To know the history of Venice, find out how the city has been formed, its places of artistic interest, monuments, ancient Venetian palaces, what to visit in a particular church, which are the most interesting museums in Venice …
It is the main square in Venice. We recommend getting there by walking along the “Strada Nova”. Another road is along the route that passes by San Polo, or by the vaporetto (line 1) through the Grand Canal. From our Tavern, you cross the Sestier Castle and you reach the square in 10 minutes.
Vaporetto Tour on the Grand Canal
Strolling the Grand Canal in the vaporetto, you can admire the long sequence of ancient palaces that make this city unique to the world. Lines 1 and 2 are the best, starting from the Santa Lucia railway station to San Marco Square. If you are lucky to get the front seats, you will enjoy a unique sight in the world.
Gondola Tour
It is an experience you will remember for the rest of your life. Absolutely to do.
The Historic Regatta is the main event of the Voga alla Veneta annual calendar of events, the only discipline that has been practiced for thousands of years in the lagoon of Venice. It is today even more spectacular than the famous historical procession before the races: a parade of dozens and dozens of typical 16th-century boats, multicolored and with gondoliers in costume, carrying doge, dogaressa and all the highest offices of the Venetian Magistrate, in a faithful reconstruction of the glorious past of one of the most powerful and influential Maritime Republics in the Mediterranean. Today, the four competitions are divided by age categories and type of boat: the most famous and exciting is the race of gondini championships, which go to Grand Canal to the finish line in front of the famous “machina”, floating stage in front of the palace of Ca ‘Foscari.
The Fenice Theater is located in the San Sestiere of San Marco in the San Fantin field. It has for centuries been the main opera in Venice. Destroyed and rebuilt several times, it is home to important operas, symphonies, and the International Contemporary Music Festival.
It is worth a visit because it is the visual path that narrates the Venetian painting from the fourteenth to eighteenth centuries, with masterpieces of the most famous masters: Bellini, Giorgione, Carpaccio, Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese and Tiepolo.
In Cannaregio is a must to visit to the Venetian Ghetto, divided into three contiguous sectors: Novo, Old and New, and is considered one of the most complete remains. It is a small “insula” connected by only two bridges.
The oldest and most beautiful bridge in Venice. Located in the heart of the city, it was built to cross the Grand Canal, the most important artery of Venice, in what was, and is, the business district. It has always been the symbol of the market and business of the oldest and most active part of the city, delighted by crowded piers and colourful markets that still nowadays flank the Canal.
From the terrace on top of the highest bell tower of Venice, the panorama is complete to admire the entire city of Venice from above. You buy the ticket for the lift (8 euros) there will be a bit of line but it’s worth it, for a breathtaking view.
Vogalonga is a racing “non-competitive” boat racing that takes place in Venice in May.
The Redeemer’s Feast is the event that reminds the Venetian Senate (4 September 1576) order of the Redeemer’s Church as an ex-vote for the liberation of the city from the plague of 1575-1577, scourge that caused the death of more than one third of the city’s population in just two years.
The Grande Scuola di San Rocco is one of the beauties of Venice. It must be visited together with the church of San Rocco outside the school. Tintoretto is the “prince” painter of the School, all the environments are entirely decorated by him.
The Prison Visit begins with a small downhill staircase that leads from the Magistrate’s Hall into a narrow corridor that is nothing but one of two crossings of the famous Bridge of Sighs. The Bridge of Sighs was built in 1614 to join the Ducal Palace to the adjacent building for the New Prison.
Corresponds to the ancient Vendramin Theater, also known as San Salvador or San Luca, was inaugurated in 1622. It is 100 meters from the Rialto Bridge.
