Carnival, from a balcony on San Marco

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Venice · Italy

Carnival in Venice

Four nights, and the ball · $640,000

Spend like a billionaire

The palazzi on the Grand Canal are taken for Carnival years ahead. This one opens its ballroom once a year.

Four nights over Carnival in a palazzo on the Grand Canal, and on the last night a masked ball of your own for a hundred and fifty guests, by candlelight, with a string orchestra and dancers in the ballroom. The costumes come from the atelier that dresses the great balls, and your mask is made by hand in Dorsoduro. Your guests arrive by gondola, as they always have, and leave when the fog comes in off the lagoon.

  • A palazzo on the Grand Canal
  • A masked ball of your own
  • Costumes made to measure

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Handled for you

  • A car at your door, and at every door after it
  • Bags collected at home and unpacked before you arrive
  • A concierge on call, day and night, until you are home
  • Passes, dress codes and the right entrance, sorted before you land

Best time to go

February

Carnival fills the two weeks before Lent, usually in February. The last weekend holds the great balls.

In pictures

The palazzo, lit for the ball
Your guests arrive by gondola
A mask made by hand in Dorsoduro
Lace from the costume atelier
The morning after, in the fog
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Your journey

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4 days
Guests
2 guests
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The royal box at La FeniceThe Carnival opera$12,000
A chandelier of your ownBlown for you on Murano, after the furnaces close$30,000
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