2025 and 2026 VENICE PAINTING HOLIDAY | Italy art holiday

Take a delectable dive in this art holiday. Abandon yourself to your brushes or pencils in the most famous live open-air decor set 400 years ago. The perfect art retreat in Venice, Italy!

This art holiday in Italy is suitable for artists of all artistic levels. Beginners welcome! Large choice of painting (or drawing) mediums: Watercolours (recommended), drawing or gouache. More experienced artists: Acrylics, pastels, oils. Ensuite hotel accommodation. Equipment & Materials included.

Below, a feel good video of one of our Venice painting / drawing trip:

You’ll love our 2025 and 2026 painting holidays in Europe, and more particularly our Venice art holiday. Join us and lose yourself in art in world-renown VENICE for a fabulous week painting in its very heart. We at Azenart Painting Holidays are devout to creating unique art retreats in Europe and beyond.

What's included in our 2025 and 2026 Venice painting holidays?

• Tutoring from a talented tutor, exclusively 100% Venice and its islands. Learn or improve composition, colour dynamics, values, perspective and more. The tutor (Marie Remond) knows the area and also gives plenty of one-to-one tutoring with onsite demos when needed and desired.

• Art materials are provided. Paper, paintbrushes/pencils, paints, small accessories like tape etc.

• Equipment is provided on this Venice art vacation. Board and stool, optional easel.

• Accommodation: 7 nights in an Ensuite Room at a 4-STAR hotel on Lido Island, Venice.

• All restaurant meals with wine at dinner included (except on the free day) OR Breakfast Only option.

• Vaporetto (water bus) pass included starting the first day of painting outings. The pass also includes bus tickets to get to Venice (15 minutes).

• Glass blowing demonstration in MURANO.

• Fabulous painting excursions. Painting and sight-seeing in the HEART OF VENICE the entire week, and on the Venetian islands of BURANO and MURANO.

  
  

  DATES AND PRICES:

  NEXT YEAR’S DATES: JUNE 1 - 8 2025 — PLACES AVAILABLE

  PRICES:

  £175 at booking. The remainder 4 months prior to the holiday or within 4 days after booking if less than 4 months to the holiday.

  Please note: A knee surgery or a son’s wedding could pop up after you book! This is why our booking payments are transferrable for a period of 24 months after the date of purchase under our Terms.
  

  EVERYTHING LISTED INCLUDED IN THE HOLIDAY.

  Accommodation: Our group stays in Ensuite Rooms at a 4 STAR hotel on Lido island, just a few minutes from the centre of Venice by vaporetto (boat). A 1-week Venice transportation water bus pass is included in our packages.
  

  You are coming on your own (like most participants). ENSUITE ROOM in SINGLE OCCUPANCY (STANDARD ENSUITE):

• £175 Booking payment + £2090 £1990 for the week. ALL RESTAURANT MEALS (except on the free day).

• £175 Booking payment + £1790 for the week. BREAKFAST ONLY (You pay for your meals separately; Perfect for light eaters or special diets).

  You are coming with a PAINTING FRIEND or partner, and wish to share an ENSUITE ROOM:

• £175 Booking payment (per person) + £1790 £1690 per person for the week. ALL RESTAURANT MEALS (except on the free day).

• £175 Booking payment (per person) + £1590 £1490 per person for the week. BREAKFAST ONLY (You pay for your meals separately; Perfect for light eaters or special diets)

  You are coming with a NON-PAINTER (Shared Standard Ensuite Room, Twin or double):

• £175 Booking payment (per person) + £2090 £1990 (painter) + £1045 (non-painter). ALL RESTAURANT MEALS (except on the free day).

• £175 Booking payment (per person) + £1790 (painter) + £995 (non-painter). BREAKFAST ONLY (You pay for your meals separately; Perfect for light eaters or special diets).

  Not included: Getting to our Venice hotel, City tax, Minibar consumption, 1 lunch and 1 dinner on free day. Personal/travel insurance. Drinks or snacks outside of meals.

  Important: You must be able to walk at a normal pace around Venice and on our outings.

  For information: Closest airports are Marco Polo airport and Treviso airport.

Typical TRIP SCHEDULE - VENICE PAINTING HOLIDAY

• DAY 1: A warm welcome to Venice! Meet up at the hotel is at 6.00 PM. Dinner at a local restaurant with an introduction to the painting holiday. Let the fun begin!

DAY 2: Breakfast. Mid-morning demo for beginners at watercolours (recommended medium). More experienced artists or artists using other mediums will be free to test their materials out on a still life or paint from a photo they will have chosen. Lunch at a restaurant. The group will then be off for a painting session in Venice for a first full artistic immersion. Not to worry, we always choose places where we are part of the decor.

DAY 3: Breakfast. Late morning sightseeing at the RIALTO BRIDGE, one of Venice’s most famous landmarks. Its shops and views of the canal will be a grand enchantment. Lunch there. Afternoon painting session near the very typical Venetian MERCATO DI RIALTO; a fish, fruit and vegetable market. Dinner at a local restaurant.

DAY 4: Breakfast. Morning sightseeing in the heart of Venice’s SAINT MARK'S SQUARE, a jewel within a jewel! You will be able to take photos on the famous BRIDGE OF SIGHS. ACCADEMIA BRIDGE and its Venice postcard views that our guests absolutely love! Lunch. The tutor will then lead the group to our painting spot near SANTA MARIA DELLA SALUTE CHURCH on the Grand Canal to paint the fabulous view of San Mark’s Square or near-by boats and gondolas. Free time. Why not take the opportunity to visit the Peggy Guggenheim museum (optional)? Dinner at a local restaurant.

DAY 5: Breakfast. FREE DAY to shop, sightsee, and get joyously lost in Venice!!! No meals except for breakfast on the free day.

DAY 6: Breakfast. Excursion to the island of MURANO, famous for its glass-blowers. We will watch a glass-blowing demonstration, then everyone will be free to walk around and shop on Murano island. After that fun morning, we will be off to close-by BURANO island for lunch at a sea-food sit down snack restaurant by the water. Afternoon painting on the world famous island. Burano is a treasure known for its colourful houses nested among the Venetian islands. Back to Venice around 6 PM. Dinner.

DAY 7: Breakfast, free morning to shop, wander around Venice. Lunch. The afternoon’s art session will be spent in the lovely and quiet area of the VENICE ARSENALE where the group will paint all afternoon until about 4.30 PM. Free time. Dinner at a local restaurant.

• DAY 8: Breakfast and goodbyes. Holiday ends at 10 AM.

Interested in this painting/drawing holiday? Have a look at our Dates & Prices or book this holiday directly online below.

Mobility: No need to be an athlete to join this holiday, but you must be able to walk at a normal pace without strain. If you are generally relatively fit, you can skip this part.

Test: I can walk 20 minutes at a time and climb one or two flights of stairs without it being strenuous.

Book your painting holiday today for £175 (transferable 24 months under our Terms).

More information below about our 2025 and 2026 Venice art holiday. One of the best art retreats in Venice since 2018.

ACCOMMODATION: All SINGLE ROOMS on our Venice painting holiday.

2025 ACCOMMODATION is a hotel just 15 minutes from Venice from the heart of Venice on fabulous Lido island.

You've been looking for a holiday / vacation where you can paint or draw different central sites every day with a helpful tutor, artistic togetherness and a fun group? We’ve got what you need!

Welcome to our Venice painting holiday workshop and to the world’s most captivating 17th century setting, where the streets are made of water.

Breathe in Venice and... breathe it out slowly. Paint Venice in its very heart for the whole of your holiday. Our fabulous Venice excursions include close-by Venice islands Burano and Murano. 

We offer a painting /drawing open-air class in Italy, in one its most remarkable, ageless and timeless cities. Small group of like-minded people. Beginners to advanced levels welcome. 

Anyone who’s ever been to Venice has never forgotten it. As soon as you step into it, you are under a spell of enchantment, where even the light seems different.  It is far from being sappy or over-rated. It is simply a painter’s absolute paradise, where what seems to be allusion or allurement is actually real life. You’ll easily imagine Casanova or Canaletto taking gondola rides on the canals, or crossing bridges, their capes flowing, taking in the beauty of the famous Piazza San Marco, Rialto Bridge and many other landmarks. Being there, painting and sight-seeing, you are guaranteed to feel that you're an exciting part of it. Venice embraces its visitors. Painters of course leave with their personal art work, but also their heads full of fantastic memories. Non-painters are never bored, and always wish they could stay much longer to see it all! 

Venice is also about relaxation and culture. Our small Venice painting holiday group takes time to enjoy every morsel of the holiday. Our schedule is not set in stone. We have flexible rounded guidelines. 

How do we get around? With your weekly Venice Pass by vaporettos (hop-on hop-off bus boats) and by walking. Lots of tiny streets in Venice (some funnily narrow!) and quite a few mini bridges with steps on them to cross tiny canals. On Venice art holidays, you will need to be able to walk at a normal pace.

What if I'm a beginner, won't Venice be too complicated to paint or draw? No, the tutor will have you concentrate on fewer subjects and take it one step at a time.

About group lunches and dinners: Meals are included except on the free day. The first meal is dinner on Day 1. The last meal of this painting holiday is breakfast on Day 8.

About the excursions: Our “plein-air” painting holidays have fun outings. Excursions on this Venice holiday are special day trips where we'll head out a bit farther into the Venetian islands: Burano and Murano.

• Burano is a small Venetian island known for its colourful houses and is delightful to paint!

• Murano is a world renown island known for its talented glass blowers. Those wishing to shop or visit a glass factory will be able to do so.

Let's not take the ZEN out of Azenart! It's your well-earned Italian painting break, and you've earned it! Your tutor will lead the art group to picturesque sites every day. If you are a beginner, you will learn basic techniques. The tutor is there to guide with plenty of one-to-one help. If you're a confirmed artist on this painting trip in Venice, the tutor is there to answer any questions you might have. You will probably also learn new things! Sketching and painting/drawing is planned outdoors, in the heart of the art. If weather conditions make that difficult, there are always fun indoor alternatives.  

What about materials? They’re provided! (Please note that easels are an optional £45 rental for the week).

The medium we recommend is watercolours, especially if you are a beginner. You can also choose drawing or gouache if you’re a beginner. More experienced artists can also choose acrylics, pastels, or oils. Please note that oil painters will be required to bring a wet canvas carrying case and will be asked to be extra careful in the accommodation (staining).

Please note that you can book your Venice painting/drawing holiday with an online deposit.

This Venice “plein-air” (French for outdoors painting) painting course is also an art retreat for people who like to draw.

This Venice Italy art holiday is a watercolours holiday, but also an oil painting holiday and acrylics art holiday (for more experienced artists), and is generally called a multi-media art holiday.

Book our art retreat Venice painting holiday workshop today!