MS Michelangelo, 4 Night Venetian Treasures ex Venice, Italy Return

What city can conjure up romantic images more than Venice? If you have dreamed of admiring the city from a gondola, standing in Saint Mark’s Square, or indulging in the fine food found on almost every corner, join us for a cruise through the calm waters and enchanting panoramas in the Venetian Lagoon.

Day 1
Passengers are welcome to board our ship at 6 p.m. After you’ve comfortably settled into your cabins, we’ll introduce our crew at a welcome cocktail. We'll enjoy dinner on board before you’ll have a free evening to explore the city on your own.

Day 2
This morning, join us for an optional excursion:CLASSIC: guided tour of the Doge's PalaceDISCOVERY package: Venice and the Dorsoduro district.After the excursion, our ship will cruise through the Venetian Lagoon to Mazzorbo. After lunch, you can explore the island of Burano for a bit.This afternoon, join us for an excursion included in both packages: Murano, and its glassworksOur ships will cruise to Venice.

Day 3
Join us on an excursion for both packages: Food tour of little-known neighborhoods in Venice.Return on board.Afternoon et evening free.

Day 4
Our ship will cast off early this morning for Chioggia.In the afternoon, join us on an excursion for both packages: Tour of Padua. Padua, Saint Anthony's homestead, spans out from its medieval center with charming squares and palaces. We’ll visit the basilica that bears his name and his tomb.Afterwards, we’ll return on board in Venice. Tonight is our festive gala evening.

Day 5
Enjoy breakfast on board this morning before disembarking at 9:00 a.m. End of our services.

The size of this ship allows it to cruise the Venetian Lagoon and to moor close to Saint Mark's Square!The restaurant is located at the back of the main deck and the lounge / bar at the front. The sun deck with sun loungers is the perfect place to relax and admire the panoramic view of Venice.

CroisiEurope has a fleet of Prestige category boats with cabins, which ply the most beautiful rivers in Europe. Spacious and light, they offer a welcoming and refined setting. Accommodation capacity varies from 100 to 180 passengers depending on the boat's design. At the cutting edge of technology, their facilities offer comfort and safety.

Carefully maintained and partially renovated each year, the CroisiEurope fleet is largely made up of recently built vessels, less than five years old, all with Veritas certification. The leading European river tour operator, our company owes its international reputation to its seriousness, its dynamism, its sense of innovation and its recognised value for money of long standing.

Vessels are rated four-star and food is superb – as you’d expect on a French-owned cruise line, staffed by French chefs and with top French and German wines aboard. One cruise of the Rhone and Saone Rivers in France concentrates on gastronomy and traditional French cusine, visiting Collonges Abbey, renowned for its great French chef, Paul Bocuse.

CroisiEurope is a family-owned and operated firm, with brothers and sisters running different aspects of the company and keeping a close eye on all operations to ensure excellence.

River cruising offers much free fun. Wake in the morning and observe the passing riverside scenery through your cabin window – perhaps from your bed. Gaze upon village churches or a patchwork of fields sparkling in the morning sun.

CroisiEurope’s network traverses a phenomenal number of European rivers and waterways. They range from the Guadalquivir and Guadiana (flowing through Spain and Portugal respectively); the Douro in Portugal, the Po and Venice Lagoon in Italy; the Rhone in Provence, plus the Seine from Paris to the Normandy Coast. And there’s more: the Moselle, the Neckar, the Saar, the Oder, the Havel, the Baltic Sea, the Camarge, the Rhine, the Main and the mighty Danube; the Tisza and the Black Sea; the Belgian and Dutch waterways. Everything from tulip time in Holland to Christmas Markets in Germany.

Drinks included with on board meals: mineral water, house wine, beer, fruit juice, and tea or coffee.