The 2018 will be celebrated in Piazza San Marco at the end of midnight with a spectacle of fireworks where the Venetians welcome the new year with toasts and hugs. All those who will be present at this splendid show can admire it from Riva degli Schiavoni, Riva Ca ‘ Dio, Riva San Biagio, the Riva of the Seven martyrs (the fires are not visible from Piazza and Piazzetta San Marco).
During these holidays because of the greater flow of people can be established unique ways and access to the areas used for the public can be limited to occur limits of capacity.
Do not miss the opportunity to watch the show from the water renting a small boat. Otherwise climb aboard the Galeone Veneziano which offers a buffet on board and will accompany you to the basin of San Marco. Here you will make the midnight toast with the spectacular view on the fireworks. (The price is €130.00 per person).
There will be party to celebrate the new year in many Venetian palaces and also in the most famous hotels: Danieli, Molino Stucky Hilton, Casino of Venice.
The year will begin with the morning of January 1st, at 11.15 p.m. at the Lido, on the Blue Moon Beach, will be held on 38. Edition of the New Year’s greetings with the amateur group of Winter Swimmer Club. While they swim in the sea you will be accompanied by entertainment for children, music and culinary specialties served on the seashore.
And for those who love music on the morning of January 1st there will be the traditional New Year’s concert to La Fenice Theatre.
The civic museums will also be open: from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Palazzo Ducale and the Correr Museum; From 11am to 5pm, Ca ‘ Pesaro, Museum of Glass and Ca ‘ Rezzonico, and also the cultural center of Mestre with the exhibition “Around the Glass”, from 16.00 to 10pm.
Useful information:
Navigation: Line N along the Rialto itinerary, Piazzale Roma, Tronchetto, Giudecca, San Zaccaria, which is added a shuttle service San Zaccaria-Lido with frequency of one run every 10 minutes until the end of the displacement; Also reinforced the services for Punta Sabbioni and the nocturnal Laguna Nord with more capacity naval units;
Car: There are additional races until midnight in the direction of Venice and Mestre Centro on the main urban lines (2, 4l, 5, 6 and 7) and in the opposite direction, after midnight, with displacement service commensurate with the influx destined for the area Urban of Mestre/Marghera and the main routes of the suburban (Mirano, Riviera del Brenta and Chioggia);
People Mover: The system prolongs the opening hours until 3 a.m. with last race at 2:50 hours (frequency 10 minutes);
Car parks: The parking lots in Piazzale Roma (municipal garage, Park Sant’Andrea) and the parking lot of Mestre will be open 24 hours a day, while the parking lot of the town is extended until 3 p.m.
Trains: Special trains are scheduled departing from the Santa Lucia station for the mainland, from 1.20 to 4.30.
The public baths of Piazza San Marco (located in Calle of Ascension-Vallaresso, Bocca di Piazza San Marco), San Bartolomeo, Accademia, Bragora, Piazzale Roma and Tronchetto will also be open during the night.
