Family and Kids in Venice

  1. Visit to experience unparalleled fun for kids
    La Bottega Dei Mascareri

    Family and Kids

    The Venetian Carnevale would be nothing, NOTHING, if it wasn’t for revellers trying to outdo each other with regard to who wore the most elaborate, most ostentatious, most perfectly crafted masks. To be notices, you have to know where to get the best masks. This shop is one such place. Its creations are handcrafted, delicately adorned, elegantly painted and painfully expensive. That&rsqu...Read more
  2. A place for children with all kinds of interests
    Campo San Barnaba

    Family and Kids

    Made famous by two iconic movies – Summertime and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade – this pretty little campo is overlooked by a now deconsecrated but still pretty church. The building is now used for exhibits, and has a small museum for replicas of machines designed by Leonardo da Vinci. The square is a welcome contrast to the tourist-swamped St. Mark’s square. With shops,...Read more
  3. A guaranteed fun space for the kids
    Casa Dei Tre Oci

    Family and Kids

    The neo-gothic house, which was commissioned by painter Emilia Mario de Maria in 1913, is often held up as a prime example of early 20th century Venetian architecture. Today, the company Polymnia Venezia srl uses it as an exhibition venue for 20th century art. It also houses a permanent photographic exhibit. However, its interiors have been preserved as they were when the house was first built...Read more
  4. Amazing Venice attraction for kids
    Campo Santo Stefano

    Family and Kids

    This is one of Venice’s largest squares, and used to be a frequent event and festivities spot. Though big enough to host bull hunts, the practice was discontinued in this square when a bandstand collapsed, leading to the deaths of three people. Today, it’s quite peaceful. There are a good number of restaurant and bars.  A couple of important palaces face the square – Pal...Read more
  5. Can keep your kids busy for days
    Scuola Grande Di San Giovanni Evangelista

    Family and Kids

    Venice’s second oldest co-fraternity became famous for its possession of a relic of the ‘true cross’, and later, for the priceless paintings it commissioned in the stories of the cross’ miracles. Though these paintings are now exhibited in the Gallerie dell'Accademia, the cross is still there. It’s highlights are: The reliquary in which the cross is kept. The reg...Read more
  6. Perfect for kids day out in Venice
    San Polo

    Family and Kids

    San Polo is a place of sharp contrasts – severely touristy Rialto Market and Canal on one hand, and the far more civilian Campo San Polo on the other. Of the six Venitian sestieri, it is the smallest. There are a lot of arts and crafts shops, and spaces along the Grand Canal where it’s pleasant to the waters, the gondolas and the ferries flow by. It’s highlights are: Rialto ...Read more
  7. Fun place to go for kids
    Santa Croce

    Family and Kids

    This sestieri follows the north-west line of the Grand Canal. Since its Piazzale Roma contains the bus station, it’s one Venice’s busiest areas. The piazzale is also the only place in Venice where cars are allowed. But if you know where to look, it’s also one of Venice’s most charming. The neighbourhood gets its name from a now demolished church. In the churches place is...Read more
  8. A cool place to see with kids
    San Giorgio Dei Greci

    Family and Kids

    The church was the centre of the refugee Greek Orthodox School in Venice, and its construction was funded by taxes on ships from the Orthodox areas outside Venice. It’s highlights are: Monument to Gabriele Seviro The last judgment fresco on the dome of the church. Three icons – two of Christ, and one of the Virgin – given to the church by the daughter of the Byzantine Empire&...Read more
  9. A fantastic place for refreshing break for children
    Scuola Grande Di San Teodoro

    Family and Kids

    Venice’s original patron saint was quite the dashing figure – there are images of him fighting and defeating dragons all over Florence. This school, dedicated to San Teodore, is one of Venice’s six Grande Scuola. The building, which was built in 1613, is today mainly a place to host cultural events and Baroque and Opera concerts. The highlights are: The monumental staircase T...Read more
  10. One of the awesome things children enjoy the most
    Santa Maria Della Pieta And Ospedale Della Pieta

    Family and Kids

    This elegant 18th century church has few enough highlights: The bas relief of Charity on the façade. The painting of Jesus in Simon’s house. The frescoes of the Triumph of Faith on the ceiling. A gilded tabernacle flanked by the Archangels Michael and Gabriel. The fee Its fame is due to one of the greatest Baroque musicians born – Antonio Vivaldi. The church’s extraor...Read more
  11. The best option for younger visitors
    Chiesa Di San Francesco Della Vigna

    Family and Kids

    A chapel stood here in the 13th century, when the site was chosen to be made into a monastery. In the 16th century the Gothic church was given a Renaissance makeover. Raising money for the church by auctioning away personal chapels to the aristocrats of Venice, architect Jacopo Sansovino and friar Fra Francesco Zorzi built the church. A special feature of the church is its emphasis on the Trini...Read more
  12. A place where kids enjoy and have fun
    Church Of San Sebastiano

    Family and Kids

    Saints Mary and Sebastian are both represented in this church (Mary, because she was the dedicatee of the oratory that originally stood here). The elegant façade of the church looks over the canal. It was also the artist Veronese’s parish church, and is where he was interred. He must have truly loved this church, for he brought all his skill in making sure that the art and architec...Read more
  13. A place perfect for families with kids
    Fondazione Giorgio Cini

    Garden

    This building, which used to be a, Benedictine monastery, stands next to the famous church of San Giorgio Maggiore. After the death of Count Cini in 1949 in a plane crash, the foundation was established to firstly rebuild the convent destroyed by Napoleon’s forces, and secondly, to form an cultural archive of Venice’s history. Its library now holds thousands of book, manuscripts and...Read more
  14. A favorite place to take the kids in the city
    Church Of San Salvatore

    Family and Kids

    There’s been a church on this spot since at least the 11th century, but the Roman Catholic Baroque building you see today wasn’t built until the 16th century. Highlights of the church are: The cannonball at the bottom of the façade’s left column, left their by bombardment from Austrian forces in 1849. Paintings, statues, frescoes and other works of art by Titian, Jacop...Read more
  15. It's just one of those places to visit and hang out
    Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana

    Family and Kids

    This Renaissance library has the single greatest national treasure of classical manuscripts. Indeed, its collection is one of the greatest in the world. The collections’ life began in 1468, when the library was gifted more than a thousand codices, manuscripts and books from the collection of Byzantine humanist Cardinal Bessarion. In 1603, a law was passed requiring that a copy of every bo...Read more