Excursion along the Brenta River

• Venice

Every year from March till October, Il Burchiello cruises along the Brenta River with departure from Padua or Venice on alternate days.

The excursion is highly interesting from the historical, cultural and artistic point of view.

Along the Canal we can admire more than fifty villas, once summer residences of the Venetian nobility. While the cruise takes us through some really beautiful spots, we can appreciate the high technological value of the engineering work carried out in order to create this ship canal, allowing the development of civilisation over the years.

Along the way, Il Burchiello stops at three of the most important mansions: Villa Pisani, Barchessa Valmarana or Villa Widmann and Villa Foscari "Malcontenta".

Il Burchiello leaves on alternate days from Padua and Venice. In Venice it leaves from the Pietà Dock, on the Riva degli Schiavoni just behind Piazza S. Marco. From Venice: Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday. In Padua, the rendez vous is the bus station of Piazzale Boschetti, just a few minutes from the train station. From here a SITA bus takes passengers to the embarkation point.

From Padua: Wednesday, Friday and Sunday Return by bus.

For individual customers the return from Venice to Padua and vice versa is always included in the programme and is to be meant as follows:

• from the Maritime Station in Venice to Piazzale Boschetti in Padua (and, on request, to the Railway Station);
• from Padua to Piazzale Roma in Venice.