Friday, April 12, 2013

Classic route in Venice, Italy!

We propose a classic route in Venice! We recommend things to see in three days with a rate "slow" in order to fully enjoy what the city of Venice is like the elegant palaces, impressive churches, the charm of the Grand Canal and the Bridge of Sighs, the wealth of museums and the splendor of its works of art, among them the flavors of the lagoon.

First day
Morning: San Marco Square symbol of the encounter between East and West, its monuments and the unforgettable view.
Afternoon: the famous museums and the testimony of the glorious past, the historical cafés loved by Thomas Mann and Visconti.
Evening: Traditional and refined in the area of Santa Maria del Giglio and gambling at the Casino of Venice.

Second day
Morning: the major theaters, shops and antique glass between streets and canals, and baroque churches.
Afternoon: over the Accademia Bridge in the Dorsoduro district to visit its famous palaces and churches.
Evening: ancient cuisine based on fish near Campo San Polo and then walk to the Lido.

Third day
Morning: the San Polo district with its beautiful church, the house of Carlo Goldoni, the fish market and the view from the Rialto Bridge.
Afternoon: the magnificent palaces on the Grand Canal from Ca 'Pesaro to Ca' D'Oro, museums, churches and the Scalzi Bridge.
Evening: dinner filled with the aromas and flavors of Venetian cuisine and atmosphere from the Bridge of Sighs.

For those who want to enjoy the highlights of Venice without bleed economically, we recommend the bed and breakfast Venice Al Giardino: it is a B&B Venice, which is located in the mainland of Venice and offers year-round special offers and discounts.

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Piazza San Marco in Venice will be the inimitable frame, in the summer of 2011, of a rich program of concerts.

The program
:

Tuesday 19 July, 9.00pm
An intimate evening with the quintessentialJAMES TAYLOR & his legendary bandTickets: network HelloVenezia, tel. +39 041 2424
Online tickets: TicketOne
Infowww.dalessandroegalli.com 
Official website: www.jamestaylor.com 

Wednesday 20 July, 9.30pm
ORCHESTRA FILARMONICA DELLA FENICE"GRAN GALA' DELL'OPERA" - Musiche di Verdi, Bizet, Puccini, Gounod, Donizetti, Rossini
More info
Tickets: 
network HelloVenezia, tel. +39 041 2424 
Online tickets: Get Ticket
Saturday 23 July, 9.30pm
BIAGIO ANTONACCITickets: network HelloVenezia, tel. +39 041 2424
Online tickets: TicketOne
Info: www.fepgroup.it 

Friday 29 July, 9.30 pm
STING AND ORCHESTRA FILARMONICA DELLA FENICESymphonicity TourVenezia Jazz Festival
Tickets: network HelloVenezia, tel. +39 041 2424
Online tickets: TicketOne
Info: www.venetojazz.com
Official website: www.sting.com 

List of Hello Venezia ticket offices:
VENEZIA: La Fenice Theatre, Tronchetto, Info Point at Santa Lucia railway station
MESTRE: via Cardinal Massaia
LIDO: Santa Maria Elisabetta
CHIOGGIA: approdo ACTV piazzetta Vigo
SOTTOMARINA: piazzale Europa
DOLO: viale Mazzini, 108



All this events are easy from bed and breakfast of Venice Al Giardino and from the turistic apartments of Venice Al Giardino

Monday, January 24, 2011

All the latest news and previews of the Venice Carnival 2011!

The Venice Carnival 2011 will take place on 19 and 20 February and from 26 February to 8 March 2011 with the theme "Nineteenth century - gives meaning to Sissi - City of Women."
It then rediscovered in 2011's soul "theme" of the great Carnival of Venice. Torn between romantic suggestions and ferments the Risorgimento, in elegant frock coats and cylinder or corset and crinoline, is "nineteenth century" the motive driving the Venice Carnival 2011.
In one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the Unification of Italy, Venice chases her seductive femininity in references to the great heroines of nineteenth-century post-romantic will focus on Carnival, in key plays down the popular and playful fighting between the Austrian officers and committees for the italians Unity of the Kingdom of Italy, he married again with the Venetians, in theaters and museums, in a tete-a-tete fact of concerts, plays, historical performances, great dances and film screenings.


ADVANCE PROGRAM


GREAT BRINDISI IN VENICE
Saturday, February 19, from 19:00 to 20:00
Piazzetta San Marco
Inaugurated with "Gran brindisi in Venice", a joyful and elegant "cheers" with which the Venetians and tourists will officially welcome the Carnival. This opens up the dances in San Marco square, to the tune of the most famous Brindiam! Italian opera, in a colorful feast in which intrigues with the tails and the sticks
Walking nineteenth-century elegance.


VENETIAN FESTIVAL
Sunday, February 20, 10:00
Canal Grande Cannaregio district
The feast of all Venetians, dedicated to citizens and visitors to the lagoon city. The water procession of Rowing Associations Coordination moller of Venice's St. Mark's moorings and sail along the Grand Canal until you reach the popular Cannaregio district, where he will march in a blaze of public thronged the banks of the Rio de Cannaregio, pending now acclaimed CARRY the rat, "a work of the Coordination of Rowing. Upon arrival of the boats will open up the stands with the gastronomic delicacies carnival par excellence and the venezianissime fritole galani and loved cicheti salted offered


FEAST OF MARIE
Saturday, February 26, from 14:00 (from San Pietro di Castello), arrive in Piazza San Marco at about 16.00
Tuesday, March 8, from 15:30 (departure of the water procession from St. James Gold and arrive in Piazza San Marco 17.00 for the awards).
District of Castello and San Marco
The traditional "Festa delle Marie" recalls the tribute that brought the Doge annually twelve beautiful maidens and humble Venetian, for generously providing them with jewels ducal marriage. The Festival, a unique moment to admire the costumes of the Venetian tradition, runs on multiple days.
Opens Saturday, February 26, with the procession of the twelve girls Venetian selected in the previous weeks. The pedestrian procession, accompanied by costumed historical groups of the Committee of European Historical and associations for the Carnival, will leave San Pietro in Castello at 14:00, driving along the Riva degli Schiavoni and arriving in Piazza San Marco, where will take place presentation of "Marie" to citizenship. The award ceremony with the coronation of "Maria" but the winner will take place on Shrove Tuesday, March 8, at the end of the water parade leaving from San Giacomo dell'Orio assigned Piazza San Marco. There, at 17.00, the coronation of the Doge's more gentle and graceful young lady will seal the day dedicated to Women's Day.


THE FLIGHT OF THE ANGEL
Sunday, February 27, 12:00
Piazza San Marco
The "Angel Flight", a traditional reminiscent of the homage brought to the Doge, offers the exciting flight of a secret guest of the city of Venice, from the top of the bell tower of San Marco to the center of the square. Parterre accepted in the crowded groups of historical re-enactments in costume, will dissolve the tension of the CARRY in the embrace of the Doge and the audience, thrilled by the spectacular show that celebrates the time, even on national and international networks, the Carnival of Venice. The angel, star of the glamorous international
wear a beautiful costume with a Carnival theme.


THE COMMEMORATION
Saturday, February 26 from 14:00
Sunday, February 27 at 12:00
Sunday, March 6 from 14:00
Piazza San Marco
The historical re-enactments by the ESRB (Union of European Historical) provide the public with the Carnival, the only chance to see hundreds of costumes, choreographed and organized to recreate historical situations, in the important moments of the festivities of the Venetian tradition: parades, squads and committees Welcome, guard of honor, flag, actions of street theater with an ancient flavor, like the famous Bagordo. During the "Parade Marie", Feb. 26, and the Coronation of the" Mary" the winner, March 6, coinciding with the "Angel Flight", February 27, 2011 for the very special edition of the Venice Carnival will also be able to see re-enactments in key nineteenth century. Together with historical groups in costume will parade the beautiful masks of the Friends of the Venice Carnival and the International Carnival of Venice, to be admired, but also to have fun dancing the traditional dances, the waltz quadrille and nineteenth centuries.


THE MOST BEAUTIFUL MASK
Your selections:
Thursday, March 3, from 12:00 to 14:00 and from 16:00 to 17:00
Friday, March 4, from 12:00 to 14:00 and from 16:00 to 17:00
Saturday, March 5, from 12:00 to 14:00 and from 16:00 to 17:00
The final
Sunday, March 6, from 15:00
Piazza San Marco
One of the most anticipated events of the festival! On the day of fat Sunday, March 6, on the stage in Piazza San Marco the most beautiful masks will parade the Carnival, entertained by guest artists and mundane. Color, originality, beauty and poise but also savoir-faire of the form will be judged by a prestigious panel of experts and celebrities. This year the prize will be split: on the side of " Mask best "absolute Carnival 2011, will be awarded the prize for the best masquerade theme nineteenth century. The selections will be made masks, always in Piazza San Marco, from Shrove Tuesday to Saturday, March 5 March 3, in a blaze of deserved celebrity for the most complex and original costumes. Is request entering the competition, active since February on our website at www.carnevale.venezia.it.


THE SHOW IN THE GRAND FOYER OF SAN MARCO
On Saturday, February 26 to Tuesday, March 8, from 14:00 at night
Piazza San Marco
The Grand Foyer of San Marco will be the stage machinery that will be staged at the center of the square to host major events of the Carnival, the traditional ones as the most innovative: the "Angel Flight" to "Maries Fête", the "Mask more beautiful "in the performances of the commedia dell'arte. Among the major events not to miss the show will be choreographed companies and circus-theater with international artists, the parades and numbers of comic entertainers, live music concert, organized under a full program coordinated by DJs and radio hosts of the national media partner. Again, the dances - the waltz in the first place and the tango - each night from 20.00, they will let loose in the parterre of the Grand Foyer, entertainment early evening aperitif, with DJ sets to the thrilling package happy hour of Carnival 2011 and the grand finale, on March 8, International Women's Day and Mardi Gras.


DINNER AT THE CASINO THEME
On Saturday, February 26 to Tuesday, March 8, from 20:00
Palazzo Ca 'Vendramin Calergi
The Casino of Venice, whose headquarters is located in one of the most beautiful buildings overlooking the Grand Canal, the elegant Palazzo Ca 'Vendramin Calergi, will be the location of the dramatized theme dinners, scheduled throughout the Carnival period. The spaces of the main floor will be set up with the stages on which alternate parodistic of performance art and burlesque, show nineteenth-century definition in this context re-proposed by the best artists of national and international guests of the precious dinner at the Casino.


VENICE CITY 'OPEN
From February 26 to March 8
Venice
During the period of Carnival, from 26 February to 8 March, the city of Venice to attend an anthology of events and musical events, theatrical, cultural, for the Venetians and tourists alike. The performances of commedia dell'arte and historical re-enactment will be staged in the fields of higher transitions, along with popular artistic performances, circus-theater set up in various districts by street artists, to create a different schedule every day of fun and surprise. A film festival dedicated to films with a carnival setting, and nineteenth-century Venetian will be presented at the Casa del Cinema in Venice, with screenings of silent films and live piano accompaniment, as well as unreleased documentary on the nineteenth-century Venice. Special tours accompanied dramatized by actors take visitors curious and creative to discover the hidden corners of the city and the secrets of the Carnival, hidden in the streets by the strange names and mysterious. A schedule of Churches also open in the evening hours, for short contemporary and classical music concerts, will lead to the discovery of these places of worship only during the night. The main city cultural circles, museums, art galleries, participate in the spirit of Carnival, in a few days extending their opening hours to allow guests to Venice, and Venetians, a long day of sightseeing and culture, even after dinner.


THE CHILDREN'S CARNIVAL
From February 26 all''8 March, 15:00
Campo San Polo
From 26 February to 4 March, 15:00
Chirignago, Favaro Veneto, Marghera, Mestre, Zelarino
The Children's Carnival this year will be particularly rich and varied. In town, in Campo San Polo spread the afternoon with entertainment companies, actors and entertainers who will play the children with stories and masks of the Venetian Carnival, historical and otherwise. A large skating rink decorated for the occasion and offers the chance for children to play and have fun on ice skates. In the mainland, the typical London double-decker bus will visit primary schools to carry around the performances of acrobats, clowns, jugglers, puppeteers.
Garden of the country flying - 2nd Carnival of Children of the Venice Biennale
Gardens of the Biennale
26 February to 8 March 2011 Opening hours 10:00 to 18:00, Thursday, March 3 opening until 21 hours
After the success of the 1st Carnival of the boys in the Venice Biennale , at the Venice Carnival 2011, held a second edition that, through a program of creative initiatives aimed at an audience of adults and students as well as children, turn the located in the Biennale Gardens "Garden Country Flying." The Garden of countries flying up a program of exhibitions, educational activities for schools of all levels, art workshops for families and animated tours for the public, treasure hunts, meetings, shows, concerts and live performances. The activities take place along a path that winds through the Main Pavilion of the Biennale and will continue outward to the national pavilions. The Pavilion will take for the occasion with a fantastic dimension scenarios suspended between reality and imagination, a world full of surprises, in which children, teenagers and the general public may be lost in an animated enchanted forest, between the dunes of a desert colored prairie in an unexpected sounds, the incredible views of the city and in the dark abyss of fluorescent creatures. In the central Piazza of Events will take place all the live performances to be carried out during the event. All the rooms of the Pavilion are heated.
Bookshop, cafeteria and library space of the Biennale ASAC-open. For information on the program of the event:
La Biennale di Venezia
Educational Promotion:
tel.: +39 041 5218 828
fax.: +39 041 5218 732
promozione@labiennale.org
www.carnevale.labiennale.org


THE FLIGHT
Sunday, March 6, 12:00 am
Piazza Ferretto, Mestre
The parody of "Angel Flight" takes place in Mestre, the last Sunday of the Carnival. Piazza Ferretto fills the inhabitants of Mestre and tourists for a party dedicated to families, the joke without malice. The protagonist of the flight, from the top of the square to mimic the more famous St. Mark's bell tower from which steals away the 'angel' will be a very self-deprecating musician who will play in the streets then, animated by the presence of real donkeys fun for the entire audience.


THE SILENCE OF STROKE
Tuesday, March 8, 24:00
The wings on the Carnival "Nineteenth Century" will go down with the big final show of the "stroke of silence". A long procession of gondolas and rowing boats only will travel the Grand Canal from Rialto to St. Mark's Basin, anticipated by the notes of a trumpet placed on the first boat, at the opening of a water parade. The Grand Canal from pans and candles will be lit in order to recreate the nineteenth century, and upon arrival in St. Mark's Basin hundreds of small paper with bright balloons will be released in the air, seal the demise of the Carnival, and the metaphorical entrance into Lent.


The Carnival of Venice 2011 is waiting for you in Venice on 19 and 20 February and 26 February to 8 March 2011!


For those seeking accommodation remind the Bed and Breakfast Al Giardino, The Eco BB Venice Suites and the Al Giardino Apartments.

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Now the Al Giardino Bed and Breakfast of Venice is in Google Places!
Google Places, found at http://www.google.com/places, allows business owners to edit the content of their existing listing, or to add a brand new listing to Google's local database. By ensuring that basic information is up-to-date and providing additional details, like photos, hours, and coupons, business owners can stand out on the map to attract more customers.
Place Pages help users find the best sources for information across the entire web, including business listing details, reviews, photos, nearby public transit, and more. We have Place Pages for a very broad range of "places" - whether a business, a park, a point of interest, a transit stop, or even an entire city.
Google users browsing search and Google Maps will not notice any changes to their user experience. “Google Places” is currently only seen when business owners attempt to claim their business listing at http://www.google.com/places.
The Bed and Breakfast al Giardino of Venice is located near the Historic Centre of Venice.
All the rooms have private bathroom, fresh set of linen, television, air conditioning, breakfast, parking, independent entrance, daily cleaning.
It is easy to reach it from the Venice Motorway, Venice - S. Lucia Railway Station and Venice - Mestre Railway Station, Venice - Marco Polo International Airport and Venice - Treviso Airport.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

The Tourist, Venice!

It's expected this winter's romantic thriller, "The Tourist", starring Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp and directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (Oscar for "The Lives of Others). 
The film will be released in December 17 with 01 Distribution. Meanwhile, events on the web, where they were launched in the first pictures on the website of Italian cinema Mymovies.it scoring well in the first 24 hours of the 53 000 views (certified Google Analytics). And 50 000 were views on Facebook, and more than 3,300 those recorded on You Tube. 
The Italian launch - following a week that American one on Yahoo.com reached in 48 hours, 200 thousand views and over one million unique visitors - was preceded by a countdown that the various sections of the site marked days, hours , minutes and seconds missing at the launch of the trailer in Italian with a primary visibility on key sections of the site, while two newsletters dedicated to the event were sent to 800 000 subscribers to the site. 
Shot in the spring between Paris and Venice, "The Tourist" tells of Frank (Johnny Depp), an American tourist on holiday in Italy to leave behind a past of suffering love, which never would have imagined that this trip would upset his life. It all starts when he meets Elise (Angelina Jolie), overwhelming and mysterious woman, and was overwhelmed. But the encounter is far from random and, in pursuit of a potential romance, Frank will soon be caught and crushed in a spiral of intrigue and danger, against a backdrop of stunning Venice.