Friday: February 16, 2001

Time: 4:00 PM
Place: da San Pietro di Castello a San Marco
Event: LA FESTA DELLE MARIE
the Festa delle Marie is the oldest of all Venetian celebrations (first chronicled in 1039). It remembers the liberation of young brides who were kidnapped and robbed of their jewels by Istrian pirates in 948. Seven young women - later represented by wooden images (“Marie de tola”) - used to parade with a magnificent train from San Pietro di Castello, where the ancient Venice Cathedral once was. Directed by Bruno Tosi with the collaboration of Serenissimo Tribunal de L’inquisition and other historical troupes, the parade will arrive at St. Mark’s Square where the seven Marys will be introduced (the girls are previously selected through a competition promoted and organized by Il Gazzettino). Street performances and dances for all participants will follow.

Saturday: February 17, 2001

Time: 4:00 PM
Place: Piazza San Marco
Event: CORTEO DI APERTURA DEL CARNEVALE
Traditional parade of masks and artists who, with drums and torches, ‘ignite’ Carnival in the city. All groups that are affiliated with Carnival will march in the parade, as well as delegates from other cities and artists who perform at the end of the parade.

Time: 5:30 PM
Place: Gran Caffé Ristorante Quadri
Event: L’ARABA FENICE
A toast to the new birth of the Carnival. After the masquerade Parade which traditionally opens the Carnival in San Marco Square, a first toast to the reborn Carnival in the hall of the elegant Caffé Quadri. The first meeting-point for everybody in costume to plan their future amusements. Dress Code: costume
Cost: ITL 120.000
Organizer: Club Culturale Italiano
Santa Croce 1714
Tel. +39 041.717065 - Fax. +39 041.722285
E-Mail: info@meetingeurope.com
Web Site: www.meetingeurope.com

Time: 6:30 PM
Place: Piazza San Marco
Event: FESTA DEL GENTIL FORESTO
GENTIL FORESTO PARTY
Music, dance and carnival shows 'till 11.00 p.m.

Time: 8:30 PM
Place: Hotel Europa & Regina
Event: VENEZIA E L'ORIENTE
Gala Dinner and Dance in the Luxury Hotel Europa & Regina, near San Marco. Here you can have a dreaming costume party set in the oriental style. As the noble travellers of the 18th and 19th Century you will be received by belly dancers, magicians, acrobats and our traditional warm welcome. You will enjoy the special dinner entertained by our artists and, after, the dances will start 'till late night in the erotic atmosphere of the far East. Dress Code: historical costume
Cost: ITL 600.000
Organizer: Club Culturale Italiano
Santa Croce 1714
Tel. +39 041.717065 - Fax. +39 041.722285
E-Mail: info@meetingeurope.com
Web Site: www.meetingeurope.com

Time: 9:00 PM
Place: Palazzo Ca' Zanardi
Event: I BALLI DELLA SERENISSIMA
The Serenissima's Balls Dinner with entertainment, the event is dedicated to Maria Callas with the support of the Associazione Culturale Maria Callas. Musical entertainments with a Baroque Quartet & Soprano, Operetta "La Serva Padrona" by Pergolesi, Orchestra and dances. * It is a strict obbligation that guests must be masked and costumed
Organizer: Associazione Culturale Ca' Zanardi
Cannaregio, 4132
Tel. +39 041.2410220 - Fax. +39 041.5237716
E-Mail: ecgroup@tin.it
Web Site: www.best-of-italy.com/zanardi

Sunday: February 18, /2001

Time: 12:00 AM
Place: Piazza San Marco
Event: IL VOLO DELLA COLOMBINA
Flight of the "Colombina" (Little Dove) - This old ritual was held on Shrove Thursday at the time of the Serene Republic and is today replayed with the flight of a mechanical dove from the campanile of Saint Mark. The bird opens and pours colorful paper confetti on the below standing crowd and at the same time hundreds of balloons fly in the sky. This event represents the symbol of Carnival and is attended by thousands of Venetians and visitors as well as city officials.

Time: 1:00 PM
Place: Hotel Danieli
Event: SUNDAY LUNCH "LA COLOMBINA"
After the ceremony, a traditional Sunday Lunch in the Hotel Danieli wonderful hotel rich of tradition and courtesy, designed in the late 14th Century to need the demands of Europe's travelling nobility. Dress Code: free
Cost: ITL 170.000
Organizer: Club Culturale Italiano
Santa Croce 1714
Tel. +39 041.717065 - Fax. +39 041.722285
E-Mail: info@meetingeurope.com
Web Site: www.meetingeurope.com

Time: 5:30 PM
Place: Canal Grande - da San Marco a Cannaregio
Event: BOAT PARADE
Hundreds of masquerades boats along the most fascinating "street" of the World: the Canal Grande

Time: 7:00 PM
Place: Fondamenta di Cannaregio
Event: FESTA VENEXIANA
a popular open-air party along the canal of Cannaregio, with fireworks, at the end of the boat parade.

Monday & Tuesday: February 19 & 20, 2001

Time: 8:30 PM
Place: Gran Caffé Ristorante Quadri
Event: CENA IN COSTUME
DINNER IN COSTUME - A Carnival Dinner in costume in the elegant Caffé Quadri in San Marco Square. The Gran Caffe Ristorante Quadri, boasts a historic "first": Quadri's introduced Venetians to Turkish coffee, way back in 1725, Popular to celebrated figures such as Stendhal, Dumas, Byron, Wagner and Proust it is still the favourite rendezvous of the international elite. A window onto "the finest drawing-room in the world": the Gran Caffe Ristorante Quadri, is a proud symbol of supreme quality gastronomy and traditional Venetian hospitality. The best atmosphere to celebrate even Monday. Dress Code: costume.
Cost: Sold Out
Organizer: Club Culturale Italiano
Santa Croce 1714
Tel. +39 041.717065 - Fax. +39 041.722285
E-Mail: info@meetingeurope.com
Web Site: www.meetingeurope.com

Thursday: February 22, 2001

Time: 3:00 PM
Place: Piazza San Marco
Event: GIOCOLIERI, SUONATORI E ACROBATI
PLAYERS, MUSICIANS and ACROBATS

Time: 5:00 PM
Place: Hotel Luna Baglioni
Event: CIOCCOLATA CALDA
(Hot Chocolate) of the Associazione Internazionale per il Carnevale di Venezia

Time: 8:30 PM
Place: Palazzo Pisani-Moretta
Event:
MASQUERADE BALL: resplended in historical costume, our guests will attend the official Ball of the Venice Carnival. Enter in the magic world of the Venetian 18th Century. In the candle-lit setting of palazzo Pisani-Moretta, overlooking the Canal Grande and frescoed by Giovanbattista Tiepolo, mimes, magicians and acrobats will perform while you enjoy your cocktails and the superb Dinner. Three orchestras will play to accompany your dances ‘till early morning. Dress Code: historical costume.
Prezzo: ITL 580.000
Organizer: Club Culturale Italiano
Santa Croce 1714
Tel. +39 041.717065 - Fax. +39 041.722285
E-Mail: info@meetingeurope.com
Web Site: www.meetingeurope.com

Friday: February 23, 2001

Time: 12:00 AM
Place: Hotel Danieli
Event: CARNIVAL BRUNCH
After the Ball and away from the craziness, but just a stone's throw of San Marco Square, one of the City's most beautiful and opulent hotels, the Hotel Danieli with its spectacular sea vistas, is the C.C.I. venue for brunch. Dress Code: costume
Cost: ITL 170.000
Organizer: Club Culturale Italiano
Santa Croce 1714
Tel. +39 041.717065 - Fax. +39 041.722285
E-Mail: info@meetingeurope.com
Web Site: www.meetingeurope.com

Time: 3:30 PM
Place: Piazza San Marco
Event: BALLO MASCHERATO
MASQUERADE BALL Hundred of masks will dance the waltz following an Austrian Orchestra. Everybody in costume is invited to participate at this unforgettable event.

Time: 5:00 PM
Place: Piazza San Marco
Event: SFILATA IN COSTUME
COSTUME SHOW The presentation of the most beautiful masks of the Carnival is one of the most attended moments of this time.

Time: 8:30 PM
Place: Palazzo Ca' Vendramin dei Carmini
Event: IL BALLO DEI SOSPIRI
SIGHS AND SIGHTS. In an atmosphere full of mystery, erotism and sensuality will accompany all in a traditional evening of the past with curious entertainments, surprise performances, and virtuous dances. Nothing is casual, it will be the masquerades, the highlights and the most magnificent costumes to delight the spirits with transgression in a night of fable that will never be forgotten
Cost: ITL 690.000
Organizer: La Venexiana Atelier - Associazione VeniceMasquerade
Tel. +39 041.2411607 - Fax. +39 041.5233558
E-Mail: info@venicemasquerade.com
Web Site: www.venicemasquerade.com

Time: 8:30 PM
Place: Palazzo Donà delle Rose
Event: PARTY ASSOCIAZIONE INTERNAZIONALE PER IL CARNEVALE DI VENEZIA
In a wonderful palace not usually open to the public, the most active Association supporting the Carnival of Venice, organise its traditional lively party.

Saturday: February 24, 2001

Time: 4:00 PM
Place: Palazzo Correr
Event: VENEZIA COSMOPOLITA
COCKTAIL FOR THE CONSULAR CORPS OF VENICE Gondola parade along the Gran Canal, concert and cocktail at Palazzo Correr in San Marco's Square, in collaboration with the Associazione Internazionale per il Carnevale di Venezia.

Time: 4:00 PM
Place: Campo Santa Maria Formosa
Event: PARTY DEGLI AMICI DEL CARNEVALE
PARTY of THE "AMICI DEL CARNEVALE"

Time: 9:00 PM
Place: Palazzo Ca' Zanardi
Event: BALLO IN MASCHERA
Masked Ball Masked Ball, dinner with spectacle dedicated to Antonio Vivaldi. Musical entertainments with a Baroque Quartet & Soprano, Orchestra and dances. * It is a strict obbligation that guests must be masked and costumed
Organizer: Associazione Culturale Ca' Zanardi
Cannaregio, 4132
Tel. +39 041.2410220 - Fax. +39 041.5237716
E-Mail: ecgroup@tin.it
Web Site: www.best-of-italy.com/zanardi

Time: 9:00 PM
Place: Hotel Danieli
Event: VENEZIA ROMANTICA
(Welcome to the romantic Venice) - Venice, favourite town of the Romantic artists. They will come back with you and your friends in one of the best hotels of Venice with the most gorgeous hall, rebuilt in the last Century following the exotic and the eclectic taste of the age. You will be received in the most luxurious way by magicians, acrobatics, oriental dancers and a Viennese Ensamble for dancing, after dinner, ‘till late night. Dress Code: historical costume.
Cost: ITL 640.000
Organizer: Club Culturale Italiano
Santa Croce 1714
Tel. +39 041.717065 - Fax. +39 041.722285
E-Mail: info@meetingeurope.com
Web Site: www.meetingeurope.com

Time: 9:00 PM
Place: Palazzo Pisani-Moretta
Event: IL BALLO DEL DOGE
Organized by Antonia Sautter and Stefano Dardi in one of the most beautiful Venetian palaces on the Grand Canal: Pisani-Moretta Palace. Every year, on the last Saturday of Carnival the international jet-set attends this ball, which takes place in a fascinating atmosphere, created by thousands of candles on antique Murano chandeliers illuminating the splendid frescos by Tiepolo and other great Venetian artists.
Cost: N.A.
Organizer: Murano Art Shop
San Marco, 1232 30124 VENEZIA
Tel. +39 041.5233851 - Fax. +39 041.5287543
E-Mail: info@ballodeldoge.com
Web Site: www.muranoartshop.com

Time: 11:00 PM
Place: Ateneo San Basso
Event: BAROQUE MUSIC CONCERT AND COCKTAIL
BAROQUE MUSIC CONCERT AND COCKTAIL. Late morning with classical baroque Venetian music with the ensemble "Accademia Veneziana" just in San Marco Square at the Ateneo San Basso with a cocktail after the concert: the best way to start in relax the most crazy day of the Carnival.
Cost: ITL 85.000
Organizer: Club Culturale Italiano
Santa Croce 1714
Tel. +39 041.717065 - Fax. +39 041.722285
E-Mail: info@meetingeurope.com
Web Site: www.meetingeurope.com

Sunday: February 25, 2001

Time: 4:00 PM
Place: Palazzo Ca' Zanardi
Event: POMERIGGIO LIRICO
Lyrical Afetrnoon Chocolate Afternoon and Carnival Buffet. Musical entertainment with Baroque Quartet & Soprano. *It is a strict obbligation that guests must be masked and costumed
Organizer: Associazione Culturale Ca' Zanardi
Cannaregio, 4132
Tel. +39 041.2410220 - Fax. +39 041.5237716
E-Mail: ecgroup@tin.it
Web Site: www.best-of-italy.com/zanardi

Time: 4:00 PM
Place: Palazzo Vendramin dei Carmini
Event: OMBRE D'AMORE
SHADOWS of LOVE. In the wonderful Palazzo Vendramin dei Carmini, an afternoon of amusements accompanied by music, malicious games in the 18th Century style, fortune tellers and particularly by the silouhette and shadows theatre show; hot chocolate at 4.30 p.m. and a cocktail at 6.30 p.m. under the theme of the cheerfulness of the Carnival. Dress Code: costume
Cost: ITL 220.000
Organizer: Club Culturale Italiano
Santa Croce 1714
Tel. +39 041.717065 - Fax. +39 041.722285
E-Mail: info@meetingeurope.com
Web Site: www.meetingeurope.com

Time: 9:00 PM
Place: Palazzo Pisani-Moretta
Event: MASCHERANDA "IL FUOCO DEL DESIDERIO"
In the most magical night of the Carnival 2001, candlelight in the Pisani Moretta Palace, facing the Grand Canal, among precious scenographies and the 18th frescos, you'll be the welcome guests at the Mask Ball "MASCHERANDA". Within the fancy dress, wrapt in the mistery of one's own mask, you'll dance in the midst of either venetian and foreign masks, in the great game of transgression and seduction. During and after the dinner, music, fantasy, entertainments, color and warmth will be the frame for the most enchanting party of your life, going on with the Grand Mask Balls in the Main Saloons.
Cost: ITL 650.000
Organizer: Tragicomica - Compagnia Pantaleon
Tel. +39 041.721102 - Fax. +39 041.5240702
E-Mail: info@tragicomica.it
Web Site: www.tragicomica.it

Monday: February 26, 2001

Time: 9:30 PM
Place: Antico Salone "La Bauta"
Event: IL CARNEVALE DEGLI ARTISTI
ARTISTS CARNIVAL PARTY - In a Circus tend decorated like a fin-du-siècle theatre, right in the centre of Venice, in the Campo San Polo, with bar, the most creative and joyful party of the Carnival will be held, where the artists have the leading role. An evening of art, fantasy and gaiety, frittelle, galani and prosecco; surprises and performances of local and international artists. Dress Code: fantasy costume
Cost: ITL 160.000
Organizer: Club Culturale Italiano
Santa Croce 1714
Tel. +39 041.717065 - Fax. +39 041.722285
E-Mail: info@meetingeurope.com
Web Site: www.meetingeurope.com

Tuesday: February 26, 2001

Time: 4:30 PM
Place: Gran Caffé Ristorante Quadri
Event: CIOCCOLATA CALDA IN COSTUME
HOT CHOCOLATE IN COSTUME. The "Hot Chocolate" with cakes in an elegant café in the "Piazza", the Venetian Carnival time tradition since the 18th Century. You can also admire the big open-air show of Mardi-Gras in St. Mark's Square from the unique view of the Café Quadri first floor.
Prezzo: ITL 65.000
Organizer: Club Culturale Italiano
Santa Croce 1714
Tel. +39 041.717065 - Fax. +39 041.722285
E-Mail: info@meetingeurope.com
Web Site: www.meetingeurope.com

Time: 8:30 PM
Place: Palazzo Ca' Zenobio
Event: LA NOTTE D'ORO
(THE GOLDEN NIGHT) - Imagine one of the most beautiful ballrooms in Venice with its golden ceiling, illuminated by candlelight. The shimmer and glamour of hundreds of masks, artists presenting the treasures of Venice , a dinner as in the golden period of this city, "The Serenissima", and the most beautiful costumes which, with their embroidery and pearls, reflect this atmosphere. This last masquerade ball of the Carnival will take you into a world of surprises and amusements where almost everything is allowed. It will make you preserve a souvenir of this unique event till the next year. Dress Code: costume.
Prezzo: ITL 520.000
Organizer: Club Culturale Italiano
Santa Croce 1714
Tel. +39 041.717065 - Fax. +39 041.722285
E-Mail: info@meetingeurope.com
Web Site: www.meetingeurope.com

Time: 9:00 PM
Place: Palazzo Ca' Zanardi
Event: SERATA BIZANTINA - ALLA CORTE DELL'IMPERATORE
Byzantine night, At the Court of the Emperor Masked Ball, dinner with spectacle. Musical entertainments with a Baroque Quartet & Soprano, Operetta “La Serva Padrona” by Pergolesi, Orchestra and dances. * It is a strict obbligation that guests must be masked and costumed
Organizer: Associazione Culturale Ca' Zanardi
Cannaregio, 4132
Tel. +39 041.2410220 - Fax. +39 041.5237716
E-Mail: ecgroup@tin.it
Web Site: www.best-of-italy.com/zanardi

Time: 9:00 PM
Place: Piazza San Marco
Event: BALLO FINALE
THE LAST DANCE The traditional fairwell to the Carnival, dancing untill midnight in St. Mark's Square with Radio D.J.

Time: 9:00 PM
Place: Palazzo Vendramin dei Carmini
Event: FESTA DEGLI AMICI DEL CARNEVALE
THE FRIENDS of CARNIVAL'S PARTY The Associazione Amici del Carnevale organise its traditional lively final party in a private palace.

Time: 9:00 PM
Place: Palazzo Pisani-Moretta
Event: FESTA DI FINE CARNEVALE
END OF CARNIVAL PARTY The Associazione internazionale per il Carnevale di Venezia organise the last Party of the Carnival in the most beautiful private palace on the Gran Canal. Dress Code: Costume

Fin