Top Things to do in City of Venice
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Top 10 Nature & Parks in City of Venice, Veneto
Discover the best top things to do in City of Venice, Italy including Isola di Burano, Canal Grande, Giudecca, San Michele, Laguna di Venezia, San Francesco del Deserto, Isola di Pellestrina, Malamocco, Isola di Sant'Erasmo, Riva degli Schiavoni.
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1. Isola di Burano
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 217 reviews
Just 40 minutes from Venice, Burano is one of the most characteristic islands of the lagoon. Famous for its colorful houses, lace making and local fish cuisine
Reviewed By EcoBean - Kennington, United Kingdom
Burano is like the baby sister of Murano, with plenty of opportunity to buy the fantastic murano glass, but Burano, is actually more famous for it's lace making and products. There are women dotted around the shops demonstrating their lace making skills, and plenty of small lace items to buy a piece of this artwork. The buildings and architecture on this island are really colourful (purportedly the fishermen painted their houses bright colours to find their way home in the frequent fogs that cover the Islands). The maze of brightly painted homes are a delight to wander around and between the shop lined streets are plenty of restaurants, bars and bistros to enjoy a break and refreshments. I recommend the ice-cream parlours!! Can't leave Italy without trying the ice-cream. The frequency of the water buses between Burano, Murano and the main islands of Venice is good, right into the early hours of the morning, and very reasonably priced to make a complete day of island hopping cheaply and easily.
2. Canal Grande
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4.5 based on 41,173 reviews
Venice's main water thoroughfare, lined with great Renaissance palaces, is a colorful and busy spectacle of gondolas and vaporetti.
Reviewed By Bandit-One - Lucerne, Switzerland
We have been in Venice a bunch of times. But still amazes us the same as the first time. It's just a lovely place to be. Countless sights, great food and no (car) traffic. The Canale Grande is one of the most famous sights in the city. And rightly so. You could rent a private water taxi, take a tour boat or just hop on one of the water buses. For us the water bus was fine. Drive along the whole canale or hop and off (buy a day-ticket). You will pass endless interesting sights. Starting from the train station (Ferrovia) the Ponte degli Scalzi, the Chiesa di San Simeon Piccolo, the Chiesa di San Geremia, Rialto Mercato and Rialto Bridge, the Ponte dell’Accademia, the Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute, the Punta della Dogana and at the other end the Piazza San Marco with the Palazzo Ducale and the Basilica di San Marco. And that's just the very big sights along the way. Of course you also can walk through Venice (we love it) and you will pass the Canale lots of times. It's also fun just to wander around without plan and getting lost in the beautiful backstreets of Venice. This time we were lucky to rent an apartement for a few day directly on the Canale Grande. With views of the canal from every room. Be it in the morning during breakfast or in the evenings when the lights on the canal seemed magical: We never got and never will get bored of that sight. Light or dark, day or night, sunny or rainy. The Canale Grande is a sight to behold. Love it - and we love this town.
3. Giudecca
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4.5 based on 614 reviews
Giudecca is an island in the Venetian Lagoon, in northern Italy. It is part of the sestiere of Dorsoduro and is a locality of the comune of Venice.
Reviewed By Oakandco - Birchington, United Kingdom
Less than five minutes on a vaporetto and you can flee the maddening crowds of San Marco and find yourself on a little oasis of calm - with, arguably, the best ground level views in the whole city. Granted, there's not a lot of life on the island of Giudecca, but if you're pondering where to stay, heavily entertain the idea of being here. Not only is it peaceful, but you can sit at one of a number of cafes and restaurants eating a meal a few euros cheaper than on the 'main islands' and be perched about a foot (literally) from the lapping waters of the Giudecca canal (which means you too can gasp at the ridiculous size of the cruise ships as they make their slow progress too and from the terminal further up the canal). Your view? Across the canal to the main square...truly beautiful at night on a warm late summer's evening. In addition to a number of vaporetto stops, perhaps most crucially there's a supermarket which sells bottles of prosecco for 4 euros and limoncello for even less. Almost, on its own, worthy of making the trip.
4. San Michele
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 342 reviews
Venice's cemetary island since the 1800s.
Reviewed By wilsonx6
We were told about this place and wanted to go and see it. We took the water bus from Venice. It is just so tranquil and calm and offers a very rare and curious insight into how locals celebrate their loved ones.
5. Laguna di Venezia
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4.5 based on 1,998 reviews
Many famous and fascinating islands can be found on this large body of water located between Venice and the Adriatic Sea. Murano, Burano, Torcello
Reviewed By willjones75 - Manchester, United Kingdom
Visit the other islands, especially Murano and visit one of the handicraft factories where their incredible works forged in glass, or Burano with its houses of many colours is highly recommended. Torcello kinda disappointed me, compared to Murano, I would almost say not worth it.
6. San Francesco del Deserto
7. Isola di Pellestrina
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 295 reviews
Reviewed By Crystal012 - Hastings, United Kingdom
We had been told about Pellestrina by other photographers, spent a lovely day here, it was so quiet and peaceful like traveling back in time. Delightful. Having said all of this I am sure it would not suit everyone. Depends what you want, it is really a place of local fishermen. Bikes seemed a good way to get around although the bus service is good from Lido.
8. Malamocco
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4.5 based on 55 reviews
Reviewed By webaia - Kiama, Australia
With at least 4 cruise ships docked i Venice, the main areas were crowded so it was a treat to be in Malamocco with hardly anyone around. As other reviewers have said, there is very little to do or see. We just enjoying the peace and quiet and had a delicious meal in a leafy courtyard at Trattoria days Scarso.
9. Isola di Sant'Erasmo
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4.5 based on 58 reviews
Reviewed By Flynn59 - Worcestershire, United Kingdom
I'd long wanted to visit Sant'Erasmo , much taken by tales of tranquility and fields full of the fruit and vegetables I'd seen in the Rialto market . I'm very glad I finally got there. An easy 30 minute Vaporetto ride away ( Line 13 from Fondamente Nova, hourly services all day and night ) there are three alternative stops but we took the first stop, Capanonne , from which it is an easy ten minute walk to the island's only hotel ( Il Lato Azzurro - see reviews ) where you can hire bikes to tour the island and, just past that, the Bar Tedeschi for a drink or meal overlooking a small beach. There is an interesting fort ( opening times vary - check ) and also a small town with a shop and church. The joy of the island is its unhurried calm and whether on foot or bike, a tour of the deserted roads is a wonderful change from the bustle of Venice. You will see fields full of vegetables; views across the lagoon to the towers of Venice in the distance and bird life galore and a picnic is an obvious option. A gentle bike tour of the circumference of the island will take a little over an hour on flat roads with barely a motor vehicle in sight.
10. Riva degli Schiavoni
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4.5 based on 545 reviews
Reviewed By NickofSurrey - Surrey, United Kingdom
Lovely walk anytime of day. Particularly fabulous sunrise and sunset. Worth getting the vaporetto along to Sant Elena and walking back by the water , all the waycto St Marks Square
