ARTISANS IN VENICE ITINERARY
For centuries they was the backbone of everyday Venetian life, today the artisans are reduced to a
handful of a few stalwarts who, with great difficulty, surviving the transformations that mass tourism
has caused.
There, where the flattening of the quality of tourism has led to a proliferation of small shops selling
plastic souvenirs or Chinese glass, a few brave continues to work according to the ancient
traditions, using quality materials and infusing into their products the right mix of craft technique
and artistic creativity.
This tour proposes the visit to some of these workshops where you can still admire the
craftsmen at work. Many of them survive with difficulty and are at risk of extinction, with serious
loss of historical memory of a community that is not only Venetian. The aim is therefore to give
them help, providing the opportunity for an increased visibility and an awareness by the visitors to
the value of their work and the high risk they are running.
Duration: about 4 hours
Participants: 8 people maximum
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