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Bike tour with honey and artichockes on Sant’Erasmo island
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4 Hours
Mobile ticket
Offered in: German, English, Italian
Overview
Let's bike through the "Orto di Venezia" (Venice's "vegetable garden"), through artichokes fields and farms, admiring the Venice skyline from a very unusual view and tasting the unique honey produced only on this island.
Bike along the island banks and fields and enjoy a rare view of Venice from an unusual spot. Experience the unique natural beauty of the island, appreciating the relaxed and traditional lifestyle of its few inhabitants. In fact, although being the largest island of the lagoon, Sant’Erasmo is populated by only 700 people, the majority of whom farm their own lands producing amazing fruits and vegetables.
One of most interesting crops is the typical purple-hued artichokes, a slow food ® presidium “Carciofo Violetto di Sant'Erasmo”. Another typical activity in the island is beekeeping: bees enjoy the amazing variety of flowers growing on the salty soil, and they produce a unique kind of honey which you will be able to taste.
While biking you will appreciate the variety of crops grown by local farmers as well as beautiful wild landscapes while spotting the belfries of Venice from afar.
What's Included
- Local Product (honey or artichokes according season and availability)
- Logistics
- Meeting point in Venice Fondamente Nove
- Use of bicycle
- Licensed nature and interpretive guide
- Water bus ticket to Sant'Erasmo island. Tickets will be purchased onboard.
- Gratuities
Meeting And Pickup
Meeting point
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End Point
You will decide if staying on Sant'Erasmo island for a lunch or dinner or to reach back Venice with the guide by water bus
What To Expect
Sant'Erasmo
We will reach the Sant'Erasmo island, also known as the "Venice's vegetable garden", thanks to a 30 minutes Vaporetto ride through the lagoon. Once a rural retreat for aristocrats and the main source of vegetable and fruit supplies for the Republic of Venice, the island is now a tourist-free refuge for Venetian families as well as a unique natural highlight of the Northern lagoon.
• Admission Ticket Free
Isola di Sant'Erasmo
Once landed, we will walk through a small road passing canals and ditches, towards the bike rental place, where we can get our countryside bikes.
• Admission Ticket Free
Torre Massimiliana
A circular fort facing the lagoon: The tour will start from a 19th century fort sometimes used for art exhibitions and surrounded by a stagnant moat, started by the Napoleonic regime and finished by the Austrian.
15 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Isola di Sant'Erasmo
Biking through the island: We will bike along the lagoon, vegetables fields and saltmarshes admiring views of the San Nicolò harbour mouth at Lido island, Punta Sabbioni and passing through fields enriched by typical rural dwellings.
• Admission Ticket Free
Isola di Sant'Erasmo
Visit to a local honey producer: We will visit to a little family owned apiary producing local saltmarsh honey.
30 Minutes • Admission Ticket Free
We will reach the northern part, facing across the water and mud banks towards the islands of Burano, whose coloured houses can just be distinguished, and San Francesco del Deserto, a monastery inhabited by Franciscan monks.
• Admission Ticket Free
A church facing the lagoon: We will visit one of the few notable buildings on the island, the church, in front of the calm lagoon waters.
• Admission Ticket Free
Sant'Erasmo
We will get back to Venice Fondamente Nove by water bus or you can decide to stay on the island of lunch or dinner in a restaurant with a terrace overlooking the lagoon.
• Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Not recommended for travelers with spinal injuries
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- On certain dates, most travelers staying outside of Venice who are planning to visit for the day will be required to pay a €5 access fee. For further details (including exemptions) and to learn what days this fee is applicable, please visit: https://cda.ve.it
Operated by [deTour]ist - Valerio Coppo: Tour Guide. Take a detour in Venice, be a detourist!
Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
- Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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