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For anyone going to Venice this year and looking for original ways to get in touch with the city, here are just some of our favorite ideas for escaping the crowds and getting to know the real Venice<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1.  Bird-Watching on the Lagoon<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Many visitors forget all about the Venice Lagoon when faced with the charms of Venice, but the Mediterranean\u2019s largest wetland is also the center of an incredible, delicate ecosystem which is well worth visiting.  Nature-lovers and photographers will love our private tour with a local ornithologist, who will show you around the northern part of the lagoon and the salt marshes where many species nest.  You\u2019ll be amazed, not only by the beauty around you, but also the silence, broken only by the songs of the passeriforms in the reeds.  Click here <\/a>to learn more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Experience natural Venice with a private tour of the lagoon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

2. Mask Making<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Decorating your own carnival mask is great fun for visitors of any age, and a memory you can take home with you.  After picking the type of mask you want, from the elegant to the comical \u2018dottore della peste\u2019, have fun decorating it.  No artistic training is needed, just some imagination!  Click here <\/a>to book this tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hand Painting Venetian Masks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

3.  Discover the Lagoon on a Traditional Wooden Boat<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Venice is the biggest and most famous of the islands in the lagoon, but far from the only one.  Touring in a bragozzo<\/em>, a traditional wooden boat ensures that your visit helps protect this precious environment and you can enjoy the experience of traveling across the lagoon.  The visit includes the islands of Murano, famed for lace-making, Burano, with its brightly painted houses and Torcello, one of the first islands to be inhabited and home to the city\u2019s cathedral before the construction of St. Mark\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A traditional Venetian bragozzo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

4. Artisans of Venice<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Venice has a proud artistic tradition which is gradually being lost as artisans are forced out by increasing costs, but some workshops still survive.  It\u2019s great fun to follow your local guide twisting through the streets and over bridges, to duck through doorways you\u2019d never notice on your own and meet some of these artisans who create traditional carnival costumes, hand-painted masks, gondolas, puppets and glass.  Click here <\/a>to read more about this tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Handmade masks, puppets, printing and gondola building<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

5. Hidden Venice<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

If you really want to learn about the history and culture of Venice, you won\u2019t find it waiting inline to enter St. Mark\u2019s.  Instead, take a tour of the lesser visited parts of the city, like the world\u2019s first Jewish Ghetto and the city\u2019s former red-light district.  You\u2019ll discover where the immigrant communities settled in Renaissance times, mixing their traditions with the locals and creating the unique Venetian culture.  Searching for the marks they have left on the city, you\u2019ll find yourself discovering the other side of Venice where locals live, shop and work, without a tourist group in sight.  Click here <\/a>to learn more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Marco Polo’s House<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Click here <\/strong><\/a>to learn more about Venice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Venice can sometimes seem like a caricature of a city, but the real city can still be found.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":1588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[124],"tags":[74,75,72,73],"class_list":["post-1582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-italy-destinations","tag-alternative-venice","tag-nature-tours-venice","tag-private-tours-venice","tag-unique-experiences-venice"],"yoast_head":"\nFive Ways to Experience Authentic Venice - Italy Vacation Specialists<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Fun, alternative tours in Venice away from the crowds. 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