/ REGATA STORICA 2012

History and sport race together down the Grand Canal

Sunday 2nd September 2012

The Regata Storica is the main event in the annual "Voga alla Veneta" rowing calendar. This unique sport has been practised in the Venetian lagoon for thousands of years and today it is particularly well-known for the spectacular historical water pageant that precedes the race. Scores of typically 16th century-style boats with gondoliers in period costume carry the Doge, the Doge's wife and all the highest ranking Venetian officials up the Grand Canal in a brightly coloured parade. An unforgettable sight and a true reconstruction of the glorious past of one of most the powerful and influential Maritime Republics in the Mediterranean. The Regata Storica dates back centuries, probably as far back as the mid thirteenth century when the Serenissima needed to train the crews of its huge navy in the art of rowing.
Today there are four races divided in terms of age and type of craft. The best known and most exciting of these is the "Campioni su Gondolini" race, where a series of small, sporting gondolas fly down the Grand Canal to the finishing line at the famous "machina", the spectacular floating stage located in front of the Ca' Foscari palace.

Go to Regata Storica official website

Watch the video of Regata Storica 2010
Watch the 360° panoramic photos of Regata Storica 2011

On Sunday 2nd September, from 3.45pm, you can follow the Regata Storica live on the frequencies of Radio Venezia FM 92.4 - 103.5.


Programme

THURSDAY 30th AUGUST 2012
6.00 pm PRESENTATION OF THE TEAMS AND BLESSING OF THE GONDOLINI
Campo della Salute - with the accompaniment of Coro Serenissima

SUNDAY 2nd SEPTEMBER 2012
4.00 pm HISTORICAL AND SPORT WATER PAGEANT
parade along the Grand Canal by historical crafts with costumed crews, boats and gondolas of the Venetian rowing associations (Voga alla Veneta).
Course: from St. Mark's Bay all the way down the Grand Canal

4.45 pm Maciarele and Schie regatta: two oared regatta on mascarete dedicated for children.
Categories:
- Schie (under 10 years). Course: from Rialto to Ca' Foscari
- Maciarele Junior (under 12 years). Course: from San Stae to Ca' Foscari
- Maciarele senior (under 14 years). Course: from San Stae to Ca' Foscari

5.00 pm YOUNG ROWERS' TWIN-OARED PUPPARINI REGATTA
Course: the Castello Gardens, St. Mark's Bay, Grand Canal, Rialto (around the paleto in front of the Banca d'Italia), and back to finish at Ca' Foscari

5.20 pm WOMEN'S TWIN-OARED MASCARETE REGATTA
Course: the Castello Gardens, St. Mark's Bay, Grand Canal, Rialto (around the paleto in front of the Banca d'Italia), and back to finish at Ca' Foscari

5.40 pm Garda Lake bisse regatta
Course: from Punta della Dogana to Ca' Foscari

5.50 pm SIX-OARED CAORLINE REGATTA
Course: the Castello Gardens, St. Mark's Bay, Grand Canal, Rialto (around the paleto in front of the Santa Lucia railway station), and back down the Grand Canal to finish at Ca' Foscari

6.10 pm, after the passage of caorline (match for third place) and 6.40 pm, after the passage of gondolini (final) International Universities Boat Challenge: challenge on eight-oared galeoni boat by the crew of the Ca' Foscari and Iuav Universities of Venezia versus the teams of the Universities of Bari, Vienna, Warwick and Zagabria.
Course: From Rialto to Ca' Foscari

6.20 pm TWIN-OARED GONDOLINI REGATTA
Course: the Castello Gardens, St. Mark's Bay, Grand Canal, Rialto (around the paleto in front of the Santa Lucia railway station), and back down the Grand Canal to finish at Ca' Foscari


OTHER EVENTS

CONCERTS ON THE GRAND CANAL DURING THE REGATA STORICA
From 4.30 pm in the stretch of Grand Canal between Ponte della Costituzione and Ca' Vendramin Calergi musical entertainment with Venetian musics on traditional boats by Associazione Arzanà
4.00 pm Campo della Salute: concert by Coro Serenissima
4.00 pm Campo San Stae: concert by Banda Musicale di Tessera
3.30 pm Campo San Vio: concert by Banda Musicale di Pellestrina

30th AUGUST - 28th SEPTEMBER 2012
Historical and photographic exhibition "STORIA E GLORIA DEI CAMPIONI DEL REMO": pictures, paintings, documents and costumes of the Regata Storica
Cassa di Risparmio di Venezia, Campo San Luca - San Marco 4216, Venezia
Open from Monday to Friday 8.30am-1.30pm and 2.45pm-4.15pm
The exhibition continues at Hotel Ca' Nigra, Campo S. Simeon Grande 927, Venezia.

SATURDAY 1st SEPTEMBER, 9.00pm
Concert "SALVE REGINA", tribute to Caterina Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus, in the occasion of Regata Storica 2012
Musics by A. Vivaldi / G.B. Pergolesi / Leonardo Leo
Ensemble Musica Venezia
San Salvador Church, San Marco 4835 - ACTV stop: Rialto
Free entry - Info:+39 345 2787155

THE SUBLIME BOAT
The last "Bucintoro": from the shipyards in Venice to the stables of Venaria (TO).
After three centuries the Peota of the House of Savoy lands at the Reggia di Venaria in Torino: the ceremonial boat of Carlo Emanuele III is the last remaining bucentaur in the world.
Staging by Davide Livermore.
Juvarra stables of the Reggia of Venaria, from late October 2012
Info: +39 011 4992333 - www.lavenaria.it


LIVING THE REGATA STORICA
Venezia Marketing & Eventi offers you to discover and live the Regata Storica 2012 through the following interesting proposals, that you can even purchase in a unique package:

1) FLOATING PLATFORM OF SAN TOMA'
Ypu can attend the Regata Storica 2012 comfortably seated on the platform set up near Campo San Toma'. The floating platform, set in one of the most beautiful and spectacular route along the Grand Canal, allows you to see every regatta passing twice in front of you (before and after the tour of "paleto"), and of course the historical parade and other events, with perfect view on the finishing line in front of Ca 'Foscari and the "machina".

Prices:
Non-residents in the City of Venice:
Full: Euro 45.00
Boys 6/18 years: Euro 22.50
Children under 6 free, with no seat assignment and accompanied by an adult.
Residents of the City of Venice:
Full: Euro 22.50
Boys 6/18 years: Euro 11.00
Children under 6 free, with no seat assignment and accompanied by an adult.
The exhibition of an identity card will be required to the residents of the City of Venice.

Full price tickets for non-residents are purchasable online,or calling Hellovenezia Call Center +39 041 2424 or at the ticket points of Hellovenezia.
Reduced price tickets for non-residents and all tickets for residents in the Municipality of Venice are purchasable calling Hellovenezia Call Center +39 041 2424 or at the ticket points of Hellovenezia.

List of Hellovenezia ticket points:
VENEZIA: Tronchetto, Info Point Santa Lucia railway station
MESTRE: via Verdi 14
LIDO: Santa Maria Elisabetta
CHIOGGIA: approdo ACTV piazzetta Vigo
SOTTOMARINA: piazzale Europa
DOLO: viale Mazzini, 108

Info for ticket purchasers:
- for online and call center purchasers, tickets can be collected at VM&E desk in Campo San Tomà since 2.00pm of Sunday 2nd September 2012.
- access to the tribune from 3.00pm through Campo San Tomà - Calle del Traghetto.
- the event begins at 4.00pm.


2) NEW 2012 PROPOSAL: GUIDED TOURS "VENICE AND THE REGATA STORICA"
There is a new proposal for 2012 edition of the Regata Storica: guided tours in Venice concerning the origins of this old tradition, from the beginning of the republic of St. Mark to the present edition. Nowadays the Regata Storica is the most important competition and the most exciting commemoration of the splendor of the Serenissima Republic and its bond with the sea. Regattas were organized during the visit of the city by Monarchs or foreign Ambassadors, or to celebrate a great victory and exceptional events. In these walking guided tours the most important historical celebrations, as Regata Storica, will be mentioned through the streets and squares of Venice. The tours begin in the railway station square and trace fundamental stages of this ancient tradition, explaining even the development of the contemporary version. From the end of Grand Canal, where is the "zirada " (turning point around a buoy) , the tours pass in front of Scuola Grande di San Rocco and arrives in St. Tomà, where it is possible to see the "Machina", and the arrival point of the regatta. The guided tours will continue to the Rio of St. Trovaso to admire a "squero" (a little shipyard ), where Gondolas and other typical venetian boats are produced. The tour ends near the Accademia bridge, to admire the final port of Grand Canal and basin of St. Mark.
The tours are guided by qualified venetian guides, members of the Association of Tourist Guides of Venice. All participants are equipped with sound system provided by MediaVox Srl. According to the following calendar, guided tours can be bilingual ( Italian + English or French ).

Calendar:
Saturday 1, September 2012, 2.00 pm: IT + ENG
Saturday 1, September 2012, 3.00 pm: IT + FR
Sunday 2, September 2012, 9.00 am: IT + ENG
Sunday 2, September 2012, 11.00 am: IT + FR
Sunday 2, September 2012, 2.00 pm: IT+ ENG (end of the tour at St. Tomà)

Price: Euro 25,00 per person

Tickets are purchasable online, or calling Hellovenezia Call Center +39 041 2424 or at the ticket points of Hellovenezia listed above.

Info for guided tours purchasers: meeting-point 30 minutes before the departure time of the guided tour at the Info & Ticket Point (Hellovenezia desk) in the square in front of Santa Lucia railway Station in Venice, where online and call center purchaser will collect tickets, and where everyone will be given a sound system device.


GUIDED TOUR + TRIBUNE SAN TOMA'
All guided tours of the calendar can be purchased at special prices in combination with seats in the tribune of St. Tomà to attend the Regata Storica.
Prices of tour + tribune St. Tomà:
Full: Euro 60,00
Boys 6/18 years: Euro 40,00
Children under 6 free, no seat assignment and without headphones, accompanied by an adult.
Tickets for the package tour + tribune San Tomà can be purchased at the ticket points of Hellovenezia listed above or calling the Call Center Getphone +39 848 002 008.


SPECIAL TOUR REGATA STORICA: GUIDED TOUR + "MACHINA"
Special tour with limited availability, departing at 2.00pm of Sunday 2nd September and ending at Ca' Foscari, attending the Regata Storica from the "Machina", scenographic floating tribune installed on the finishing line of the regattas, seat of the final prize-givings together with local authorities and sponsors of the event.
Price : Euro 80,00
Tickets for the special tour are purchasable online, or at the ticket points of Hellovenezia listed above or calling the Call Center Hellovenezia +39 041 2424


3) DISCOVER AND LIVE THE REGATA STORICA AT THE CASINÒ DI VENEZIA
The Casinò Municipale di Venezia and Casinò di Venezia Meeting & Dining Services offer, on Sunday 2nd September 2012 at 1.30pm, an exclusive brunch with the opportunity to attend the Regata Storica from the terrace that will be installed by the Casinò along the Grand Canal.
The Chef of Ristorante Wagner, dedicated to the German composer who lived in the palace, will propose refined flavours in the halls of the main floor, in an esxclusive atmosphere made of refinement and expertise.
Our Guests will attend the spectacular Regata Storica from the exclusive terrace of the Casinò di Venezia: the event will be a moment rich of emotions and amusement thanks to the Classic Games, flagship of the world oldest Casino, and thanks to the new electronic games, while gambling lovers can try their luck in the Classic Games Hall.
Price: Euro 90,00 per person, including brunch, access to the Game Halls and a 10 euros chip (non transferable and non changeable).
Access to the Casinò is possible only showing an ID card. Dress code: jacket required.
Bookings: Ristorante Wagner del Casinò di Venezia
Tel. +39 041 5297230 (from 10.00am to 5.00pm); +39 041 5297201 (from 7.00pm to 11.00pm); fax +39 041 718221 - ristorante@casinovenezia.it