Venetian Mask Workshop: Customize Your Own in a Traditional Venice Studio
  • Create your personal Venetian Mask
  • Master the craft of Venetian painting methods
  • Uncover the traditional Venetian skill of making and coloring masks
  • Immerse yourself in a conventional Venetian mask workshop
  • Bring back your original masterpiece!
Duration: 1 hour
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Campo San Tomà - Utilize a variety of colored acrylic tempera paints to adorn your mask, and embellish it further with the addition of feathers, ribbons, and sequins.
    Under the tutelage of our skilled artist, you will select a mask from an assortment of over 50 unique handcrafted papier-maché models and personalize it using various decorative methods.
What's Included
  • 01 hour mask decoration course
  • Includes all colours and supplies needed
What's Not Included
  • Food and drinks
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Guide or assistant (just the mask artisan)
Additional Information
  • Please note that no refund will be accepted for no shows or late arrivals
  • The tour will take place rain or shine, though may be cancelled from the provider if tides are exceptionally high
  • This is not a private tour, it is a shared one, so there may be a large number of participants during holidays and peak season
  • On certain dates, most travelers staying outside of Venice who are planning to visit for the day will be required to pay a €5 access fee. For further details (including exemptions) and to learn what days this fee is applicable, please visit: https://cda.ve.it
Location
Campo San Tomà
Go direclty to the Mask Shop "La Bauta", Campo San Tomà, 2867
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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(22 Ratings)
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Vinayak_s
Aug 6, 2024
Nice activity for kids - This tour was well off the beaten path in Venice but the girl who led us in the painting, Martina, was very sweet and easy going when our kids got frustrated. Heads up that it takes a good hour to reach this shop from Doge’s palace area.
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Tania_d
Jul 30, 2024
Pricey but worth it for the break and souvenir - This was a fun family time experience! It was a welcomed break for all of us to sit down in the air conditioning and still be immersed in one of Venice’s (albeit touristy) iconic crafts, like making your own masquerade mask. Not taking ourselves too seriously, we got creative, laughed and truly enjoyed making our own souvenirs. Definitely recommend it for families with kids.
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Kathyg31
Jun 22, 2024
A Golden Duck Venetian Mask was Created - Painting my Venetian mask was such a fun and relaxing experience on a warm hectic day in Venice. I had a lot of choices of masks to chose from and a large choice of paints to create my own unique mask. A family with young children joined me and it was fun to watch them have just as much fun as I did and for them to be successful in creating a treasured souvenir.
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Irmal_a
Jun 21, 2024
Recommend!!! - Recommend!! My 16 year old daughter and niece loved the workshop!! They made beautiful masks. Great souvenir to take back home from Venice. Thank you
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Helen_o
Jun 13, 2024
Our entire family of 5... - Our entire family of 5 participated in this experience and everyone really enjoyed it. It was a great break from walking and fighting with crowds. The hostess was very friendly and helpful. And we now have a unique and memento from our trip to Venice!
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Deborahgeering
Jun 4, 2024
Fabulous experience, great for kids and a really wonderful break from the packed streets of Venice! - Really fun workshop, kids and adults all loved it, the location is great, lots of masks to choose from and very easy to get going. The lady who helped us was really kind and helped the kids so much. Highly recommend this short of peace and tranquility in beautiful crazy Venice .
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Lesliehp4361bh
Apr 8, 2024
I'm so glad we did this. - I was skeptical about booking this with my husband, but we both completely enjoyed it. It helped get us in the right frame of mind for Carnivale! We had a little trouble finding the right place but once we did everything went smoothly.
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Passport43780711604
Feb 9, 2024
A wonderful experience, absolutely recommended!! - The shop has a wonderful assortment of masks available and many paint colors to work with. The instructor was lovely - very nice, friendly, and helpful when I or my Mom got "stuck" either with an idea or the actual execution of our vision for our masks. She helped as well with instructing us in mixing and blending paints to achieve the best looks that we were wanting. It was a fun, creative, and educational experience that we got to share Couldn't have asked for better!!!
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Marisiamuir
Jun 24, 2024
1 hr Venetian mask painting - This was a great activity! Good one for a family. We choose a mask to paint and spent an hour doing it. I was hoping for a bit more explanation of the art of mask making and examples to help the children do theirs. For the price, an hour was quite quick. If we had 1.5 hrs, I would have chosen a bigger mask and enjoyed it more.
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Rachel_v
Apr 9, 2024
One of our kids favorite activities on our vacation - We had a great time painting masks during our recent time in Venice. It was one of our kids favorite activities during our trip (15, 14 and 12 yr old). You don't get to add any flare but there are lots of masks around to draw inspiration from for painting on flare.
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