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4.3(21,828 reviews)

Venice: Carnival Mask Workshop

About this activity

Paint your own carnival mask at a unique class in Venice. Learn more about ancient techniques as you put your new skills to the test to produce a stunning mask to keep and take home.

Highlights

  • Learn how to paint your own Venice carnival mask
  • Get an insight into the traditions of Carnival
  • Take home your mask as a unique keepsake

Full description

Decorate your own unique keepsake of Venice at a Carnival mask-making workshop with an experienced instructor. Learn about the ancient techniques of decorating masks with paper mâché. Choose a mask to be decorated during the course. Learn how to decorate your own mask in a fun and entertaining way with the help of a professional and artisan mask decorator. Listen to interesting facts about the use of masks in Venice during previous centuries as you craft your own. Take home your own colorful creation as a very special souvenir.

Included / Excluded

  • Class in decorating a paper-mâché mask
  • All necessary paints and supplies
  • Mask to take home
  • Apron

Important information

Know before you book

  • • Appropriate clothing for painting is suggested
  • • The tour could be bilingual
  • • Tour does not operate in case of exceptional high tide (in these cases it can be postponed to the days after, otherwise it will be refunded)
  • • Unfortunately this tour is not fully accessible for wheelchair users or those with walking difficulties

Know before you go

  • • Appropriate clothing for painting is suggested
  • • Tour does not operate in case of exceptional high tide (in these cases it can be postponed to the days after, otherwise it will be refunded)
  • • Unfortunately this tour is not fully accessible for wheelchair users or those with walking difficulties
  • • The tour could be bilingual

Cancellation policy

Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the activity starts

Up to 24 hours before the beginning of the activity: full refund Less than 24 hours before the beginning of the activity or no-show: no refund

Reviews

4.3(21,828 reviews)
GetYourGuide
GetYourGuide traveler
Oct 2026
5.0

Totally worth the price! Was a lot of fun and great guidance

GetYourGuide
Brunonda Silva
Oct 2026
4.0

Fizemos apenas o passeio de gôndolas, tínhamos outra atividade e não dava tempo de conhecer o Palácio Casanova’s… o passeio de gôndolas dura mais ou menos 30min, foi uma experiência diferente, acho que valeu a pena, pois eu sentei junto com minha esposa, haviam mais 3 turistas na gondola. Você não escolhe onde irá sentar e sim o gondoleiro, então você corre risco de sentar separado do seu par.

GetYourGuide
GetYourGuide traveler
Oct 2026
4.0

Sehr interessant gestaltet mit kurzer Einführung in Geschichte der Gondeln und Venedigs mit VR-Brille. Kurzer Fußweg zur Einstiegsstelle in die Gondel mit weiteren Erläuterungen unterwegs. Der Audioguide über die App war passend zur Route und kurzweilig. Jedoch trifft die Beschreibung mit Fahrt auf dem Canale Grande nicht ganz zu, da dies nur ein kurzer Teilabschnitt der Fahrt ist