Bragozzo is the Venetian name for a a two-masted Adriatic fishing boat, used among the local fishermen since ancient times

Between the 18th and the 19th century the bragozzo was the most popular boat in the Adriatic, and was used for coastal fishing and deep-sea fishing.

It certainly originated a longer time ago and was probably born in the valleys around Chioggia, in the Veneto. It was later employed all around Venetian and Istrian coasts. The name “bragozzo” comes from Venetian dialect “braga”meaning “trousers”, probably thanks to the trouserlike appearance of the nets carried by these boats.

Thanks to its peculiar skull with a flat bottom, the bragozzo is nowadays the transport of choice of all those travellers who want to discover Venice and the lagoon in safety and yet like a local, combining the experience of hidden islands hopping with great comfort.