Italy · City guide
Venice
A city with one piazza, hundreds of bridges and a bookshop that keeps its stock in a gondola. San Marco, Cannaregio and Dorsoduro on foot.
260 places to see 30 must-see
- San Marco
- Cannaregio
- Dorsoduro
- Castello
No creator tours on the site yet — but you can walk Venice today. Open Escapade, pick a start point, a topic and a length, and My Tours builds the walk for you.
Hidden gems
Three things most visitors walk straight past
- 01
Only one piazza
Venice's squares are called campi — fields — because most of them were. Only St Mark's gets to be a piazza.
- 02
One bridge for three centuries
The stone Rialto Bridge, finished in 1591, was the only way across the Grand Canal on foot until the Accademia bridge opened in 1854.
- 03
Books in the bathtub
Libreria Acqua Alta stores its books in bathtubs, boats and a gondola, so the stock floats when the high water comes in.
