It is not clear as to Venice’s origin but, some historians believe refugees of the roman Empire settle here first. The Republic of Venice existed as a trading power throughout the Mediterranean from 697-1797. During that time Venice prospered trading with the Byzantine Empire and the Muslim world in the eastern Mediterranean. Spurred by Marco Polo’s travels to east Asia the appeal of Asian goods ignited and appetite in the rest of Europe that would initiate the age of Exploration.
Its island location in the middle of the Venice lagoon make it a unique city of canals and bridges. With over 400 bridges on various islands a visit here is a one of a kind. For this, Venice has been one of the most desired cities to visit in Europe for decades.
Regions of Venice…
Venice
- Cannaregio
- Castello
- Dorsoduro
- Giudecca
- Lido
- San Giorgio Maggiore
- San Marcos
- San Polo
- Santa Croce
Points of Interests in Venice…
Name | Type | Class | Area |
---|---|---|---|
Archaeological Museum | Museum | Archaeology | San Marco |
ASAC Library | Museum | Library | Castello |
Bartolomeo Colleoni | Museum | Monument | Castello |
Basilica di San Pietro di Castello | Landmark / Religious | Church | Cannaregio |
Byzantine Pictures Museum | Museum | 14th to 18th century | Castello |
Ca’ Pesaro – International Gallery | Museum | Modern Art | Santa Croce |
Ca’ Pesaro – Museum | Museum | Oriental Art | Santa Croce |
Ca’ Rezzonico – Museum | Museum | 18th Century Venice | Dorsoduro |
Campanile of St. Mark | Landmark | Bell Tower | San Marco |
Clock tower | Landmark | Historic Bldg | San Marco |
Convento di S.Francesco del Deserto | Landmark / Religious | Convent | Burano |
Correr Museum | Museum | Venetian history | San Marco |
Fondazione Giorgio Cini | Landmark / Religious | Church / Cemetery / Library | Isola di San Giorgio |
Fondazione Querini Stampalia | Museum | Art / Furniture / | Castello |
Galleria dell’Accademia di Venezia | Museum | Classic Art | Dorsoduro |
Galleria Giorgio Franchetti Ca’ d’Oro | Museum | Painting & Sculpture | Cannaregio |
Gesuati | Landmark / Religious | Church | Dorsoduro |
Gesuiti | Landmark / Religious | Church | Cannaregio |
Giovanni Caboto | Museum | Monument | Castello |
Grand Canal | Landmark | Canal | Venice |
House of Carlo Goldoni | Museum | Library | Dorsoduro |
Jewish Ghetto of Venice | Neighborhood | Cannaregio | |
Jewish Museum | Museum | Jewish History | Cannaregio |
Le Macchine di Leonardo a Venezia | Museum | Da Vinci models | Dorsoduro |
Madonna dell’Orto | Landmark / Religious | Church | Cannaregio |
Marciana National Library | Museum | Library | San Marco |
Marco Polo Airport | Transportation | Airport | Tessera |
Mekhitarist Monastery | Museum | Library | Lido |
Mocenigo Palace | Museum | Palace | Santa Croce |
Museo Diocesano | Museum | Religious | Castello |
Museo Storico Navale | Museum | Arsenale | Castello |
Music Museum | Museum | Musical | San Marco |
Natural History Museum | Museum | Natural History | Santa Croce |
Oratorio dei Crociferi | Museum | Monastery Art | Cannaregio |
Palazzo Cini | Landmark | 15th and 16th century Art | Dorsoduro |
Palazzo Fortuny | Museum | Painting & Lamps | San Marco |
Palazzo Grassi | Museum | Contemporary | San Marco |
Palazzo Grimani | Museum | Renaissance | San Marco |
Peggy Guggenheim Museum | Museum | Modern art | Dorsoduro |
Physics Museum Anton Maria Traversi | Museum | Physics | Cannaregio |
Piazzale Roma bus station | Transportation | Bus Terminal | Santa Croce |
Ponte degli Scalzi | Landmark | Bridge | Cannaregio / Santa Croce |
Ponte dell’Accademia | Landmark | Bridge | San Marco / Dorsoduro |
Ponte di Rialto | Landmark | Bridge | San Polo / San Marco |
Punta della Dogana | Museum | Contemporary | Dorsoduro |
S. Francesco della Vigna | Landmark / Religious | Church | Castello |
S. Giobbe | Landmark / Religious | Church | Cannaregio |
S. Giovanni Crisostomo | Landmark / Religious | Church | Cannaregio |
S. Giovanni in Bragora | Landmark / Religious | Church | Castello |
S. Giuliano | Landmark / Religious | Church | San Marco |
S. Maria del Carmelo | Landmark / Religious | Church | Dorsoduro |
S. Maria della Salute | Landmark / Religious | Church | Dorsoduro |
S. Maria Formosa | Landmark / Religious | Church | Castello |
S. Michele in Isola | Landmark / Religious | Church | Isola di San Michele |
S. Salvatore | Landmark / Religious | Church | San Marco |
S. Sebastiano | Landmark / Religious | Church | Dorsoduro |
S. Stefano | Landmark / Religious | Church | San Marco |
S. Zaccaria | Landmark / Religious | Church | Castello |
Saint Mark’s Basilica | Landmark / Religious | Basilica | San Marco |
San Giacomo di Rialto | Landmark / Religious | Church | San Polo |
San Giovanni e Paolo | Landmark / Religious | Church | Castello |
San Michele Cemetery | Landmark | Cemetery | Isola di San Michele |
San Simeone Piccolo | Landmark / Religious | Church | Santa Croce |
Santa Maria dei Miracoli | Landmark / Religious | Church | Cannaregio |
Santa Maria della Pietà | Landmark / Religious | Church | Castello |
Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari | Landmark / Religious | Church | San Polo |
Santa Maria Maddalena | Landmark / Religious | Church | Cannaregio |
Scala Contarini del Bovolo | Museum | Venetian architecture | San Marco |
Scuola Dalmatina di San Giorgio e Trifone | Museum | Religious Art | Castello |
Scuola Grande dei Carmini | Museum | Religious Art | Dorsoduro |
Scuola Grande di S.Giovanni Evangelista | Museum | Religious Art | San Polo |
Scuola Grande di San Rocco | Landmark | Historic Bldg | San Polo |
SS. Redentore | Landmark / Religious | Church | Giudecca |
St. Mark’s Square | Museum | City Square | San Marco |
State Archive | Museum | Library | Dorsoduro |
Telecom Italia Future Centre | Museum | Telecommunication | San Marco |
Venezia Santa Lucia | Transportation | Train Station | Cannaregio |
Zattere | Landmark | Canal Promenade | Dorsoduro |
Day Trips from Venice…
- Burano
- Cortina d”Ampezzo
- The Dolomites
- Ferrara 🏛
- Lake Garda
- Mestre
- Murano
- Padua 🏛
- Prosecco Hills
- Ravenna 🏛
- Torcello
- Valpolicella
- Veneto 🏛
- Verona 🏛
Transportation in Venice…
✈️ Airports
Venice has one major airport with an alternative near Treviso
VCE – Marco Polo Venezia Airport – Located on the mainland near Mestre it is the main airport with International service. There are non-stop flights to 3 US cities from VCE. Transportation is by ATVO Express bus 35 to Piazzale Roma in Venice. Alilaguna runs 3 water taxi lines to locations in Venice from the docks at the airport.
TSF – Treviso Airport – Located 25 km north from Venice near Treviso is smaller but, with flights to other European cities from low cost airlines. Transportation is by ATVO Express bus to Piazzale Roma in Venice. Barzi Bus also runs service to Mestre rain station.
🚊 Public Transportation
Light Rail Tram: AVM (tram route map)
T1 line, Monte Celo ↔︎ Mestre Centro ↔︎ Venezia-Pizzale Roma
T2 line, Salamonio ↔︎ Mestre Centro ↔︎ Venezia-Pizzale Roma
Ferry / Boat: ACTV (Vaporetto (waterbus) route map)
1 line, Ferrovia → Lido S.M.E.
2 line, Rialto → S. Marco S. Zaccaria
4.1 line, Murano → Murano (circle route)
4.2 line, Murano → Murano (circle route)
5.1 line, Lido S.M.E. → Lido S.M.E. (circle route)
5.2 line, Lido S.M.E. → Lido S.M.E. (circle route)
7 line, Murano → S. Marco S. Zaccaria
8 line, Sacca Fisola. → Lido S. Nicolò
11 line, Lido S.M.E. → Chioggia
12 line, Punta Sabbioni → Fondamente Nove
13 line, Fondamente Nove → Treporti
14 line, Lido S.M.E. → Burano
16 line, Fusina → Zattere
17 line, Tronchetto Ferry-Boat → Lido S. Niccol Ferry-Boat
18 line, Lido S.M.E. → Murano → Lido S.M.E.
20 line, S. Marco S. Zaccaria → S. Lazzaro → (seasonal) Lido Casino
22 line, Tre Arch → Punta Sabbioni
N line, Punta Sabbioni → Lido S.M.E.
Alilaguna
Blu (blue) line, (map) Airport → Murnao Colonna → F. Te Nove → Ospedale → Bacini → Lido S.M.E.
Verde (green) line, (map) Ferrovia S. Lucia → Tronchetto → Giudecca Stucky → Zattere → San Marco Giardinetti → Lido → Murano → Burano → Torcello
Arancio (orange) line, (map) Airport → F. TE Nova → Madonna Dell’Orto → Guglie → San Stae → Rialto → Sant’ Angelo → Ca’ Rezzonico → Santa Maria Del Giglio
Rosa (pink) line, (map) Terminal San Giuliano → Tre Archi
Rossa (red) line, (map) Airport → Murano Museo → Certosa → Lido S.M.E. → Arsenale → San Marco → Giudecca Zitelle → Cruise Termainal
City Bus : AVM (Bus routes from Venice to mainland)
2 line, Venezia-Pizzale Roma ↔︎ Viale Don Sturzo
4 line, Venezia-Pizzale Roma ↔︎ Via Altinia
4L line, Venezia-Pizzale Roma ↔︎ Mestre Centro
5 line, Venezia-Pizzale Roma ↔︎ Marco Polo Airport
6 line, Venezia-Pizzale Roma ↔︎ Spinea
6L line, Venezia-Pizzale Roma ↔︎ Via Correnti
7 line, Venezia-Pizzale Roma ↔︎Via Martiri della Libertà
7L line, Venezia-Pizzale Roma ↔︎ Brendole
12L line, Venezia-Pizzale Roma ↔︎ Piazza 27 Ottobre
19 line, Venezia-Pizzale Roma ↔︎ Favaro-Via Altinia
24 line, Venezia-Pizzale Roma ↔︎ Pertini
24B line, Venezia-Pizzale Roma ↔︎ Bissuola
24H line, Venezia-Pizzale Roma ↔︎ Don Tosatto
43 line, Venezia-Pizzale Roma ↔︎ Mestre FS
56 line, Venezia-Pizzale Roma ↔︎ Ca’ Bertelle
66 line, Venezia-Pizzale Roma ↔︎ Chirignago
80 line, Venezia-Pizzale Roma ↔︎ Martellago
N1(night), Venezia-Pizzale Roma bus station ↔︎ Mestre Centro
N2 (night), Venezia-Pizzale Roma bus station ↔︎ Mestre Centro
People Mover: AVM Tronchetto ↔︎ Marittima ↔︎ Venezia-Pizzale Roma
Transit Cards / Passes: ACTV Tickets, Venezia Unica City Pass