Bike tour with honey and artichockes on Sant’Erasmo island

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Venice, Italy

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Overview

Let's bike through the "Orto di Venezia" (Venice's "vegetable garden"), through artichokes fields and farms, admiring the Venice skyline from a very unusual view and tasting the unique honey produced only on this island.
Bike along the island banks and fields and enjoy a rare view of Venice from an unusual spot. Experience the unique natural beauty of the island, appreciating the relaxed and traditional lifestyle of its few inhabitants. In fact, although being the largest island of the lagoon, Sant’Erasmo is populated by only 700 people, the majority of whom farm their own lands producing amazing fruits and vegetables.
One of most interesting crops is the typical purple-hued artichokes, a slow food ® presidium “Carciofo Violetto di Sant'Erasmo”. Another typical activity in the island is beekeeping: bees enjoy the amazing variety of flowers growing on the salty soil, and they produce a unique kind of honey which you will be able to taste.
While biking you will appreciate the variety of crops grown by local farmers as well as beautiful wild landscapes while spotting the belfries of Venice from afar.

What's Included

  • Local Product (honey or artichokes according season and availability)
  • Logistics
  • Meeting point in Venice Fondamente Nove
  • Water bus ticket to Sant'Erasmo island. Tickets will be purchased onboard.
  • Gratuities
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Meeting Location

Meeting point

il Caffegelato, Fondamente Nove, 5047, 30121 Venezia VE, Italy

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at Caffegelato bar at Fondamente Nove

End point

Capannone, 30141 Venice, Metropolitan City of Venice, Italy

You will decide if staying on Sant'Erasmo island for a lunch or dinner or to reach back Venice with the guide by water bus

What To Expect

Sant'Erasmo (Pass By)

We will reach the Sant'Erasmo island, also known as the "Venice's vegetable garden", thanks to a 30 minutes Vaporetto ride through the lagoon. Once a rural retreat for aristocrats and the main source of vegetable and fruit supplies for the Republic of Venice, the island is now a tourist-free refuge for Venetian families as well as a unique natural highlight of the Northern lagoon.
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Isola di Sant'Erasmo (Pass By)

Once landed, we will walk through a small road passing canals and ditches, towards the bike rental place, where we can get our countryside bikes.
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Torre Massimiliana

A circular fort facing the lagoon: The tour will start from a 19th century fort sometimes used for art exhibitions and surrounded by a stagnant moat, started by the Napoleonic regime and finished by the Austrian.
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15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Isola di Sant'Erasmo (Pass By)

Biking through the island: We will bike along the lagoon, vegetables fields and saltmarshes admiring views of the San Nicolò harbour mouth at Lido island, Punta Sabbioni and passing through fields enriched by typical rural dwellings.
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Isola di Sant'Erasmo

Visit to a local honey producer: We will visit to a little family owned apiary producing local saltmarsh honey.
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30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Ridotto di Sant'Erasmo (Pass By)

We will reach the northern part, facing across the water and mud banks towards the islands of Burano, whose coloured houses can just be distinguished, and San Francesco del Deserto, a monastery inhabited by Franciscan monks.
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Sant'Erasmo Chiesa (Pass By)

A church facing the lagoon: We will visit one of the few notable buildings on the island, the church, in front of the calm lagoon waters.
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Sant'Erasmo (Pass By)

We will get back to Venice Fondamente Nove by water bus or you can decide to stay on the island of lunch or dinner in a restaurant with a terrace overlooking the lagoon.
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Additional Info

  • Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • On certain dates, most travelers staying outside of Venice who are planning to visit for the day will be required to pay a €5 access fee. For further details (including exemptions) and to learn what days this fee is applicable, please visit: https://cda.ve.it

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the activity for a full refund.

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Activity code: C-263230P1

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