the Academy - wooden bridge in Grand Canal, Basilica Santa Maria di Salute built in 1630, after 80,000 Venetians had been killed by plague, stands at 100,000 pylons, Peggy Guggenheim Collection - museum of modern art, Punta della Dogana - a centre for contemporary art with the Pinault Collection, famous theatre la Fenice and Museum of Music and musical instruments – from the period of time in which composer Antonio Vivaldi lived and docks, where gondolas are repaired...

1 day more and you can visit also Verona - 2nd important city in the Veneto region, romantic  place for lovers, where Shakespeare situated love story of Romeo and Juliet. We will visit     House of Juliet, Arena - colosseum, the ancient amphitheatre built by the Romans,Castelvecchio (castle and museum of middle age and renaissance art) built in the 14th century by the Scaliger clan. We will see the historical centre with his marvellous streets and square.....

 

 

closing deadline:

Mon 3 April 2017

 

Min. number of participants: 35

Application:  International Student Club, Komenského náměstí 2 (the building of the Faculty of Medicine), Brno  (MON + WED  5:00 - 7:00 p.m.)

Date: 
20/04/2017 - 07:45 to 23/04/2017 - 16:45
Meeting Point: 
lobby of the Vinařská Hall of Residence, Block A1 - at 07:45 p.m.
Address: 
Czech Republic
Price: 
1 600 CZK (Venice and Verona 3400 CZK)
What's included: 
  • transport by bus, service fee
  • NOT INCLUDED: entrance fees, transport by train and boat (ca 30-80 EUR)
Contact details: 
Miroslava Slámová, tel: 608755233, MU-excursion@email.cz