(Entertainment-NewsWire.com, April 09, 2016 ) SALEM, OR—Tofino Expeditions, a veteran commercial company offering worldwide kayaking tours, shares a fascinating story about a behind the scenes Venice tour that no tourists have experienced and a paddling tradition that dates back more than 1500 years. Their Venice kayaking tour is a spectacular trip which is a feast for the senses, and introduces visitors to a fascinating centuries-old paddling lineage and a side of Venice that few tourists will ever see.
When Grant Thompson, Founder of Tofino Expeditions, considered a kayaking trip to Venice, he was skeptical due to the reputation of Venice’s water quality and crowded water traffic from water taxis and gondoliers. It turns out his hesitation was unfounded as Venice boasts a surprisingly vibrant kayaking community comprised of a group of paddlers who opened Tofino Expeditions up to a sphere of rowers and paddlers that carry on the 1500 year old tradition of self-propelled water craft in the Venice laguna. This core group of Venice’s paddling elite, like gondoliers and kayakers, introduced Grant Thompson to tourism secrets that he now wants to share with his guests on this tour of Venice.
On this innovative tour, guests can learn about the best restaurants, architecture, historical secrets and photos opps that most tourists don’t know about while getting a truly unique perspective of Venice from the seat of a kayak. Travelers are treated to traditional Venetian rowing classes from members of the Remiera, a rowing club on the barrier island of Pelestrina and guests also have an opportunity to stay at the Compagnia della Vela, one of the oldest sailing clubs in Italy, located on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore directly across the basin of the Canal Grande from Piazza San Marco. Travelers also get to enjoy accommodation in the Italian-designed waterfront rooms that the Compagnia della Vela build for visiting student and racing sailors, which is truly one of the most one of a kind accommodations in Venice.
Learn more about the story behind this tour and why it should be considered one of the great global kayaking trips. Trip departs June-October 2016, availability here.
About Tofino Expeditions Founded by veteran adventurer Grant Thompson, Tofino Expeditions was one of the first to provide guided kayaking trips of Vancouver Island’s west coast, which is now a destination on the life list of paddlers around the world. The company guides trips along the world’s finest coasts in Baja, British Columbia, Croatia, Brazil, Vietnam, Italy, the Galapagos Islands and the Amazon.
