Barge holidays in Venice

Pick your route from Chioggia – the gateway to a bespoke waterway cruise

Chiog­gia is a fish­ing vil­lage at the south­ern edge of the Venice lagoon. Get lost in its pic­turesque streets before head­ing to our base, where we’ll teach you how to han­dle your licence-free boat. You’ll then be able to nav­i­gate from lock to lock and know how to react when cross­ing the region’s many move­able bridges. Don’t miss the oppor­tu­ni­ty to vis­it the Sot­toma­ri­na sea­side resort, which will have some­thing for every mem­ber of your crew. It’s just a few hun­dred metres from our water­way base and offers great swim­ming and fine lagoon beach­es. You’ll then be all set to begin your water­way cruise – get plan­ning your route !

From Chioggia to Venice or Treviso – a complete change of scenery

The wealth of water­ways this region has to offer, with the Pordel­lio, Por­tosec­co, Saccagnana and Cas­son canals, along with the Po and Sile rivers, means you’ll be able to put togeth­er an Ital­ian water­way cruise to sat­is­fy your every desire. Here, as else­where, you’ll suc­cumb to the charm of water­way tourism, as it takes you clos­er to the tra­di­tions and cul­ture of the regions you trav­el through. Vis­it­ing the local mar­kets will allow you to pur­chase some of the fish and seafood spe­cial­ties that have made this region famous, tak­ing them back with you to enjoy aboard. Alter­na­tive­ly, you’ll also have the option of leav­ing your house­boat to taste these Ital­ian spe­cial­ties in one of the many restau­rants along your route. Vis­it­ing the city of Venice is an absolute must, of course, with a Gon­do­la mak­ing a nice sub­sti­tute for your licence-free boat. There are also sev­er­al oth­er major sites in the region that are just as excit­ing to vis­it, start­ing with the his­toric city of Tre­vi­so, unless you pre­fer to enjoy the peace and qui­et of an excur­sion in one of the region’s nat­ur­al reserves.