Venice VIP Services
Biennale, Film Festival & Private Boat — The Lagoon in Exclusive Style
Venice (Venezia) operates on entirely different logistics from any other city in the world. There are no roads, no cars, no taxis in the conventional sense. The city moves by water — vaporetti, gondolas, water taxis, and private launches. Understanding the lagoon's geometry, the canal system's tides, and the private berthing network is the essential competence of anyone who claims to provide luxury transport in Venice.
Private Water Taxi from Marco Polo Airport
Venice Marco Polo Airport sits on the lagoon's edge. While the public Alilaguna boat service takes 70 minutes to San Marco, our private water taxi service completes the same journey in 30 minutes, with bags loaded directly from the terminal to the boat and delivered to your hotel dock. For guests arriving by private jet at the general aviation terminal, we arrange direct boat transfer with no public concourse required.
Venice Film Festival — Lido Access
The Venice International Film Festival (late August–September) takes place on the Lido island. We arrange private boat transfers from the city to the Lido, coordinate red carpet logistics with festival accreditation teams, and secure accommodation at the Hotel Excelsior or Hotel Des Bains (now private residences). Our concierge assists with screening access, press junkets, and evening party invitations.
Venice Biennale — Private Vernissage Access
The Venice Biennale — both the Art Biennale and the Architecture Biennale — is among the world's most significant cultural events. The Vernissage preview days are invitation-only. We coordinate access to the Giardini pavilions and the Arsenale, arrange private guided tours with curators, and manage boat logistics for visiting the satellite exhibitions across the city's palazzi and churches.
Private Palazzo & Hidden Venice
Beyond the standard tourist circuit, Venice conceals extraordinary private palazzi, garden islands, and scuole (confraternity buildings) rarely accessed by visitors. Our concierge has relationships with palazzo owners and cultural institutions that allow us to arrange private viewings of important collections, access to rooftop terraces with unobstructed Grand Canal views, and evening soirées in historic interiors.
Gondola & Boat — Custom Itineraries
We arrange private gondola services (not the tourist gondola but a private, timed gondola experience with a knowledgeable gondolier), Riva motorboat tours of the outer lagoon and Murano glassblowing island, and full-day island itineraries to Burano, Torcello, and Sant'Erasmo. Each route is designed around the light, the tide, and your interests.
Navigate Venice the right way with FFGR Italia.