Come and discover authentic Chioggia

Walking through the streets of Chioggia, you can discover an ancient world, of art and tradition: it is the world of artisan shops, perfect places where you can breathe the history and culture of our city. Immerse yourself in authentic Chioggia and get to know its inhabitants and their craftsmanship.

Giorgio is a bearded gentleman, with a low voice and the look of seafarers in his eyes, ready to explain his little works of art in a precise, blunt and shrewd way. Unique pieces, rigorously made with a terracotta stove, a wooden torch and a morello cherry mouthpiece. Simple, traditional stoves, but also with portraits of illustrious people, from Garibaldi to turkish heads, up to politicians of recent history, making the Chioggia pipe a magnificent collector's item.

Chioggia lacework is therefore a very ancient art, handed down from mother to daughter, which still survives today among its inhabitants, thanks also to the association "Il Merletto Di Chioggia" (Lace of Chioggia), born with the aim of preserving and enhancing typical lacework of the Chioggia area through initiatives that favour the recovery, practice and dissemination of techniques and artisanal culture linked to bobbin lace making.