Lido Bike Tour: Explore the Island of Cinema with a Local Guide

Highlights

• Lido Exploration by Bike
• History and Culture
• Nature and Scenery

What's included

Itinerary

1. 1

   Lido di Venezia

   15min

   We will meet at Santa Maria Elisabetta on Lido Island, where we will rent our bikes and start discovering Lido! You will choose the bike your prefer: city bike (10 €), tandem (20€), e-bike (20€), fat bike (18€) e-fat bike (30€). It will be booked for you!

2. 2

   Cimitero Ebraico

   15min

   Nowadays a quiet garden which was the Venice's main Jewish cemetery from 1386 until the 18th century. From the gate we will see the ancient tombs, which range in design from Venetian gothic to distinctly Ottoman.

3. 3

   Chiesa Di San Nicolo Al Lido

   15min

   The place where the traditional thanksgiving mass of the Sposalizio del Mare ("Marriage of the Sea") is performed, a ceremony which used to symbolize the maritime dominion of Venice.

4. 4

   Stop 4

   15min

   After biking in a protected natural zone, we will continue along an old pier between the sea and the harbour mouth until the lighthouse. It will be a great place to see the Lido coastline and the outlines of the Grand Hotel des Bains and Hotel Excelsior

5. 5

   Grand Hotel des Bains

   15min

   A former luxury hotel, built in 1900 to attract wealthy tourists, it is remembered for Thomas Mann's stay here in 1911 and the shooting of movies like "Death in Venice" by Visconti (1971) and the English Patient (1996).

6. 6

   Stop 6

   20min

   The oldest festival in the world is held in late August or early September here and screenings take place in the historic Palazzo del Cinema. The still running Art Nouveau Hotel Excelsior (1908) usually hosts producers and actors during the Festival.

7. 7

   Stop 7

   15min

   The route will be wild as we will bike along the Murazzi, a scenic route following the Adriatic sea. Murazzi is a remarkable 18th cent. engineering work, designed to keep high seas from crashing into the lagoon, an effective breakwater even today.

8. 8

   L’Oasi delle Dune Alberoni

   15min

   The natural beach of Alberoni has a maritime pine forest which slopes down to the Lido’s wildest most scenic beach. These enchanting dune fields are the stuff of Shelley’s poems and Byron’s early morning rides. Often this beach is virtually deserted, except a plethora of marine birds and few kite surfers or windsurfers on windy days.

Before you go

Location