Location: Cannaregio
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10 Points of Interest & Landmarks in Cannaregio That You Shouldn't Miss
With its gondolas, canals, amazing restaurants, and unforgettable romantic ambiance, Venice is definitely a city for one's bucket list. Waterfront palazzos, palaces, and churches make drifting down the Grand Canal feel like cruising through a painting. To really experience Venice you must go to the opera or to a classical music performance, nibble fresh pasta and pastries, and linger in the exhibit halls of an art gallery. Label lovers will drool over the high-end shopping in Piazza San Marco.
Restaurants in Venice
1. Spazio Bvk
2. Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta detta I Gesuiti
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 430 reviews
Reviewed By Ron-Dianne - Reading, United States
When you enter this church, the first words out of your mouth are "Oh My God!". I heard it more than once. As soon as you enter you are taken by surprise. The interior of the church is covered in white and green marble. The altar is covered by gold and green marble. There is a gorgeous pulpit between the 2nd and 3rd chapels with "draping" marble, sculptures of the Archangels by Giuseppe Torretti attached to the columns in front of the altar area, and one of Titian's last paintings, The Martyrdom of St. Laurentius. The Baroque church is utterly breathtaking. It's open from 10-12 and 4-6 daily and costs 1 euro. You can see the white facade and statues of the church from the water when you are on a lagoon vaporetto (4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2) near Fondamenta Nove. Located in Campo Gesuiti,(Cannaregio), it's easily approached from Fondamenta Nova.
3. Palazzo Fontana Rezzonico
4. Scalone dei Giganti di Ca Sagredo
5. Spezieria All’Ercole D’Oro
6. Palazzo Dona Giovannelli
7. Fondamenta Dei Ormesini
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 5 reviews
Reviewed By AlexSwallow - Sheffield, United Kingdom
A friend tipped us off about this area. It doesn't feel touristy, the canal is beautiful and there are lots of cool shops and places to eat and drink. Definitely one of the nicest bits of Venice that we've been to.
8. Fondamenta Cannaregio
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 5 reviews
Reviewed By Bandit-One - Lucerne, Switzerland
This here is a nice little side-canal. Busy in times of Carnevale, but at other times a nice change of pace from the busy neighbourhoods (at least when we mostly visit in fall). A good starting point to a little round trip is the wonderful Ponte delle Guglie. Follow either side of this smaller canal: the Fondamenta Cannaregio or the Fondamenta Venier. Follow the canal up to the small but impressive Ponte di Tre Archi. You could keep walking until you hit the open water or cross the bridge and walk back on the other side of the canal - back to your starting point. Especially later in the evening this canal is very quiet - except for the folks enjoying their drinks and cicchetti in the several bars & restaurants. After two days of medium rain the canal was rising up quite some and already started to hit the Fondamenta on both sides. All other canals were still fine. I imagine this will be one of the first side streets to be flooded when that season comes. But it's a nice little canal, lined with lots of interesting restaurants that we will check out next time in Venice (the Trattoria Bar Pontini and the Casa Bonita and the Ristorante Agli Archi all looked promising).
9. Ponte dei Tre Archi
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4.0 based on 132 reviews
Reviewed By asiyahnoemik - Pula, Croatia
The beautiful Ponte dei Tre Archi is located in the middle of the Cannaregio Canal near the church of San Giobbe, its characteristic three arches, two smaller and a larger central one were built to bridge the wide canal. There was a wooden bridge in the same place, today's bridge was built of brick and stone in 1503. Today it is the only such bridge in Venice, at the time of its construction, there were other bridges with three arches, such as the Ponte di San Lorenzo in Castello, which can be seen in Gentile Bellini's painting "Il miracolo della Croce a San Lorenzo" which is today finds exhibited in the gallery of the Academy. The original bridge was without a protective fence, like most other Venetian bridges, so it looked much more elegant. The bridge was thoroughly renovated by the architect Andrea Tirali in 1688 and gave it its present appearance.
