Events and tours
The Consorzio Grado Turismo will promote and support the events organised on the island but is not responsible for their organisation or for any changes to the programme that may occur without prior notice. In order to keep up to date with the latest news or any changes in the programme, we strongly recommend consulting the official websites of the organisers or of the local institutions involved.
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Guided tours and excursions
Sea&taste - sunset cruise to Aquileia
27 July 2022
Departure calendar 2022: 13 and 27 July; 10 and 24 August; 07 September
An exciting sunset cruise surrounded by a kaleidoscope of warm colours accompanied by a unique environment: Grado's Lagoon. Captain Nico will welcome you on board with tales, music and seafaring traditions that will enliven the navigation through the lagoon, the casoni (typical fishermen's huts), fishing valleys and sandbanks. A special aperitif with the authentic tastes of wines presented directly by the producers of the FVG Wine and Taste Route, followed by a a fish dinner starring the famous Mar&Laguna mixed fry, a mix of fish typical of the Island of the Sun. The journey through history will continue on arrival in Aquileia through an exclusive guided tour of the "Domus di Tito Macro", one of the largest Roman-era dwellings among those found in northern Italy, which, with its 1700 square metres, represents an unmissable unicum in Europe.
Program:
- 5.30 p.m. meeting of participants with the guide at the Molo Torpediniere di Grado and embarkation on the Battello Santa Maria
- 5.45 - 8.00 p.m. navigation and panoramic tour of the Grado Lagoon with tasting of local wines and typical fish dinner (mix of starters matched with wines + fried fish)
- 8.00 p.m. disembarkation in Aquileia and guided night tour of the Domus di Tito Macro
- 9.45 p.m. departure from Aquileia for the return journey
- 10.30 p.m. approx. arrival in Grado
Minimum 20, maximum 60 people.
LANGUAGES: Italian, German, English
PRICE: Adults 60,00 €; children 5 - 12 years 30,00 €; children 0 - 4 years free
Reduced rates for FVG CARD holders.
Price includes
- cruise on a private boat exclusively reserved for our group
- tasting of local wines on board
- fish dinner on board (on request possibility of meat menu - vegetarian or special children's menu)
- guided tour of the Domus of Titus Macro in Aquileia
- Travel One tour leader for the duration of the tour
Price does not include
- Extras
- Not mentioned entrances
- anything not expressly indicated in “the price includes"
Special quotations for groups of min. 15 people
Any allergies, intolerances and special requests must be communicated at the time of booking.
In case of rain: the planning of excursions and tours may be modified, postponed or cancelled in the event of a lack of an adequate level of security or due to adverse weather conditions and/or the passing of urgent national, regional or municipal ordinances prohibiting the performance of part or all of the booked activities. We will refund the fees paid or, on request, retain them for a new Travel One departure/activity. Updates and changes will be promptly communicated to customers via instant messaging, social channels and the Travel One website.
Must be booked by 12 noon on Tuesday afternoon.
Please arrive in good physical and mental condition, with appropriate clothing and equipment for the tour. If you have any doubts, check with the organisation before the day of the hike.
The use of masks and provisions for the prevention of Covid-19 refer to current legislation (in Italian).
For the activities organized by the Consorzio Grado Turismo the reservation is compulsory and must be made by 12 noon of the day before the excursion online, by email (experience@grado.it) or by phone + 39 0431 80383, providing NAME, SURNAME, RESIDENCE EMAIL ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER.
During the activities, photos and videos may be taken; if you do not wish to be filmed, please let us know before starting the activity and fill out the consent form attached below. The personal data provided during the booking process will be treated in compliance with the regulations in force. Privacy Policy of Grado Turismo Consortium HERE.
Guided tours and excursions
Hop on Hop off tour in the Collio
27 July 2022
The new transport service offered by APT GORIZIA in collaboration with PROMOTURISMO FVG, to explore Friuli Venezia Giulia from the sea to the Collio, under the banner of mobility combining bus, bicycle and boats. A range of slow itineraries that leave ample freedom to use the service according to one's own tastes and interests, travelling by bus and by bicycle, combining cultural and eno-gastronomic experiences with immersive pedalling in the evocative landscapes of the Collio.
- COLLIO E COLLI: From 01 June to 31 August 2022, every Wednesday and Friday, from Grado to Cividale passing through the Collio by bus and by bicycle among vineyards, places of art, picturesque villages. A service with the characteristics of the classic HOP ON HOP OFF with bicycle transport. The bus will stop at the points of greatest interest and near the cycle paths. Two loops made three times during the course of the day, touching the towns of Cormòns, Vencò, Cividale del Friuli, Spessa, Mossa loc. Preval, Capriva del Friuli. Departure from Grado in coincidence with the arrival of the maritime lines from Trieste and Lignano. Timetable and route HERE. To use the service, online booking is required on the day before the trip.
- TASTING THE COLLIO: From 02 June to 01 September 2022, every Thursday; an invisible thread of aromas and flavours. A land of great wineries and skilful chefs, where glasses toast between the rows of world-famous vineyards. Discover the beauty of the area and the rich food and wine offerings along the FVG Wine and Taste Route. A route inspired by food and wine, which from Grado leads tourists through Collio, touching on Capriva del Friuli, Cormòns, Corona (Mariano del Friuli) and San Floriano del Collio. Departure from Grado coinciding with the arrival of the maritime lines from Trieste and Lignano. Timetable and route HERE. To use the service, online booking is required on the day before the trip.
Bicycle transport is always included in the ticket price. The proposed services do NOT include tickets for visits to museums, exhibitions, monuments, bicycle hire and tastings.
DANZA E MUSICA
ALICE SINGS BATTIATO
27 July 2022
Position: Lungomare Nazario Sauro
Concert starts at 21.30
Alice, Carla Bissi's stage name, is one of the best-known and best-loved Italian singer-songwriters. The song "Per Elisa", written together with Franco Battiato and violinist-composer Giusto Pio, with which she won the Sanremo Festival in 1981, became one of the national and international hit parades. The artistic partnership with Battiato has been an important part of Alice's musical and professional career, and she is now presenting her new live tour "Alice canta Battiato". In this journey she is accompanied on the piano by maestro Carlo Guaitoli, who has worked with Battiato for many years as a pianist and conductor. Alice manages to pay homage to the Sicilian artist with authenticity and elegance, both because she has been his friend and collaborator since the beginning, but above all because of the artistic affinity that has always linked them and that makes her a unique interpreter of Franco Battiato's music.
Tickets on sale on Ticketone.
GRADO 130, MOSTRE E CONVEGNI
" Greetings from Grado - Gruss aus Grado - exhibition of vintage postcards".
1 May 2022
Position: Isola d'oro - spiaggia principale GIT
From 1 May to 10 September, from 09.00 to 19.00 - Isola d'Oro (until 20/05 the exhibition closes at 18.00)
What did the most popular seaside resort of the Monarchy look like? Where did tourists stay and how did they spend their holidays in Grado at the end of the 19th century? On the occasion of "130 years of Grado", this exhibition wants to retrace the first years of tourism on the "Island of the Sun" (about 1892-1914).
Free entrance.
DANZA E MUSICA
MUSIKA&MUSIKA 2022 -TRIO RÊVERIE
27 July 2022
Position: Sala Lido Grand Hotel Astoria
9 p.m.
Performers: TRIO RÊVERIE, Violin, Cello, Piano
Music: Beethoven, Mayer, Corazza
Price: full price 15 €; reduced price (over 65) 12 €; FREE FOR FVG CARD HOLDERS
Tickets can be purchased on the spot from 20' before the concert with reservation at +39.0431.83550
The programme may be subject to change. Health and safety regulations will be respected at all concerts.
GRADO 130, ENOGASTRONOMIA
Aperitifs, cocktails, pizzas and 130 menu
1 June 2022
Position: Vari bar, ristoranti e pizzerie
During the 6 months of the "Grado 130" event, at bars, taverns, pizzerias and restaurants located in various areas of Grado, taste the aperitifs, cocktails, pizzas and the menu inspired by the 130 years of tourism of the Island of the Sun.
Discover all the proposals and the participating companies HERE.
MOSTRE E CONVEGNI
Pasolini. I disegni nella laguna di Grado
1 July 2022
Position: Casa della Musica
01-31 July 2022
Monday to Friday 19:00 - 23:00
Saturday and Sunday 17:00 - 23:00
Opens on 1 July at 7 p.m., at the Casa della Musica in Piazza Biagio Marin, the exhibition "Pasolini. Drawings in the Lagoon of Grado", the result of six years of research by curator Francesca Agostinelli. Among the works on show are two previously unpublished drawings: a portrait of Aldo Venier, then Grado's municipal secretary, and the drawing "Pali e reti del Safon" (Safon's poles and nets), which comes from the Feltrinelli collection in Milan. The exhibition will remain open until 31 July.
The rediscovered drawings that Pier Paolo Pasolini made in the lagoon between the shooting of the film Medea, the presentation of Porcile and the International Film Week that the director established in the seaside resort in 1970 are returning to Grado. They return together with the collection of his friend painter Giuseppe Zigaina to compose an exhibition of 23 pieces on paper that opens up new scenarios on Pasolini's drawing. And if we say "drawing", we don't mean well, because these works from Gradese have little of what we imagine: in fact, materials directly taken from an environment of grasses, shells, sands and flowers thicken on the paper. But also of wax beads directly poured onto the paper, that wax which the poet used to light up the evenings on Mota Safon, the small island "Pasolini", as it is now in nautical maps, offered in concession to the director by the Municipality of Grado as a support for the filming of Medea set in the lagoon. The subject of these drawings are lagoon views, the "tapi" - the sandbanks in the Grado dialect - as much as everyday objects made of nets, poles, lamps. Also on display are portraits of some friends: Giuseppe Zigaina, Aldo Venier, and then the great Medea of the film, Maria Callas, portrayed in profile with a regal bearing in three sumptuous pieces, one of which was recently rediscovered. The event was initiated by the Pier Paolo Pasolini Study Centre of Casarsa della Delizia for Pier Paolo's 100th birthday and is now in Grado enhanced by 2 previously unpublished pieces. It also tells the story of the discoveries made by Francesca Agostinelli, curator of the exhibition, in 6 years of research that began with some photographs and the stories of Giuseppe Zigaina whose memoirs Agostinelli collected. Drawings by Pasolini and a small drawing by Ninetto Davoli dedicating "I lumi affumicanti del Safon" to Pier Paolo have re-emerged from 9 private collections. It is the summer of 1970.
The event is supported by a number of lagoon excursions to Mota Safon and the Casone Pasolini, once the home of the Centaur Chiron (actor Laurent Terzieff), who opens the film Medea with the wise teachings to the young Jason: "everything is holy", he says, pointing to the Grado lagoon and emphasising that "when Nature seems natural, it will all be over".
Event organised by the Municipality of Grado with the patronage of the Centro Studi Pier Paolo Pasolini di Casarsa della Delizia, Cineteca del Friuli and PromoTurismo FVG. With the collaboration of Altreforme soc. coop., Consorzio Grado Turismo and Graisani de Palù, Grado
Exhibition and catalogue edited by Francesca Agostinelli.
ATTIVITÀ PER FAMIGLIE
The Lady of the Fairy Tales: Fairy Tales for Growing Up - Workshops and Games
20 July 2022
Position: Biblioteca Civica F.Marin
19 - 20 - 27 July at 10.00 am
- Il pifferaio magico e i topi mangiacarta (The Pied Piper and the Paper Eating Rats)
- Il lago dei cigni e i sacchetti di plastica (Swan Lake and plastic bags)
- Il brutto anatroccolo e P.P. Pasolini (The Ugly Duckling and P.P. Pasolini)
3 - 10 - 31 August at 10.00 am
- La strega Varvuola senza camino (The witch "Varvuola" without a chimney)
- Cappuccetto Rosso e il drago con il mal di denti (Little Red Riding Hood and the Dragon with a Toothache)
- Fiabe gradesi (Grado's fairy tales) learn a few words of the local dialect
Free admission by reservation - 0431 82630
Facebook: La Signora delle Fiabe
Instagram: la_signora_delle_fiabe
ESCURSIONI E VISITE GUIDATE
Escursione al Casone di Pasolini con visita alla mostra "I disegni nella Laguna di Grado"
13 July 2022
Position: Partenza Riva Slataper, Mirko Boat
Il 13 e il 27 luglio vieni a scoprire l'isola di Mota Safon e poi, accompagnati da una guida turistica, visita con noi la mostra "Pasolini. I disegni nella laguna di Grado" presso la Casa della Musica di Grado.
PROGRAMMA
- ore 16.00 partenza da Riva Slataper, di fronte all'hotel Savoy, Mirko boat
- ore 16.45 arrivo al casone
- ore 17.00 -18.00 vista guidata
- ore 19.00 arrivo a Grado
- 19.00 - 20.00 vista guidata alla mostra
Minimo 6, Max 15 persone.
LINGUE: italiano, inglese
Prezzo adulti 35,00 €; prezzo bambini fino a 15 anni 20,00 €; comprensivo di transfer in barca e visita guidata.
In caso di maltempo l’escursione viene annullata.
Da prenotare entro le ore 12.00 del martedì.
Eventuali allergie, intolleranze e richieste particolari dovranno essere comunicate in fase di prenotazione. Presentarsi con una condizione psicofisica, un abbigliamento e un’attrezzatura adeguati al tour. In caso di dubbi, confrontarsi con l’organizzazione prima della giornata dell’escursione.
L'uso delle mascherine e le disposizioni per la prevenzione del Covid-19 fanno riferimento alla normativa vigente.
Per le attività organizzate direttamente dal Consorzio Grado Turismo la prenotazione è OBBLIGATORIA e deve essere fatta entro le ore 12 della giornata precedente all'escursione online, via email (experience@grado.it) oppure telefonicamente + 39 0431 80383 comunicando NOME, COGNOME, COMUNE DI RESIDENZA, CODICE FISCALE, INDIRIZZO EMAIL E NUMERO DI TELEFONO.
Durante le attività potrebbero essere effettuate foto e video; se non desideri essere ripreso, avvisaci prima dell'inizio dell'attività. I dati personali forniti in fase di prenotazione saranno trattati nel rispetto della normativa vigente. Informativa Privacy del Consorzio Grado Turismo QUI
MOSTRE E CONVEGNI
Festa di Avvenire
27 July 2022
Position: Basilica Sant'Eufemia
9 pm
- WHAT IS PEACE INFORMATION?
Dialogue between the Director of Avvenire Marco Tarquinio and Mauro Ungaro President of the Italian Federation of Catholic Weeklies
- HOW TO BUILD AN ECONOMIC SYSTEM OF PEACE TO CREATE WIDESPREAD WELL-BEING AND LIVE IN A MORE SUSTAINABLE TIME
guest of the evening Carlo Petrini, president of Slow Food, interviewed by Marco Girardo,head of the economics editorial office of Avvenire