Fest of the Redeemer in Venice on a sailing boat

If these past years were unprecedented for many of us, the city of Venice had a feeling of déjà vu. Redeemer’s Day celebrates the end of the most terrible pandemic Venice has ever know, and it took a divine intervention to come to an end.

Every year, the Venetians gather to remember this divine intervention and give their gratitude to their savior: the Christ Redeemer.

This is the biggest festival in Venice, and you can join the party ! Just one thing : you are going to need  boat !

Festival Redentore Venice on a sailing boat 2023

Welcome aboard our sailing boat! A truly unique opportunity to celebrate this amazing Venetian festivity: a suggestive night on a boat with a buffet dinner on board and your favourite music in the background!

You will enjoy an idyllic panorama to admire the typical fireworks in the Saint Mark basin. 

Embarkation is scheduled for 19.00 hours in order to set sail in the direction of the San Marco basin. We will then position ourselves in the first stalls to admire the fireworks. We will enjoy our dinner on board and celebrate while waiting for the fireworks display. The Redentore evening boat accommodates a maximum of 10 participants and you are guaranteed to enjoy the most beautiful event of the Venetian summer and beyond in good company.

The Redeemer on a sailing boat: program 2023

• Embarkation at Marina di Sant’Elena at 7 pm.
• Positioning and anchorage in a privileged position in St. Mark’s Basin.
• Dinner on the boat and party while waiting for the fireworks.
• Fireworks display on the Feast of the Redeemer.
• Return to the embarkation point at the end of the fireworks at 1 am on Sunday.

Menu of the dinner on board for the Fest of the Redeemer

To celebrate the Redeemer’s Day in the best possible way and enjoy the magnificent fireworks from the water, it is customary to dine on board the boat. The dinner menu for this evening will obviously be in keeping with tradition and will include traditional seafood dishes.

• Oysters
• Scampi
• Raw tuna
• Seafood pasta with lobster or similar.

Reedemer festival, what is it?

What is celebrated on the Redentore Day? To understand this, we must go back to 1575 and 1576. Venice was in the middle of a pandemic plague that had already killed 50,000 people, including the famous painter Titian.

The Venetian Senate did not know what to do, and ended up asking for a divine intervention! It was decided to build a church on the island of the Giudecca to prove the devotion of the city to Christ: the Church of the Redeemer (by Andrea Palladio).

On July 21, 1577, the end of the pandemic was celebrated. The Venetians reaffirmed their devotion and thanked Christ the Redeemer with a procession. To cross the Giudecca canal and reach the Church of the Redeemer still under construction, a temporary bridge made of boats was created for the first time.

For almost five centuries, the Feast of the Redeemer has been commemorated and celebrated every year during a weekend full of emotions! The Venetians go out in boats, in typical Venetian boats such as the “sanpierota” or the “sandolo“.  The temporary bridge is recreated for the occasion and allows to cross the canal to get to the church.

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