Venice City Guide
Venice is one of Italy’s most picturesque cities. Beautiful floating palaces of stone surrounded by an ancient network of canals, built on a group of 118 islands and these small islands are linked with 400 bridges. These islands are located in the Venetian Lagoon, which sits just off of the mainland of Italy. With its Gothic architecture, Renaissance and Baroque buildings, wide piazzas, and narrow canals, Venice is often described as one of the most beautiful cities in the world.
Venice is divided into six sestieri, neighborhoods that have distinctly different characters. San Marco is the heart of Venice and home to Doge’s Palace, St. Mark’s Square, and the Rialto Bridge, surrounded on three sides by a great loop in the Grand Canal.
Most tourists spend the majority of their time here, along with Dorsoduro (Pont dell’Accademia, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, and Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute), and San Polo. Santa Croce, located on the western end of Venice, is the main transportation hub. The bus station, parking garages, and train station are located here. Cannaregio, Castello, and Giudecca are where many local Venetians live, but these sestieri make great places to go for a stroll if you want to escape the tourist crowds in the heart of Venice. Finally, Murano, Burano, and Lido make great day trips from Venice, but you need to have at least three days in Venice in order to have enough time to do this.
37 Best things to See in Venice

Caffè Lavena

Piazza San Marco

Torre dell'Orologio

Museo Correr

Piazzetta dei Leoncini

Caffè Florian

St Mark's Campanile

Museo Archeologico, Venice

Procuratie Nuove

Basilica di San Marco

Piazzetta di San Marco

Biblioteca Marciana

Harry's Bar

Teatro La Fenice

Palazzo Ducale

Bridge of Sighs

Rialto Bridge

Fondaco dei Tedeschi

Museo Fortuny

Chiesa Parrocchiale di Santa Maria Formosa

Casa di Marco Polo, Venice

Punta della Dogana - Pinault Collection

Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute

Mercato di Rialto (Rialto Market)

Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo

Peggy Guggenheim Collection

Galleria Giorgio Franchetti alla Ca' d'Oro

Ponte dell'Accademia

Ca' Rezzonico

Gallerie dell'Accademia

Basilica S.Maria Gloriosa dei Frari

Leonardo da Vinci Museum, Venice

Scuola Grande di San Rocco

Museo di Storia Naturale di Venezia

Jewish Museum of Venice

Venetian Arsenal

Giardini della Biennale
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