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VENICE CITY BREAKS > VENETO
City trips Venice - Tourist information Venice, an archipelago of
islands linked by bridges.
The city of Venice is divided into the six districts of Cannaregio, San Polo, Dorsoduro [ including the Giudecca ], Santa Croce, San Marco and Castello [ including
San Pietro di Castello and Sant'Elena ].
Largest Islands Venetian Lagoon : Burano, Chioggia, Giudecca, Isola Di San Michele, La Certosa, Mazzorbo, Murano, Sacca Fisola, Sacca Sessola,
Santa Cristina, Sant'Elena, Sant'Erasmo, Torcello, Tronchetto and Venice.
Other islands include : Cavallino, Lazzaretto Nuovo, Lazzaretto Vecchio, Lido, Pellestrina, Poveglia, San
Clemente, San Francesco del Deserto, San Giorgio Maggiore, San Lazzaro degli Armeni, Santa Maria della Grazia, San Pietro di Castello, San Servolo, Santo Spirito, Sottomarina and Vignole.
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Holiday Homes / Self catering
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Hotels in Venice
Booking - Hotels in Venice - Hotel Guide Venice
Hotels in the Venice Districts : Cannaregio, Castello, Dorsoduro, San Marco, San Polo, Santa Croce.
Albergo Bonvecchiati ****, Piazza san Marco. Calle Goldoni, 4488, 30124 Venice
Splendid central location, between Piazza S. Marco e il Ponte Rialto, a few steps from the ducal Palace, the
famous basilica and bell tower, all the important museums and galleries are at a few steps from the hotel. Rooms: 117.
Best Western Hotel Bologna ****, Via Piave 214, 30171 Venice - Mestre
comfortable Venice hotel with 114 rooms, 10 minutes from the city centre, in front of the Venezia Mestre railway station, a few minutes from the Grand Canal.
Hotel Bologna features typical rooms and suites, parking, restaurant, bar, meeting rooms and a passion for hospitality.
Hotel Danieli *****, Riva degli Schiavoni 4196, 30122 Venice
Synonymous with the splendour and romance of Venice, this skillfully-restored palace is just metres away from the Piazza San Marco, the famous Doge's Palace and the Bridge of Sighs.
The hotel's main building is the original 14th century palace of Doge Dandolo's family, a lavishly-appointed
Venetian Gothic landmark. The glorious interiors are rivaled only by the captivating panoramic views from our rooftop restaurant, La Terrazza Danieli.
Hotel des Bains Venice Lido Resort ****, Lungomare Marconi, 17, 30126 Lido di Venezia
The Hotel Des Bains, Venice Lido Resort, is a charming resort situated on Venice Lido. Surrounded by a
lovely, large private park and opposite the legendary beach, we're just a 15-minute boat ride from St. Mark's Square. Built in pure Palladian style with Art Nouveau decorations
Palazzo Bembo
Nestled among the rooftops of Venice with a sweeping view of the Grand Canal and the famed Rialto Bridge,
Hotel Palazzo Bembo unites history and comfort for a memorable experience in the City of the Doges.
The palace itself is a sumptuous example of Venetian Gothic architecture with its strong Moorish flavor
resulting from the travels of Venetian merchants to the Eastern Mediterranean. It was built by the noble
Bembo family towards the end of the fourteenth century along the quay destined for the unloading of coal, a resource which the family itself traded.
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Venice Cheap Hotels, Hostels, Apartments and B&B's.
Al Palazzo Lion Morosini **, Cannareggio S.G. Grisostomo 5704/b, 30131 Venice
The guest house is faceted on Canal Grande in Rialto,10 minutes from S. Marco square and 2 minutes from
Rialto Bridge.Nearly all the rooms are in Venetian style with private bath. It's have a terrace and a restaurant
-pizzeria after Rialto Bridge on the Canal Grande if the guess require the half or full board service. Rooms: 9.
Travel Agents / Tour Operators
Kuoni Travel - City trip Venice
Lying in the northeast of Italy in the lush Veneto region, Venice has been the gateway to the Orient for
centuries. Historians say that Venice was born of adversity as inhabitants of the Veneto region fled from
Attila the Hun to take refuge in the shallow lagoon. Modern Venice is easily accessible on foot, but for the
less energetic, or the more romantic, travelling by water on a gondola or convenient (and less expensive) water taxi, is a must to view the various islets and sights this city boasts.
Thomas Cook - City trips Venice
Jet2Holidays
Create your perfect trip to Venice - Flight, Hotel and Car.
Venice Art Tours - Private walking tours of Venice
Private 4 hour walking tours for travellers who wish to see the best of Venetian art, history, and architecture.
Collection at your hotel to stroll to selected churches, squares and other locations, some well known, some
not so well known. We'll take a traghetto (gondola-ferry) across the Grand Canal and, of course, we'll take a short coffee break along the way... The walking tours are in English.
Travel Guides Venice / Destination Guides
Travel Guides Venice [ amazon.co.uk ]
DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Venice & the Veneto
Brenda Birmingham (Author)
Hardcover: 320 pages; Publisher: Dorling Kindersley (1 Feb 2010); ISBN-10: 1405346981.
DK Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide: Venice
Gillian Price (Author)
Paperback: 160 pages; Publisher: Dorling Kindersley (1 Mar 2011); ISBN-10: 1405358653.
Pocket Rough Guide Venice
Jonathan Buckley (Author)
Paperback: 176 pages; Publisher: Rough Guides; Pap/Map edition (1 April 2011); ISBN-10: 1848362390.
Secret Venice (Jonglez Guides)
Thomas Jonglez (Author), Paola Zoffoli (Author)
Paperback: 399 pages; Publisher: Jonglez (1 July 2010); ISBN-10: 2915807698.
Venice: Pure City
Peter Ackroyd (Author)
Paperback: 512 pages; Publisher: Vintage; Reprint edition (1 July 2010); ISBN-10: 0099422565
Venice (AA City Maps)
Map: 1 pages; Publisher: Automobile Association (1 July 2008); ISBN-10: 0749558288.
Transport / How do I travel to Venice
Airport of Venice
About 13 km from city centre. Bus from Piazzale Romana at the edge of the city or take a ferry from Alilaguna [ airport - Markus sqaure v.v. ].
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As Venice lives on water, the whole city is an experience. Taxis, the police, even the refuse collectors go
about their business on the broad canals and narrow waterways! Head for St. Mark's Square with its
beautiful Basilica, Campanile and the Doge's Palace, the Rialto Bridge and the Accademia Gallery with its Titian and Tintoretto masterpieces.
Turismo Venezia
Chamber of Commerce Venice - Camera di Commercio di Venezia
Venetian islands :
Burano - Isola di Burano - portal Burano, the coloured island of lace in the Venitian Lagoon
Storical and cultural information, but also hot tips about shop, hotels, camping, locande, bed and breakfast
and restaurants in Burano, Torcello, Murano, Venice, Mestre, Cavallino Treporti and Jesolo.
Lido - 11-mile [ 18 km ] long sandbar, home to about 20,000 residents
The island is home to three settlements. The Lido itself, in the north [ home to the Film Festival, the Grand Hotel
de Bains, the Venice Casino and the Grand Hotel Excelsior ]. Malamocco, in the center, is the first and for a
long time the only settlement. It was at one time home to the Doge of Venice. Alberoni at the southern end is home to the Fort San Nicolo and a golf course.
Murano - about a mile north of Venice
Murano is famous for its glass making, in particular flameworking [ glassworking using a torch to melt and
shape the glass ]. In 1291, all the glassmakers in Venice were forced to move to Murano due to the risk of fires. See Promovetro.com [ Directory of companies of the Island Murano ]
San Michele - cemetery island of Venice [ nicknamed The Island of the Dead ]
Sant'Erasmo - north of the Lido and north east of Venice
The island was a port attached to Murano in the 8th century.
San Lazzaro degli Armeni [ Saint Lazarus Island ]
Small island lying immediately west of the Lido. The island is completely occupied by a monastery [ mother
-house of the Mekhitarist Order ]. The island is one of the world's foremost centers of Armenian culture. See Mekhitar.org and Wikipedia - Mekhitarist Order.
Torcello - quiet island at the northern end of the Venetian Lagoon
After the downfall of the Roman Empire Torcello was one of the first lagoon islands to be successively
populated by those Veneti who fled the terra ferma (mainland) to take shelter from the recurring barbarian
invasions, especially after Attila the Hun had destroyed the city of Altinum and all of the surrounding settlements in 452. See for more Wikipedia
Vignole - island 'of seven vineyards'
Tamarisks, elders, elms, poplars and mulberry trees sprout from the hedges and weeding brambles behind
which there are hidden alternately the vegetable gardens and vineyards that have given fame to this island.
Military defensive works are still present opposite Sant'Erasmo, testimony of the defensive function of the island during the times of Serenissima.
Venetian Lagoon - lagoon in which the city of Venice is situated [ Adriatic Sea ]
The Venetian Lagoon stretches from the Sile in the north to the Brenta in the south, It is connected to the Adriatic Sea by three inlets: Lido inlet, Malamocco inlet and Chioggia inlet.
Giudecca - island in the Venetian Lagoon lying immediately south of the central islands
Regarded as an exclusive area in which to live. See Venice-giudecca-realestate.com.
Accademia Basilica di San Marco [ Church ]
The Galleria of the San Marco Basilica exhibits different works of art, tapestries and documents about the history of the Basilica.
Accademia Bridge
Bridge of Sighs - enclosed bridge is made of white limestone
The bridge has windows with stone bars, passes over the Rio di Palazzo and connects the old prisons to the
interrogation rooms in the Doge's Palace. It was designed by Antoni Contino, whose uncle Antonio da Ponte had designed the Rialto Bridge.
Campo San Polo [ piazza ]
Ca' d'Oro [ Palace ]
Ca' Rezzonico [ Palace ]
Doge's Palace - Gothic palace in Venice
The palace was the residence of the Doge of Venice and contained the offices of a number of political institutions, arranged around a central courtyard.
The Palace is the most representative symbol of Venice's culture, which, together with the Basilica of San
Marco at the back and the Piazzetta in the forefront, forms of the most famous sceneries in the world. See Musei Civici Veneziani [ look for Museums ]
La Fenice opera house - Teatro la Fenice
One of the most famous theaters in Europe, the site of many famous operatic premieres.
On 29 January 1996, it was completely destroyed by fire. La Fenice was rebuilt in 19th-century style on the
basis of a design by architect Aldo Rossi and using still photographs from the opening scenes of Luchino
Visconti's 1954 film Senso which was filmed in the house in order to obtain details of its design. It reopened on 14 December 2003.
Palazzo Grassi [ Palace ]
Peggy Guggenheim Collection museum [ Palace ]
Palazzo Labia [ Palace ]
Piazza San Marco
Rialto Bridge
Scalzi Bridge
The Arsenal
Venice Virtual Reality
Chioggia - coastal town on a small island at the southern entrance to the Lagoon of Venice
Ca. 25 km south of Venice; causeways connect it to the mainland and to its frazione of Sottomarina. See City of Chioggia.
Cuisine - Venitian recipes
Venetian cuisine has maintained its traditional taste for centuries. Don't go to to Venice and not taste the
palatable delights as the pasta "gnocchi di San Zeno", "radicchio trevigiano", the smocked ricotta cheese, the aphrodisiac "tiramisł"?
The only traditional pasta in Venice is bigoli [ thick and coarse spaghetti) ] of which the preparation was traditionally entrusted with men, given the hardness of dough.
Bigoli - extruded pasta in the form of a long and thick tube
Venetian wines - Vini del Veneto
Venetian Cuisine
Venetian food and wine
Venetian cuisine, culinary traditions and typical recipes of Venice **
History of Venice
Venice's History - Wikipedia
The city was founded as a result of the influx of refugees into the marshes of the Po estuary following the
invasion of northern Italy by the Lombards in 568. In the mid-8th century, the Venetians resisted the empire
-building efforts of Pepin III and remained subject to the Byzantine Empire, at least theoretically...
Serenissima
The Most Serene Republic of Venice was an Italian state originating from the city of Venice [ today in
Northeastern Italy ]. It existed from the 8th century until the 18th century (1797). It is often referred to as The Serenissima, in reference to its title in Italian, The Most Serene. See Wikipedia - La Serenissima
History of Murano Glass
Music, Art & Culture, Events
Music of Venice
The rich history of music in Venice extends back to the founding of the city in the early middle ages...
Musei Civici Veneziani ***
Doge's Palace, Museo Correr, Clock Tower, Ca' Rezzonico, Palazo Mocenigo, Carlo Goldoni's house, Ca'
Pesaro, Palazzo Fortuny, Glass Museum, lace Mudseum, Museum of Natural History [ Planetarium of Venice ].
Venetian literature - Letteratura in lingua veneta
Murano Glass - See Wikipedia
Murano glass has been a famous product of the Venetian island of Murano for centuries. See also Venetian Glass
La Biennale de Venezia
The Venice Biennale, which has its offices in Ca' Giustinian (San Marco, 1364/A), has for over a century
been one of the most prestigious cultural institutions in the world. Ever since its foundation in 1895, it has
been in the avant-garde, promoting new artistic trends and organising international events in contemporary arts.
The festival consist of : International Film Festival, International Art Exhibition, International Architecture
Exhibition, Festival of Contemporary Music, Theatre Festival, Festival of Contemporary Dance.
The Heart of Venice - International Competition for Ideas
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