It is no surprise that Venice is one of the most famous tourist destinations in the world, having around 20 million visitors each year, you'll find it hard to discover a more sought after place. The real challenge of visiting…
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Self Guided Tours
Artisan experiences in Venice
Handmade mask
classic concerts
gondola tours
Venice islands tours
St. Mark's area tours
local experiences in venice
St. Mark's Square
St. Mark's Bell Tower
Gondola
vivaldi
Murano
Burano
Torcello
Top 5 things to do in Venice
"L’ Arsenale" is located in S. Martino in the Sestiere di Castello. Among the various meanings of the origin of the name we report that of the Masons that seems more relevant and that is dock, a word of Arabic origin that indicates the place where the ships are manufactured and stored.
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Arsenale di Venezia
Serenissima
History
Traditions
full venice self-guided tour
In Venice the word "School" has two completely different meanings:
the first is the one common all over the world and which identifies a place where teachers teach and students learn;
the second, which is the subject of our study, indicates a building where, in the Middle Ages, people who had in common the same art or craft, the same nationality, the same devotion to a saint, gathered with the aim of doing "good deeds", and for a moment let's try to think about the religiosity of men in 1300 when doing a good deed ensured "credits" for Paradise...
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History
Saint Mark's Square
venetian schools
venice
Artisan experiences in Venice
Venice walking tour
As Venice was surrounded by salt water but didn’t have drinking water due to its hydro-geological characteristics, wells were built all around the city to collect rainwater.
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venice
History
vera
wells
Venice walking tour
Venice has four bridges that cross the Grand Canal: the Rialto Bridge, the Accademia Bridge, the Ponte degli Scalzi Bridge and the Constitution Bridge known as the Calatrava Bridge. The Rialto Bridge is the oldest and was the only connection between the two banks of the Grand Canal.
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rialto
Rialto bridge
venice
History
Curiosities
Venice walking tour
One of the many peculiarities of Venice is the way the city is structured. The city is divided into 6 areas called Sestieri (from latin word “sex” = six).
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venice
History
Traditions
venice quarters
castello
san marco
cannaregio
dorsoduro
san polo
santa croce
Self Guided Tours
The Venice lagoon or Venetian Lagoon is located in the Northern Adriatic Sea, along the coasts of Veneto region, has long been under UNESCO protection.
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venice lagoon
venice
high tide
venice islands
Murano
Burano island
Torcello
unspoilt nature
History
full venice self-guided tour
St. Mark's Square (San Marco, in Italian) is one of the most important, beautiful and fascinating places in Italy, famous worldwide for its beauty, its magic and its architectural integrity.
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St. Mark's Square
Saint Mark Bell Tower
Clock Tower
Ducal Palace
colums of the lion and Saint Theodore
saint mark basilica
venice
History
Venice Carnival
St. Mark's area tours
The museum is probably the most important in Italy regarding american and european art of the first half of the XX century. It hosts works by Picasso, de Chirico, Mondrian, Kandinsky, Miró, Klee, Ernst, Magritte, Dalí e Pollock and by many others in the areas of Dadaism, Cubism, Futurism and Surrealism.
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Peggy Guggenheim
peggy guggenheim collection
venice
art
gondola tour
The Redentore Day is one of the few Venice holidays that Venetians really feel as their own.
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Redentore
venice
History
Traditions
Palazzo Ducale
San Giorgio Church
columns of Marco and Todaro
venice lagoon
St. Mark's area tours
Bellini is one of the most classy, precious and famous cocktails. The recipe is very simple: peach fresh juice and champagne.
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Bellini
Cocktail
Harry's Bar
History
italian wines tasting
The new prisons were fundamental to the maintenance of order in Venice and were the first buildings in Europe built specifically for realization of judicial and custodial functions.
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St. Mark's Square
Bridge of sighs
Rialto bridge
Lords of the Night
prisoners
History
Curiosities
Venice Carnival
new prisons
secret itinerary of the prisons
There is no doubt that the intensity of warfare in the Veneto district overall, and it echoes in Ernest Hemingway’s novella Across the River and Into the Trees, published in 1950. Although not the greatest of Hemingway’s writings, there is nevertheless undeniable poignancy in its account of the survival of a beautiful city after war.
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History
venice
Hemingway
Harry's Bar
Murano
Murano glass
Burano
lace-making art
Torcello
Self Guided Tours
The "lords" of the new prisons in Venice were the guards, the Lords by night at the Criminal and the most important, Council of 10.
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St. Mark's Square
Lords of the Prisoners
prisoners
Lords of the Night
Council of ten
Doge
History
Curiosities
Prisons' palace
districts of Venice
secret itinerary of the prisons
The Clock Tower, or as it is usually called Moors Tower, is one of Venice landmarks.
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St. Mark's Square
St. Mark
History
Clock Tower
astronomical clock
Moors' Bell
St. Mark's area tours
With a ridiculous amount of things to do, and an obscene millions of tourists, it’s a great idea to be a well-organised tourist while looking for non touristy things to do in Venice. The Venice City Tours app has itineraries to bring you on self guided tours of to all the mega tourist spots in Venice, and also less famous but just as beautiful sites. A classic place to visit in Venice is Piazza San Marco.
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Piazza San Marco
Doge's Palace
Local food
Venice islands
Murano
Burano
Torcello
Grand Canal
Venice islands tours
Italian wines tasting
Self Guided Tours
Top 5 things to do in Venice
Palazzo Grassi, located in campo San Samuele and facing the Grand Canal, was the last palace built before the end of the Venetian Republic, in 1772.
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History
Palazzo Grassi
venice
Self Guided Tours
The three forms of punishment practised against prisoners to corret their wrongful conduct in Venice: pleadings, tortures and galleys.
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St. Mark's Square
Prisons' palace
Lords of the Night
prisoners
convicts
galleys
History
Curiosities
secret itinerary of the prisons
The history of Venice begins with the twilight of the Roman Empire, when barbaric invasions drove the inhabitants of the Venetian coast towards the islands of the lagoon.
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History
venice
Traditions
venice foundations
lagoon
rialto
venice walking tours
Hence, here are 10 unique things to do in Venice by choosing Venice City Tours, among them we have listed other “tips” alongside the essential steps.
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10 things to do in venice
Top 10
Visit Venice
Grand Canal
Piazza San Marco
Golden Basilica
Doge's Palace
Venice islands
Murano
Burano
Torcello
Venice islands tours
Classical music concerts
Venetian craftsmen workshop
Gondola
Gondola tours
Venice walking tour
Venice Carnival
Casanova
Carnival Balls
Mysterious Venice
Italian wines tasting
Local food
Discover the history of one of the most charming and beautiful cities in the world!
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venice
History
St. Mark's Square
St. Mark's Basilica
St. Mark's Bell Tower
Doge's Palace
Clock Tower
Rialto bridge
la fenice theatre
Self Guided Tours
Once the basin of San Marco was the sea port of Venice and those who came by ship could admire the impressive unique architecture of Palazzo Ducale, seat of the Venetian power, and two marble and granite columns topped by the statues of the two patron saints of Venice: the winged Lion, symbol of St. Mark the Evangelist, and “Todaro“, the Byzantine St. Theodore of Amasea, who was the first protector of the city.
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City of Venice
History
St. Mark
St. Mark's Square
columns of the lion and Saint Theodore
columns of St. Mark's Square
Clock Tower
Venice walking tour
