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
Discover Grado on your own with audio guides
30 March 2024
Thanks to the new audioguide service available free of charge from the homepage of this website, discover the 20 main attractions on the Island of the Sun, grouped into three itineraries.
HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL ITINERARY
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Porto Mandracchio
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Castrum
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Basilica Santa Maria delle Grazie
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Basilica di Santa Eufemia, battistero e lapidarium
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Piazza Biagio Marin and Basilica della Corte
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A sophisticated walk: the Art Nouveau Villas
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Parco delle Rose
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Congress centre
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Barbana
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Costa Azzurra beach
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Promenade Nazario Sauro
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G.I.T. beach and acquatic park
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TMarine Thermal Baths
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Sacca beach and Grado Pineta
SPORTS, NATURE, FOOD&WINE ITINERARY
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Fishermen’s Cooperative
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Covered Market
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Grado and its Bike Paths
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The Lagoon and its Treasures: fish, plants and Santonego
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Valle Cavanata Nature Reserve
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Fossalon and White Asparagus
Guided tours and excursions
Excursions in the lagoon and to Barbana
30 March 2024
To discover the Lagoon you can take a motorboat trip to Porto Buso or go to the Sanctuary of the Blessed Virgin Mary on the island of Barbana with the Motoscafisti Gradesi regular service. You can spend a pleasant day in the company of friends renting a boat and enjoying the beautiful waters and wild nature of the Banco d'Orio, or you can be accompanied by Taxi Boat or NCC between the casoni and mote...
MIRKO BOAT - NCC
Boat with driver dedicated to small groups of people for half or full day transfers and rentals; departure from RIVA S. SLATAPER - GRADO (in front of the Hotel Savoy), tel +39 345 4686207, info@mirkotaxiboat-grado.com, www.mirkotaxiboat-grado.com
- THE ISLAND OF BARBANA: travel time 30 min (return + stop);
- TOUR OF THE LAGOON: duration 60 min non-stop;
- ANFORA ISLAND/PORTOBUSO: travel time 50 min + 2 hours stop for lunch (not included);
- MARANO OR LIGNANO: travel time 1.30 min (return + stop).
Excursions in the Grado lagoon for individuals or small groups; 2 taxis are available for a maximum of 18 passengers per boat. Departure from Porto Mandracchio, Riva San Vito, 5 (opposite Al Porto bar). Tel +39 339 2961866 (Mariel), taxiboatgrado@gmail.com, www.taxiboat-grado.com
- LAGOON AND PORTOBUSO/ANFORA ISLAND "Trattoria ai Ciodi", with stopover
- ISLANDS&CASONI non stop
- LAGOON AND BARBANA ISLAND with stopover, duration 2 hours
Guided tours and excursions
Oasi Gym Grado
30 March 2024
Keeping fit is important and helps feel good about yourself. Even on holiday, when time can be used as we like, we can find the ideal space where we can exercise and keep fit.
At the OASI GYM Fitness Centre are available:
- Complete weight room: Oasi Gym is distinguished by its state-of-the-art weight room, equipped with isotonic and free-loading machines, dumbbells, barbells, and a wide range of cardio machines, both motorised and inertial. This variety of equipment makes it possible to meet the needs of every member, from beginners to experienced athletes, allowing each muscle group to be worked on with maximum effectiveness.
- Professional Personal Trainers: The weight room is constantly supervised by experienced trainers, ready to guide you in choosing the most suitable workout and charting a personalised course to reach your goals. With customised sessions and programming, available by appointment, the trainers will 'put wings on your feet', ensuring significant and lasting progress.
- Dynamic Group Classes: Oasi Gym offers a wide range of group classes, designed to suit all fitness levels and preferences. From free-body classes to improve mobility and elasticity, to high or moderate intensity functional training, through sports and recreational dances, each course is designed to improve balance and physical harmony, in a fun and motivating atmosphere.
Oasi Gym is more than a gym! It is an environment where each member is valued and supported in his or her journey towards physical and mental well-being. It is the place where training becomes a unique experience, enriched by the professionalism of the TRAINERS and the quality of the equipment. Discover HERE the opening hours.
Guided tours and excursions
Courses and activities at the thermal pool
30 March 2024
The following activities are available at the thermal pool:
- Aquagym: Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 8.30 to 9.15 am;
- Antalgic gym: Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 9.30 to 10.15 am;
- Swimming lessons for adults and children: find out the days, times and prices HERE.
ENOGASTRONOMIA, ATTIVITÀ PER FAMIGLIE
Grado Street Food
29 March 2024
Position: Largo Punta Barbacale, Viale Capricorno | Viale dell'Orione, Grado Pineta
29-30-31 March - 1 April 2024 opening time 12:00 - 24:00
The Caravan of Kitchens on Four Wheels is coming to Grado, with the flavours and delicacies of the best Food Trucks around for 4 days of music and live shows! Street food will be the absolute protagonist of the weekend, accompanied by music and entertainment for all. National and international Street Food, typical desserts, traditional and craft beer from Italy and the world, Cocktails, Live Music & DJ SET.
Get ready to taste the delights of the best Food Trucks from all over the world in Grado.
You'll find authentic Roman Pinsa and Puccia, Gourmet Sandwiches, Mexican Dishes, Arrosticini from Abruzzo, Fried Seafood and much more. Drinks include 20 pints of Irish/American craft beer and impeccable cocktails.
Musical entertainment:
- Sparkle Haze | Friday 29 March h.20:30
- Radio Gioconda | Saturday 30 March h.20:30
- All Female Rock Band | Sunday 31 March h.20:30
- DJ FRANZ | Monday 1 April h.18:00
FREE ENTRANCE
For any information:
+39 351 600 2780
dolomitieventi.srls@gmail.com
ATTIVITÀ PER FAMIGLIE, ENOGASTRONOMIA
Weekly market
1 January 2024
Position: Viale Italia - Città Giardino
Every Saturday of the year, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. weekly market with stalls selling leather goods, clothing, footwear, flowers and plants, hobbies and sports, toys, costume jewellery, and gastronomic stalls selling typical regional products.
ENOGASTRONOMIA
Tasting of Scotch Whiskies
24 November 2023
Position: Seti Cafè da Teo
From 8 p.m. onwards, by RESERVATION only.
Journey through the lands of Scotch whisky production; Tasting with gastronomic accompaniment to accompany the spirits being tasted.
For reservations and info contact +39 345 0333968.
Islands: The islands in this area are: Orkney, Mull, Skye, Lewis, Jura, Arran and Raasay. These are the islands that surround the perimeter of Scotland. Of these we have not mentioned perhaps the most famous: Isaly, which is a separate area and will be recounted later. Some schools of thought want to lump them together with the Highlands region, but their variety and diversity makes them one of the six zones. Obviously, due to their remoteness, which makes them practically all the way across the west of Scotland to the far north, the products they offer are extremely diverse and varied. What they have in common, however, is a not too invasive and very elegant peatiness, followed by iodine and heather. They are strong and important whiskies.
Highlands: This vast area produces whiskies with very different characteristics and flavours (they generally do not have a salty aftertaste), ranging from the softer and not overly peaty, with flavours from dry to fruity, to whiskies that are less soft and sometimes mellow and smoky.
Speyside: this area is rightly considered to be the heart of Scotch whisky production. In Speyside (meaning 'lush and fertile valley of the Spey River'), single malts have classic flavours of honey, vanilla and fresh fruit (apples, pears). They are sophisticated and elegant whiskies that evolve with age (especially when matured in sherry casks), giving the palate very pleasant flavours of dried fruit and sweet spices. Pure malts are produced here whose names, due to their popularity, are immediately recognisable even to non-whisky drinkers.
Speyside peated: an experiment for an elegant whisky but also one with a relevant personality; "with a peaty tang", i.e. a Speyside with a peaty touch: the peatiness is sustained and makes up a mix of approximately 5-year-old peated whisky and approximately 8-year-old unpeated whisky.
Islay: The island of Islay, the southernmost of the Hebrides, is one of the most renowned Scotch whisky production areas. Its fame comes from the abundant presence of peat through which the island's water springs and with which the malt used to make whisky is smoked, giving it the characteristic taste of smoke, iodine and seaweed so prized by connoisseurs.
MOSTRE E CONVEGNI, ATTIVITÀ PER FAMIGLIE
Fishing and Lagoon Civilisation Museum
29 March 2024
Position: Via Orseolo, 22, Grado
The Museum of Fishing and Lagoon Civilisation was established to protect and preserve the history and culture of the "Casonera" civilisation, a community that lived permanently in the casoni (fishermen's huts) of the Grado Lagoon until after World War II, developing its own customs and traditions over the centuries, which remained unchanged until the early 20th century.
Opening hours:
- Monday to Friday from 9.30 am to 1.00 pm.
- Saturday, Sunday and public holidays (1st, 25th and 26th April, 1st May) from 09.30 to 1.00 pm and from 5.00 pm to 8.00 pm.
- From Monday 8 to Thursday 11 April from 5.00 pm to 8.00 pm (special opening)
Every Sunday from 31 March to 9 June 2024 at 10.30 am, free Illustrations (minimum 5 participants) will be organised, lasting approximately one hour, to discover the museum. Extra Illustrations will also be held on the following days:
- 1 April 2024 beginning at 10.30 am and 5.00 pm
- 8, 9, 10, 11, 25 and 26 April 2024 beginning at 5.00 pm
- 1 and 18 May 2024 beginning at 5.00 pm
Reservations for visits with illustrations are compulsory from 29 March 2024 by calling: +39 338 9912068 (also Whatsapp)
Admission to the museum is free of charge.
MOSTRE E CONVEGNI
Empress Elisabeth of Austria exhibition
30 March 2024
Position: Casa della Musica, Piazza Biagio Marin
From 30 March to 26 May the Casa della Musica in Grado will host the exhibition Elisabeth of Austria - Modern Woman'.
The exhibition will focus on the figure of Elizabeth of Austria, Sissi, and her modern spirit. On display will be oil portraits of the empress, reproductions of her original dresses, original lithographs, books documenting her travels or books dedicated to her, photographs of the empress, Franz Joseph and family members.
In the exhibition Elisabeth of Austria, modern woman, promoted by the Municipality of Grado as part of the event "Grado island of women," in which objects from private collections only are exhibited, it will be she, the Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary, who will accompany the visitor with her reflections, even poetic ones, throughout her life. The curator, Marina Bressan, has only provided hints on how to approach her, who in the aftermath of her death bequeathed abundant 'material' to poets, writers, journalists and artists to stage a shadow play on her femininity, permeated with an evocative charm. Even today, attempts are still being made to discover her personality.
OPENING HOURS:
Saturday 4.00 pm-7.30 pm
Sunday and public holidays (25 April, 1 May) 10.00 am / 1.00 pm - 4.00 pm / 7.30 pm
Monday-Tuesday 1 and 2 April 4.00 pm / 7.30 pm
Fridays 26 April, 3, 10, 17 and 24 May 4.00 pm / 7.30 pm
Thursday 2 May 4.00 pm /7.30 pm
Guided tour by curator Marina Bressan every Sunday in April and Sunday 5, 12 and 19 May at 4.30 pm
FREE ADMISSION
Organised by:
Municipality of Grado
Piazza Biagio Marin, 4
tel. +39 0431 898111
e-mail: protocollo@comunegrado.it
Tourism and External Relations Office of Grado Municipality
tel. +39 0431 898239
turismo@comunegrado.it
MOSTRE E CONVEGNI
Exhibition of reproductions of women's clothing from the period 1892-1914
30 March 2024
Position: Vetrine del Cinema Cristallo, Grado
From 30 March to 2 May, at the windows of the former Cristallo Cinema in Viale Dante Alighieri, 74, it will be possible to admire the sartorial creations of Adriana Roppa made for the 'La Signora delle Fiabe' Association, in order to reproduce the women's dresses used from 1892 to 1914.
ATTIVITÀ PER FAMIGLIE
What to do in Grado at Easter and Easter Monday, even in case of rain.
29 March 2024
Position: Vari luoghi di Grado
The weather forecast for Easter weekend in Grado might not be the best, but don't let that spoil your plans!
Whether the sun is shining or the rain decides to join us, we have loads of exciting activities for you! From cultural visits to bike excursions, and unmissable gastronomic events, find out everything there is to do HERE.