Doges Ball at Venice Carnival

Participate in the Doges Ball, renowned as one of the most prestigious events in Italy. You will enjoy all Carnival traditions dressed in a historic costume, attending the Doges Ball, a Baroque concert, and sipping hot chocolate in St Marks Square.

DAY 1: Fly to Venice. Water transfer to your hotel. Costume fitting.

After transfer from the airport to your hotel by boat you will be fitted out in your historical costumes ready for your program of events that awaits.

DAY 2: Attend Baroque Concert and Doges Ball in historical costume.

After breakfast attend, in costume, the late morning Baroque Musical Concert in the magnificent 16th Century palace of the Scuola Grande dei Carmini, with its hall frescoed by Tiepolo. A cocktail will be served after the concert.

This evening is the highlight of the break as you attend the World Famous Ball together with a cosmopolitan celebrity audience from around the world. The theme for the 2010 Doges Ball is Seven Dreams and Seven Sins….Think of something spectacular, something sumptuous, something dreamy ... and something sinful. You will celebrate passion and love, carnival and dreams!

From the moment of your approach to the sumptuous Palazzo Pisani Moretta on the Grand Canal, your imagination will soar... Upon your arrival on the doorstep, you will be welcomed into a fairy-tale world of dancers, singers, jesters, musicians, acrobats, fire-eaters... Waiters in livery will serve you a sumptuous dinner, where wine will flow and dancing continues until the small hours of the morning. A true re-creation of an 18th Century Venetian party.

DAY 3: Hot chocolate in the afternoon in historical costume.

The morning is at leisure to recover from the Ball! In the afternoon don your costume for one final time for one of the most established Venetian Carnival traditions of enjoying a hot chocolate with cakes and sweets in the elegant Gran Café Lavena in San Marco Square.

DAY 4: Boat transfer to airport for flight home. Day at leisure prior to boat transfer to airport.

Optional a la carte extra Day 1 evening:

Michelin star Metropole Tasting Menu.Tantalize your taste buds with the tasting menu in the only Michelin starred restaurant in a hotel in Venice.