Period:

SATURDAY 18 July 2020

h. 19.00 pm 

THE NIGHT OF THE REDEEMER WITH FIREWORKS 11.30 PM

To ensure security against covid19 emergency  this edition

Unfortunately the votive bridge will be closed, which connects Zattere foundations to Giudecca island, where the magic of the real party with the tables along the 

foundations will be reserved only for Venetian resident families.

But but he will come back 

to the old tradition with waiting in the boats you will be able to live an incredible emotion with the fireworks that reflect on the San Marco basin a unique panorama.

A wide offer for every type of pocket and need I have selected some types for you:

CRUISE BOAT for those who love comfort around and a nice table offered a mini day cruise and in the evening while waiting for the fireworks provided a refined fish dinner here all the details to book with  vivovenetia 

GONDOLA BOAT  for those who are romantic and we wish to relive with the times of the serenissima wait for the gondola fires where a bottle of excellent white wine Prosecco wine typical of the Veneto region will be served, here all the details to book with gondolieritravel 

PARTY BOAT For those who are young, they love the unique music of their kind, the boat traveling disco, with buffet dinner and aperitifs for a great fun, here all the details to book with   lechicvenice.

WOOD BOAT For those who want to experience a private event with their own wooden boat like a true Venetian, they can rent all the electric and environmentally friendly elements from the boat to the yact,here all the details to book with  classicboatvenice 

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LUXURY OUNGE ROOFTOP 

of a prestigious hotel along the Fondamenta you can book here the Carlton Sky Lounge the best views to admire the fires of the redeemer these are the terraces of the super-luxury hotels, of the redeemer where the fireworks can be admired from above,  You can search their locations on google maps, surely the most favored is the terrace of the Hilton Hotel (Mulino Stucky) on the Giudecca island where you can enjoy an exceptional panoramic view. Hotel Savoia e Jolanda / Hotel Hilton / Hotel Marriot / Hotel Danieli / Hotel Gabrieli

Instead f you wish  live event along the foundations this year to avoid gatherings, reservations are required online, giving priority to the Venetians to 70% and only 30% to tourists, a link for online booking will soon be available on the website of the municipality organized on veneziaunica.

Aware of the world pandemic for the first time the Redeemer feast will be reachable all over the world in live streaming online RADIOTELEVENEZIA

Some news on the tradition as the party took place before the pandemic 2020.

to enjoy the air of waiting for the temporary mobile votive bridge built on boats that from the Zattere island of Giudecca to allow

the faithful to give the votes at the Basilica Santa Maria della Salute in Giudecca erred by the government of Venice for the end of the plague of 1631, from then on every third Saturday of July the Feast of the Redeemer is celebrated until today.

The Venetian people prepare the tables along the foundations, with homemade dishes with gastronomic specialties of the Venetian tradition bovoeti with garlic and parsley, sardines in saor, bacala 'creamed with polenta, and all washed down with good prosecco wine, as is tradition towards half night they serve pasta and beans that looks more like a cold pasta than a hot soup according to the Venetian tradition.

Venetian hospitality is so felt that

often strangers are invited to take part in them at their table or offer a slice of watermelon.

How to reach and return

from the event

TRAIN

The best way to reach Venice is by very convenient TRAIN since the train station at the VENEZIA SANTA LUCIA stop is the terminus and the exit from 'right on the Grande canal with the Vaporetto moorings.

ARRIVAL BY PLANE: AIRPORTPORT OF MARCOPOLO OF VENICE there are different water taxi, vaporetto and the very convenient Venice Airport Bus Shuttle 

runs over an elevated dedicated line and takes you to Piazzale Roma, the last link to the mainland for the vehicles and you can cross the Calatrava bridge a few steps and enjoy the first charm of Venice on the Grand Canal.  

ARRIVING AND RETURNING BY TRAIN: Trenitalia organizes special trains for the occasion of the event and for the massive turnout trains both on the outward journey and on the return with extended and frequent times,  
consult the website of Trenitalia a couple of days before, usually it organizes extraordinary trains both in the daytime arc and for the return with last train around 2am not for all destinations. 

ARRIVING BY CAR:

A4 motorway exit VENEZIA TRONCHETTO / PIAZZALE ROMA
unlike the past, parking the car is now very convenient, you can consult the hourly prices, see more information: TRONCHETTO PARKING

ARRIVING BY BICYCLE From the Ponte della Libertà Which connects the land to the island of Venice

from 2018 it is forbidden to pedal and also carry your bicycle by hand among the streets of Venice.

You can park it in the PIAZZALE ROMA in Venice or at the CITY.PARK in Mestre.
 

 AT THE END OF THE EVENT HOW TO RETURN TO FOOT TOWARDS THE STATION OR AT YOUR HOTEL, the municipality of Venice has organized a unique journey so that the crowd can quickly flow away without thoughts of losing you.