Venice Kayak is featured in a contribution by Lee Hubbard on GlobalGrsshopper: Having never set foot in Venice before, I couldn’t think of a better way to see the city for the first time. Water is the absolute lifeblood of this city, and seeing it
The Certosa island where Venice Kayak is based, have been severely damaged by a tornado on June 12th. Hundreds of trees have been uprooted, ancient ruins have collapsed, and our kayaks have been tossed around like leafs in the wind. Most have survived the ordeal,
America’s Cup comes to Venice in May, 2012. We’ll be there to watch the races and the boats from our kayaks, and you can come and join us. In 2012, the real action will heat up May 17-20, as teams compete for top honors in
Venice Kayak has done several evening tours lately, enjoying stunning sunsets in the lagoon, but the weather is getting colder and windier now. As a consequence Venice Kayak has decided to put an end to further evening tours this season. We’ll be happy to make
Filming during a paddle tour in the dark is difficult at best but Ola Eide, who participated in an evening paddle in late September, managed to get some footage with a special night vision camcorder. [dciframe]http://www.youtube.com/embed/zDwvMAyrTyA,440,280[/dciframe] Link to YouTube video.
“À faire en Italie : la liste de François-Étienne” is a different travel series in television, produced by Canadian Evasion TV. Venice Kayak features prominently in one of the two Venice programmes: Dans cet épisode, François-Étienne apprend à créer un masque pour le carnaval de
Paolo Brandolisio is one of the few remaining makers of traditional Venetian oars and oarlocks for gondolas and other Venetian rowed boats. Last year, out of curiosity, I took a couple of my old worn Greenland paddles down to his little workshop close to San
Venice Kayak will for a while–for practical reasons–do the tours from the island of Certosa, which is just east of Venice city. The island is reachable by vaporetto 41, which passes the S.Lucia station (departure at 9:15 for arrival at the Certosa at 10am), Piazzale
The Sensa – Ascension in Venetian – is an thousand year old ceremony where a symbolic marriage ceremony between La Serenissima and the sea. The celebration has its origins in 997, following a military victory in Dalmatia which brough those lands under Venetian control. The
