Venice · Sports & events
SPORT & SEASON
A stadium reached by boat, costumed racing on the Grand Canal and a lagoon row anyone can enter.
Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Venezia's ground sits on Sant'Elena and is reached on foot or by water. The Italian season runs August to May; the club moves between divisions.
Regata Storica
Costumed sixteenth-century boats, then serious rowing races down the Grand Canal in early September. Free from any bank, ticketed from the floating stands.
The Vogalonga row
A non-competitive thirty-kilometre row around the lagoon in late spring, open to any oar-powered boat, with motorboats banned for the morning.
Rowing Venetian style
Local clubs on the Giudecca and at Sant'Elena teach voga alla veneta — standing up and facing forwards — with short courses for visitors.