DESTINATION VENICE: Attractions & Culture

Burano Venice - Burano is an island in the Venetian Lagoon. It lies near Torcello at the northern end of the Lagoon, and is known for its lacework. Burano is also known for its small, brightly-painted houses, popular with artists. Other attractions include the Church of San Martino, the Museum and School of Lacemaking ...

Ca' d'Oro Venice - Ca' d'Oro (correctly the Palazzo Santa Sofia) is one of the most beautiful palazzos on the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy and surely the most famous. One of the older palazzos, it has always been known as Ca' d'Oro (golden house) due to the gilt and polychrome external decorations which once adorned its walls ...

Ca' Rezzonico Venice - Ca' Rezzonico is a palazzo on the Grand Canal in Venice. Today it is a museum dedicated to 18th century Venice. It is one of the few palazzi in Venice, where the public can gain an insight into what lies behind the ornamental, but often secretive facades of the many exquisite buildings which line the Grand Canal ...

The Doge's Palace & Bridge of Sighs Venice - The Doge's Palace is a gothic palace in Venice, Italy. The current palace was largely constructed from 1309 to 1424 on 9th century origins, designed perhaps by Filippo Calendario. Giovanni and Bartolomeo Buon designed and executed the so-called "Porta della Carta", a monumental late-gothic gate on the Piazzetta side ...

Gondolas of Venice Venice - A gondola is a traditional Venetian rowing boat. Gondolas have for centuries been the chief means of transportation within Venice and still have a role in public transport, serving as traghetti (ferries) over major canals. The gondola is propelled by an oarsman (the gondolier) who stands facing the bow and pushes...

Murano Venice - Murano is usually described as an island in the Venetian Lagoon, although like Venice itself it is actually an archipelago of islands linked by bridges. It lies about a mile north of Venice and is famous for its glass making, particularly lampworking. Murano was settled by the Romans, then by people from Altino and Oderzo ...

Peggy Guggenheim Collection Venice - The Peggy Guggenheim Collection is a small museum on the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy. It is one of several museums of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. The collection is housed in the Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, an unfinished 18th century palazzo which was never built past the ground floor level ...

Rialto Bridge Venice - The Rialto Bridge spans the Grand Canal in Venice. It is the oldest bridge across the canal and probably the most famous in the city. The first dry crossing of the Grand Canal was a pontoon bridge built in 1181 by Nicolò Barattieri. It was called the Ponte della Moneta, presumably because of the mint that stood nearby ...

St. Mark's Square Venice - St Mark's Square, often known in English by its Italian name Piazza San Marco, is the town square of Venice, Italy. The Piazza is the only urban space big enough to be called a piazza in Venice: the rest are campi. It was the Romantic French poet Alfred de Musset who called it the "drawing-room of Europe" ...

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