Best Things To Do in Venice, Italy

  1. Ca' Rezzonico

    4.5 (11369 Votes)
    Ca' Rezzonico

    Museum, Architecture , Heritage Building

    As often happens when attempting to construct palaces in Europe, the builders died (1649) before completing the project. It’s subsequent owner left the building only his name. After being used as a rental for the rich and noble through the 19th and 20th century, the city of Venice finally acquired the building to house art. Throughout it’s history though, its tenants did their best...Read more
  2. Bridge Of Sighs

    4.6 (16262 Votes)
    Bridge Of Sighs

    View Point, Bridge

    So a name like that has GOT to have a story behind it, right? It does. The view convicts had through the stone bars of this covered limestone bridge was the very last they’d have before their imprisonment. Lord Byron had the honor of giving the bridge its name. The legend goes that if a couple kisses under the bridge at sunset, they’re blessed with eternal love. A number of other b...Read more
  3. St. Mark's Clocktower

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    St. Mark's Clocktower

    Landmark, Watch Tower, Architecture

    Like the rest of the buildings in this opulent square, the clock tower had only one real purpose: to impress. Built in the last decade of the 15th century (and much repaired and altered since), the blue-gold clock set’s off it’s grandeur even now with it’s many decorations, statuary, and sculpture-work. The clock’s broken down so many times that its boring news. However...Read more
  4. Castello Area

    Church, Religious Site, Garden, Park

    The Castello district of Venice is one of the oldest parts of the city of Venice. The place is famous for the Church of San Pietro di Castello and the Arsenale, the ship-building yards of the Venetian fleet. Visitors can find a great place relax in the shade of a tree in Public Gardens in Castello.   This area is one of the earliest sub-divisions of the city. It still retains that charm o...Read more
  5. Venice Lido

    4.6 (9116 Votes)
    Venice Lido

    Hotel, Outdoors, Waterfront, Cafe

    A 11km long sandbar across the lagoon with captured European imagination in the 1850s… the beach resort had been born. Its success was further propelled by the thriving business brothels brought in. Residents of Lido are a lot more cosmopolitan than actual Venice. Lido is also where the Venice Film Festival plays out every year. Various movie scenes have been filmed here. Enjoy strollin...Read more
  6. Artigianato D'arte Di Vianello Mauro

    Arts And Crafts, Workshop

    When Mauro got into the glass business, he decided it was all or nothing. These days, his customers decide for him, as, day after day, he produces some of the most marvellous glass craftsmanship you’ll ever see. His creations are usually small, elegant and charming. For a fee, the bespectacled master will even give you a lecture and demonstration about his creative process (you can make ...Read more
  7. Galleria Dell' Accademia

    4.5 (5764 Votes)
    Galleria Dell' Accademia

    Art Gallery, Museum, Landmark, Historical Site

    The museum, which houses pre-19th century paintings, was also one of the first institutions in the world to study art restoration. The building itself dates back to 1343, and is the oldest Scuola Grandi (Great Schools) of Venice. The collection here is predominantly Venetian, and the arrangement is very general. That said, practically all of the Venice’s greatest painters from that era a...Read more
  8. Rialto Market

    4.4 (5386 Votes)
    Rialto Market

    Landmark, Market

    A treat for the senses! There are two markets here – one for fresh produce and the other for fish. The best of Venetian restaurants and chefs get their ingredients from here! The traders her pride themselves on providing the freshest good possible. For a thousand years, this market has flourished. From the 11th century onwards, it grew organically in retail, wholesale, and financial good...Read more
  9. Libreria Acqua Alta

    4.6 (4991 Votes)
    Libreria Acqua Alta

    Library

    Booklovers rejoice! This could be the world’s most CHARMING library!  New books. Old books. Books stacked in towers twice as high as you. Books in gondolas. Books in bathtubs. Books that serve as furniture. Books that serve as staircases to MORE books. So many books that have been crammed into spaces so tightly, you’ll barely be able to walk through. And four cats. There is NO...Read more
  10. Torcello Island

    4.4 (4066 Votes)
    Torcello Island

    Outdoors, Island, Entertainment, Cathedral

    Oh man. Torcello’s story is tragic. The island boomed in the centuries after Attila the Hun devastated the Roman Empire. The urban refugees of those wars made their home here, and thanks to the salt marshlands, quickly formed terrifically powerful city – more so than Venice! The Byzantine Empire symbolically adopted the island, but it was too far away to really interfere in its wor...Read more
  11. Museo Correr

    4.3 (2844 Votes)
    Museo Correr

    Art Museum, Museum

    This civic museum covers art and history of Venice. Its initial collection (and the building itself) was donated to the city by the famous collector Teodoro Correr. Most of that original collection was acquired from nobles selling of fine stuff in the wake of the fall of the Venetian Republic. Various bequests, donations and acquisitions added to this through the centuries. While the building&...Read more
  12. Venice Jazz Club

    4.6 (658 Votes)
    Venice Jazz Club

    Club, Entertainment, Adults

    This jazz quartet (piano, guitar, double bass, drums) is special. They are living testament to the fact that Venice and jazz will never part. The maestro (the host) loves what he does, and wants to make sure you have a splendid time. The staff helps in any way it can. Miles Davis and Coltrane alike will sweep over you. Blues. Pop. Bossa Nova. Latin. What you get depends on what night you choos...Read more
  13. Gioielleria Eredi Jovon

    4.8 (2693 Votes)
    Gioielleria Eredi Jovon

    Shopping Center, Specialty Shop

    How often can a jewellery and cameo shop enchant you? When the enterprise has been crafted to perfection over three generation – every freaking time! The authentic handcrafted Venetian treasures here are to die for. Of course they’ll craft you your own personal jewel. How was that ever even in doubt? Located on the pretty Rialto Bridge, this store will just steal your heart. Shell,...Read more
  14. Ca' Macana

    4.6 (2040 Votes)
    Ca' Macana

    Specialty Shop

    And if you thought that these masks remind you of Stanley Kubrik’s Eyes Wide Shut, you sly devil you – you recognised them from the movie! For YES! – these were the very guys who crafted the fantabulous masks for the infamous orgy scene. Like, these things are the BOMB. Sure, being in the shop and seeing a lot of eyeholes staring at you can be creepy, but it’s worth it....Read more
  15. Santa Maria Dei Miracoli

    4.6 (2345 Votes)
    Santa Maria Dei Miracoli

    Church, Religious Site

    This early Venetian Renaissance marble church is freaking beautiful. Especially so when it reflects attractively off the water of the canal beside it. It’s often called the Jewel Box. Tiny, picturesque and elegant, it’s interior is done up in pink, white and grey marble. The Miraculous, an image of the Virgin Mary, gazer benevolently from atop an altar. It’s named for the ico...Read more
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    • I guess Fall is the best time to visit Venice if you wish to avoid the crowds. Visit it during November when you will find fewer tourists in the city. 

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