Venice, gateway to the Orient, is one of the few cities in the world that can be truly described as unique. Over an extraordinarily long period, the city was embellished with monuments of rare splendour that today make it a tourist attraction like none other in the entire world.
Without streets and vehicles, the uproar of wheels, the brutality of horses, and with its little winding ways where people crowd together, where voices sound as in the corridors of a house where the human step circulates as if it skirted the angles of furniture and shoes never wear out, the place has the character of an immense collective apartment, in which Piazza San Marco is the most adorned corner. Henry James, The Aspern Papers
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Venetian Architecture
Island Tours
Visit the glass kilns, coloured houses and old medieval churches of the lagoon islands – Murano, Burano and Torcello.
Plan my itinerary to visit the islandsBuildings and monuments
Venice is a city of stunning architecture. There are many historical buildings and important monuments, from Palazzo Ducaleo to the Rialto Bridge.
See the most beautiful structures in VeniceLa Dolce Vita
A coffee at the historical Florian in Piazza San Marco, an ombra of wine in a typical bacaro or a beer with friends at Campo Santa Margherita.
Experience the good life in VeniceGondolas
A gondola is 11 meters long and weighs 600 kilograms. In spite of its considerable weight it is quite ease to maneuver by just one person using a single oar.
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The Rialto Bridge
