We start out from Portegrandi, to sail past the shoals of the northern stretch of the lagoon and on to the island of San Lazzaro degli Armeni. We shall pay a visit to the famous monastery there (conducted tour), with its many Egyptological studies and its mummies, and frescos by the famed Tiepolo, manuscripts authenticated by the Tsars and a marvellous garden of roses, used to make a truly delicious jam!
Our next stop is San Giorgio Maggiore for a conducted tour of the church of the same name – epitomising the Palladian style.
The excursion ends with a visit to the ancient monastery of San Francesco del Deserto. This is the island on which, legend has it, the Saint first landed on his return from the Holy Land.
Spiritual tours.
We start out from Portegrandi, to sail past the shoals of the northern stretch of the lagoon and on to the island of San Lazzaro degli Armeni. We shall pay a visit to the famous monastery there (conducted tour), with its many Egyptological studies and its mummies, and frescos by the famed Tiepolo, manuscripts authenticated by the Tsars and a marvellous garden of roses, used to make a truly delicious jam!
Our next stop is San Giorgio Maggiore for a conducted tour of the church of the same name – epitomising the Palladian style.
The excursion ends with a visit to the ancient monastery of San Francesco del Deserto. This is the island on which, legend has it, the Saint first landed on his return from the Holy Land.
