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.
Categories
Guided tours and excursions
Discover Grado on your own with audio guides
21 April 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
21 April 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
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.
ESCURSIONI E VISITE GUIDATE
Le Garzaie
21 April 2024
Position: Riserva Naturale Valle Cavanata Via Grado, 1 - Fossalon di Grado
From 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Herons and associated species such as ibis, spoonbills and cormorants constitute a well-known group of colonial waterbirds. In Italy since the 1970s, breeding colonies, known as garzaie, are regularly visited in order to check which species are established and the number of breeding pairs. The last national census was carried out in 2023 and in Friuli Venezia Giulia 17 garzaie were monitored, with 9 species present and a total of over 2000 breeding pairs.
During the excursion, the Cavanata Valley garzaia will be visited and the results of this survey will be described.
MODALITIES OF PARTICIPATION:
The event is organised with a limited number of participants. Participation is only possible by reservation. To join, please send an email to info.educazionecavanata@gmail.com with your name and a telephone number. The reservation is effective upon receipt of confirmation from the Valle Cavanata Nature Reserve staff. Participation in the event is free of charge.
ORGANISATIONAL NOTES:
Meeting place: will be communicated to registered participants by email
Difficulty: suitable for everyone
Recommended equipment: comfortable clothing, we recommend bringing binoculars
Participation fee: free thanks to the contribution of the Municipality of Grado and of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region
Reservation: compulsory at info.educazionecavanata@gmail.com
ORGANISED BY: Società cooperativa Rogos
ARTE E TEATRO, MOSTRE E CONVEGNI
Il Sogno
20 April 2024
Position: Auditorium San Rocco, Grado
Opening hours: 10.00 am -12.30 pm / 4.00 pm -7.00 pm
Personal exhibition of MdP, stage name of the artist Manuela de Pregi, born in Gorizia but adopted by Milan.
"My time has no time, I must paint the dreams I have dreamed": the exhibition takes its title from this statement: THE DREAM.
"Actually, my biggest dream, which I have realised, is to be able to paint and have made a profession out of it," says the artist; "each of my works, both figurative and abstract, reflects one of my life experiences or a place I have visited."
Info: 3280711985
The exhibition continues until 8 May.
Organised by:
MdP ArT GallerY Viale D. Alighieri, 14 - Grado