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
14 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
14 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.
MOSTRE E CONVEGNI, ATTIVITÀ PER FAMIGLIE, ARTE E TEATRO
End of academic year exhibition 2023/2024
10 April 2024
Position: Auditorium San Rocco, Grado
Opening 10 April, 5:00 pm.
Exhibition: 11 to 18 April;
Opening hours: 10:00 - 12:30 am / 5:00 - 7:00 pm
Workshops in: Art Therapy, Jewellery, Photography, Handicrafts, Mandala, Painting, lace pillow, Crochet.
Free entrance
Organised by:
University of the Third Age City of Grado
Municipality of Grado
AQUILEIA, ATTIVITÀ PER FAMIGLIE, ESCURSIONI E VISITE GUIDATE
Open Paths 2024: Discovering Aquileia and the Grado Lagoon in the footsteps of St Mark
14 April 2024
Position: Aquileia
Cammini Aperti (Open Paths) is a project for the promotion of Italian paths under the banner of slowness, accessibility and sustainability.
An event designed to be open to everyone, walkers and non-walkers alike: free excursions to discover some of the most evocative itineraries of the Belpaese, together with the guides and managing bodies that take care of them.
A completely unique excursion in those places that saw the evangelist Mark preach for the first time: a ring of about 10 km on the prologue to the Cammino Celeste that will start from Aquileia to reach the lagoon of Grado and return, in the ancient city that for a time was also one of the capitals of the Roman Empire. Today, Aquileia is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
We will start from the Piazza Capitolo next to the imposing Basilica of Santa Maria Assunta in Aquileia to reach the Alpe Adria cycle-pedestrian path in the direction of Grado along what was once the Via Flavia.
The Island of Barbana is the starting point of the Prologue of the Cammino Celeste and is home to a very ancient Marian shrine in the Monastery of Santa Maria di Barbana run by Benedictine monks.
Returning towards the pine forest we will visit the lovely Church of San Marco before resuming the return route and if possible, depending on the weather conditions, we will reach the mouth of the Natissa river via the embankment and then return to Aquileia via a dirt road.
TECHNICAL DETAILS OF THE EXCURSION
Ring (T)
● Length: 10 km
● Positive height difference: none
● Duration: 4 hours
RESERVATIONS: via the following link
Experience promoted by the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region
organised in collaboration with Associazione Iter Aquileiense and PromoTurismo FVG
ARTE E TEATRO, ATTIVITÀ PER FAMIGLIE, DANZA E MUSICA
Notti d'Oriente "Aladdin" - Musical
14 April 2024
Position: Auditorium Biagio Marin, Grado
6:30 pm
The theatre group of the Ricreatorio San Michele in Cervignano, "Briciole d'Arte" led by Gabriele Scolaro, will return to perform in Grado at the invitation of the Parish and with the collaboration of the Municipal Administration of Grado.
"Notti d'Oriente" is an adventurous metaphor of self-acceptance, and in its visual journey it investigates the concept of freedom, that which intrinsically belongs to each of us.
It is a wandering in the desert, accomplished during one of the most fortifying nights in the Orient, whose final oasis, once reached, allows the surrender of all forms of imprisonment, the loosening of any chains and the conquest of one's own freedom.
We invite those who wish to participate to send an e-mail: info@bricioledarte.it
Organised by:
Briciole d'Arte theatre group
Ricreatorio San Michele
Cervignano del Friuli (UD)
tel +39 349 255 7695