Crystal Cruises in Venice for the Redentore Festival

I like a bit of culture, but also love Venice and I was asked recently by a client if I could find a cruise to bring in the culture of Venice and a bit of a bang.

The Redentore is a popular festival that combines the sacred and profane, as Venice celebrations often do, and is celebrated on the 3rd Saturday of July.

Redentore is the celebration most loved by Venetians, to remind them of the end of the plague in 1577, one of the most disastrous plagues in Venetian history. That plague is believed to be brought in the city by flea-infested mice carried back from the Orient by Venetian trading ships.




To coincide with this spectacle, guests on board Crystal Cruises’ award-winning Crystal Serenity will be treated to one of Italy’s most popular Venetian traditions. This 12-night Mediterranean/Adriatic voyage, departing from Athens on 7th July, culminates with two shipboard overnights in Venice just in time for the Festival.
That will be really spectacular, call me if you want to know of availability on this cruise.