Carnival

Venice Carnival is on again! You can love it or hate it, but it's undeniably a part of Venice identity. This crazy extravaganza still has the power to let us live, even if for just a short time, the fantasy of the Serenissima, the beautiful costumes, the parties and their mysteries...

Christmas holidays have just passed, some say that mid-January is the "blue period" because of that sort of melancholy coming after the festive time, during the cold winter days... the best way to get over it is to think of the next holidays and start planning your stay!

You won't have to wait too long, as Venice Carnival is on its way and it will start on Saturday, the 4th of February, with a beautiful parade by night on the Grand Canal, to officially open the celebration!

After a one-year hiatus (and a previous, sudden interruption) due to the pandemic, Venice carnival is about to start again! It will be a somehow limited edition, in order to avoid risk of gatherings, but still, we're very pleased to announce that the spirit of the carnival will float through Venice! 

It's now Carnival time in Venice and even if this year the usual events are not taking place, the good news are that nearly all of the museums in Venice are opening to the public, but each one with different opening time, fees and booking methods. We at Luxrest Venice browsed all of the main museums' sites and we're listing here for you the relevant information, to help you plan your stay in Venice and visit:

During the Venice carnival, the traditional food as far as sweets are concerned are the frittelle, called in venetian also fritole or frìtoe. The frittelle have a story which began before the XIV century: get to know it and let your carnival in Venice will be even sweeter!

The Festa delle Marie is one of the core events of the venetian Carnival: it is the revival of the famous kidnapping and rescue of twelve brides which took place in Venice at the time of the Doge Candiano III. It was 943 and the story is one of the most involving of the venetian long history. Stay with us and keep on reading!!