CRUISE AREA
p. 18
San Donà
di Piave
Silea
Casier
Cendon
Roncade
Lughignano
Riviera del Brenta - Padua
Casale sul Sile
Quarto d’Altino
F.
S
Musile di Piave
ile
F.
S
Portegrandi
From Fusina to Padua
Duration: 10 hours (variable)
Locks: 10
Sliding bridges: 16
Padova
Golena
San Massimo
ile
Laguna di
Venezia
Torcello
Oriago
Mira
Murano
Dolo
Stra
F. P
iav
Caposile
Riviera del
Brenta
Treporti
Venezia
Fiesso
d´Artico
Noventa
Padovana
Burano
Malcontenta
Cavallino
Punta Sabbioni
Sant Erasmo
Lido di Venezia
Fusina
Moranzani
Malamocco
ADRIATICO
This old canal is an example of the glam-
our of 16th-century Venetian culture, a
period during which Venice’s finest noble
families built summer homes along these
tranquil river banks. Today, more than 30
villas remain from the period, some of
which are open to the public.
The river has five locks and no fewer than
eight drawbridges before reaching the
city of Padua, a true jewel, called the “cap-
ital of 14th-century painting”, the oldest
city in the Veneto, dating all the way back
to the first millennium after Christ.
The Riviera del Brenta ends in the town
of Stra, home of the most monumental of
the Venetian villas: Villa Pisani Nazionale, a
UNESCO world heritage site.
After crossing the Stra lock, you must
cross the Brenta River with a free current,
and enter Canale Piovego across the way.
After about an hour, and after passing
through the last lock in Noventa Padova-
na, you arrive in Padua, entering the city
centre along the ancient Roman walls.
The draw bridges are manned by teams
that are on call; after you call them, you
need to wait for them to arrive. Depend-
ing on the priority of the calls, you may
need to wait for up to an hour for the first
gate to be opened. Then the team will
follow you, opening all of the gates, at a
decidedly faster pace.
Check itinerary
at page 5
10
San Piero in Volta
Pellestrina
Chioggia
Sottomarina
30 km
20 mi
Torre
di Fine
e
Jesolo
Eraclea