Accommodation Attractions in Italy
EUGENE VENICE (VENETO)
Venetian rule left its mark on almost every span of Veneto's land. W Belluno, right under the Dolomites crags, the style of the building tells about the city's former dependence on Venice. The Lion of Saint Mark looks out over the main square …
Venice -Entertainment
Off the carnival peak, Venice may look extinct after dark. The calendar of events, however, is often very rich, and cultural events have the advantage. The program of films and concerts can be found at Un Ospite di Venezia, and non-serious events …
Venice – Gastronomy.
As expected, Venetian restaurants are dominated by fish and seafood. Typical antipasti (starters) there are prawns, cuttlefish and octopus, and also Murano crabs and sarde in saor (pickled sardines). Other common dishes are cooked in …
San Lazzaro degli Armenians
Thu. i nd. 15.00-17.00. Access via vaporetto # 10 z Rim degli Schiavoni (to have time on the island, best to leave before 15.00).
You won't find an ethnic minority in Venice, which would have a longer tradition than the Armenians. They've been here before …
Venice – South Islands
Part of the lagoon south of the city, bounded by the long islands of Lido and Pellestrina, it has fewer residential areas than its northern counterpart. Once you set sail beyond Giudecca and San Giorgio Maggiore, which actually belong to central Venice, and …
Burano
The main artery, leading to the village of Burano, it is narrow, street full of lace shops, where, after a short walk, the houses of the village center, painted with vivid colors, appear. Formerly, these colors had a symbolic meaning, but over time the symbolism was blurred and …
Venice – Northern Islands
San Michele Islands north of Venice. Murano, Burano and Torcello are the places, where you can break away from the crowds of tourists filling the city center, they are also the source of most glassware and lace, which is seen …
Venice – Large channel – Right Bank
The biggest attraction of the right bank of the canal is Fondaco dei Turchi. Initially, it was a private home, and from the 1720s until the year 1838 it was the seat of Turkish merchants in the city. In the last century …
Large channel
The Grand Canal is Venice's main artery. This one is almost four kilometers long, and wide on 30-70 meters (the depth is nowhere more than five meters) the canal divides the city into two parts (three sestieres lie to the west of it, and three …
Venice – Arsenal and east of the city
The eastern part of the Castello sestiere was once the main industrial center in the city and the largest production center in Europe, but today it is primarily a residential area with few cultural monuments.
Completely bypassing it …