The 2026 Venice Bienniale and Istanbul Biennial Art Tour

Contemporary Art at its Best!

October 14 to 23, 2026 Please send us an email to join the list of interested people.

Join us for the 2026 Venice Biennale and Istanbul Art Tour! Let’s visit together the Venice Art Biennale, the world’s most prestigious international contemporary art exhibition and the historical and art treasures of Istanbul. A unique 9-night art-trip in Italy and Turkey open to everyone, from artists and art lovers to students and lifelong learners.

The 2026 Venice Art Biennial and Istanbul Tour is a great opportunity to visit two of the most fascinating cities in the planet while enjoying the best of contemporary art with an art historian and a group of like-minded adults.

The 61st edition of the Venice Biennial will present artists from over 80 countries in the historic pavilions at the Giardini and the Arsenale, and collateral art events all around the city center. In Istanbul, we will visit historical landmarks, such as the Hagia Sophia, the Topkapi Palace, the Blue Mosque and renowned art museums including the Instanbul Modern and the Pera Museum.

The 2026 Venice Biennial and Istanbul Biennial Art Tour is limited to a maximum of 14 participants to provide quality time, flexibility, and an intimate and fun travel experience.

The estimated price for 2026 is around 4 850 CAD (US$ 3 470) includes:

• 9-night double accommodation (4 nights in Venice and 5 nights in Istanbul) in well rated and centrally located hotels (single rooms available for an estimated supplement of around 1400 CAD (US$1000)
  
• Complimentary breakfast
• Group pick up at the Venice Santa Lucia Train station
• Daily discovery walks in Venice and Istanbul
• Two-day entrance to the Venice Biennial (The Giardini and the Arsenale venues)
• Group transfer from our hotel in Venice to the Marco Polo airport
• Flight from Venice to Istanbul
• Group transfer from the Istanbul airport to our hotel
• All group transportation to visit the sites on schedule (vaporetto, tramway, taxi, etc.)
• Daily discovery walks in Venice and Istanbul
  
• A guided visit and entrance fees to the Hagia Sophia, The Topkapı Palace, and the Blue Mosque
• Entrances to the Istanbul Museum of Modern art and the Pera Art Museums
  
• The constant service of a qualified art historian guide and a logistics responsible.

Price does not include flights (except for the portion Venice to Istanbul) and meals (except for breakfast). Lunch will be “on the go” and supper at leisure in a typical Italian trattoria or a meyhane, a type of Turkish restaurant where you find meze, traditional foods, wine, beer, and raki. As everywhere, in Venice and Istanbul, you find restaurants for all budgets.