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Taste of Venice Handicapped Cruise Excursion
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2 unique neighborhoods: Popular tourist Venice + daily life Venice
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• This Venice handicapped cruise excursionallows you to visit both sides of Venice: the popular and magnificent tourist attractions in St. Mark’s neighborhood & the intimate and charming neighborhoods where Venetians live their daily life. • You will be experiencing far more of Venice than most cruisers who spend a day here.
The Taste of Venice Handicapped Accessible Cruise Excursion begins with a wheelchair accessible water taxi transfer to the Rialto Mercato neighborhood where you can visit the morning fish market and the fruit market.
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You can visit the shops in the intimate back streets before having lunch along the Grand Canal in the shadows of the Rialto Bridge.
The afternoon of this Venice handicapped cruise excursion starts with a wheelchair accessible water taxi picking you up and transporting you to St. Mark’s Square for your 2.5 hourHeart of Venice Accessible Guided Tour of St. Mark’s Basilica and the Doge’s Palace.
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You’ll have a few remaining hours to explore St. Mark’s neighborhood using the Venice Accessibility Guide by Sage Traveling before taking a wheelchair accessible water taxi back to your cruise ship.
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Accessible Cruise Excursion Itinerary
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9 am (or whenever your cruise ship arrives)
A wheelchair accessible water taxi will meet you at the cruise dock and bring you directly to the Rialto Mercato neighborhood.
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• Your morning will be spent visiting the beautiful and accessible Rialto Mercato neighborhood. • You will get to see the fish market and the fruit market where Venetians purchase their supplies on a daily basis. Pictures of the fish market and fruit market are shown below.
Morning
After seeing how Venetians spend their daily lives, you’ll have the Restof the morning to explore the beautiful piazzas and back alleys usingthe wheelchair accessible routes provided by Sage Traveling.
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• You’ll have lunch at one of the accessible restaurants on the Grand Canal next to the Rialto Bridge. • Vaporetti, gondolas, and private boats will slowly cruise by your restaurant while you soak in the ambience of Venice. • What a great view!
Lunch
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A wheelchair accessible water taxi will pick you up in the Rialto Mercato neighborhood and bring you to the famous St. Mark’s Square.
12:30 pm
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At 1 pm you will meet your tour guide at the Porta della Carta for your Heart of Venice Accessible Tour.
1 pm to 3:30 pm
Tour Meet-up Location (at Porta della Carta which is the Doge’s Palace exit):
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Entrance to Doge’s palace (1 step)
Accessible entrance to St. Marks’s Square
Exit to Doge’s PalaceAnd Tour Meet-up Point
• The next 2.5 hours will be spent hearing about the fascinating history of the city of Venice and the Venetian Empire. • You will visit the Doge’s Palace using the wheelchair accessible elevator (shown on the lower left) as well as the St. Mark’s Basilica using the wheelchair ramp (shown on the lower right).
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3:30 pm to 6 pm
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The rest of your afternoon will be free to choose as you please. You can either:1) Explore the other nearby tourist attractions such as the towering Campanile, the Bridge of Sighs (ramped bridge to view the Bridge of Sighs shown below on the left), and the Correr Museum (accessible entrance shown below on the right) 2) Relaxing and shopping using the bridge-free routes we will provide that connect the accessible shops.
6 pm (or whenever you need to be picked up)
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The wheelchair accessible water taxi will pick you up at the St. Mark’s neighborhood and bring you directly back to your cruise dock.
Venice San Marco Accessible Shore Excursion Details
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Shore excursion duration: Full day
Days of the week the excursion is offered: Every day
Meeting place: Venice cruise dock
Number of people on tour: Up to 6 people
Entrance tickets: Not included
Dress code: Covered knees and shoulders (to get into St. Mark’s Basilica)
Cost: 480 euro with guided tour (295 euro without the tour guide)
Call Us: 1-888-645-7920
We look forward to making your accessible dream vacation a reality!
Contact us at info@sagetraveling.com
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