If you are looking for a different view of Venice, you can take a bike ride around the island of Sant’Erasmo, which is suspended between the sea and the lagoon.
Cycling around the edge of the island, we will see the Massimiliano tower, built by the Austrians in the 1800s to keep an eye on the mouth of the port, which is the entrance into the lagoon. From here we can see MOSE, the system of mobile gates built to protect the city from flooding, and then we will return to the fields where the famous purple artichoke is grown.
We will also discover the boundary stones placed in 1791 to delineate the territorial limits within which the regulations to safeguard the lagoon were established.
Our excursion will end by tasting a glass of wine produced by a company on the island.