Venice Film Festival
The world's oldest film festival, reached by water taxi — premieres on the Lido, palazzo dinners across the lagoon.
Venice has opened the awards season since 1932, its premieres arriving by riva boat instead of limousine. JETBAY arranges Sala Grande premiere tickets, Grand Canal palazzo suites and the water-taxi choreography that makes the Lido effortless.
A festival that moves by water
Venice replaces the motorcade with the riva: stars cross the lagoon by polished-wood water taxi, and so will you. The choreography — airport dock, palazzo water gate, Lido red carpet — is the festival's real luxury, and it rewards being planned to the minute.
September in a palazzo
The Lido holds the premieres; Venice itself holds the evenings. JETBAY pairs festival access with a Grand Canal palazzo suite, the Biennale's quieter pavilions by day, and the candlelit palazzo dinners where the lagoon's social season peaks.
Ten days from late August. The first weekend carries the heaviest premieres and the awards-season buzz; palazzo suites on the Grand Canal book out the moment the lineup is announced.
- Sala Grande premiere tickets
- Grand Canal palazzo suite
- Private water-taxi choreography
Sala Grande premieres
Tickets to the festival's main-hall premieres, matched to the lineup you want.
Grand Canal palazzo
A suite with its own water gate — arrive everywhere by private taxi.
Lagoon logistics
Water-taxi scheduling timed to premieres, dinners and the airport dock.
Fly into Venice Marco Polo (LIPZ); your water taxi runs directly from the airport dock to the Lido or your palazzo's water gate in 35 minutes.
Tell us the event. We'll build the week.
Box, badge or deck; jet, hotel and driver — one enquiry, one point of contact, fulfilled in-group by JETBAY.
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