Things to Do in Venice This Winter

Crisp winter days are ideal for exploring Italy's Floating City. Get to know Venice with a gondola ride, mask-making class, or classical music concert. Here are a few ways to explore Venice on a winter trip.

• Learn about the traditions behind Venice’s elaborate Carnival masks with a mask-making class.

• Listen to a classical music concert complete with performers in 18th century costumes.

• Maximize time in Venice by taking an unlimited ride hop-on, hop-off tour (for 24 or 48 hours).

• Get cozy in a gondola for a classic journey on Venice’s scenic canals.

• Experience an opera performance set in a 15th century palace.

• Skip-the-line for quick access into Doge’s Palace and explore areas not normally open to the public on a secret itineraries tour.

• Witness the tradition of glassmaking on a factory and workshop tour on the island of Murano.

• Warm up indoors with a tour of Teatro La Fenice, a baroque opera house.

• See Venice from the water on a b oat tour of the Grand Canal.

• Celebrate New Year’s Eve with a classical music concert.