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Neighbors: Chioggia, Jesolo and Quarto d'Altino. Categories: commune of Italy, carfree city, port settlement, big city, Italian city-state, car-free place and locality. Location: Metropolitan Venice, Veneto, Northeast Italy, Italy, Europe. View on OpenStreetMap.
- Map of Venice Showing The Neighborhoods Or “Sestieri” of Venice
- Venice Neighborhoods, The Sestiere
- Venice Weather and Climate
- The Venetian Islands: Burano, Murano and Torcello
- More Venice Travel Resources
- Learn How to Row A Gondola
- Tours of Venice
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Getting Your Bearings in Venice
The map shows Venice's six sestieri. If you counted seven it's probably because Giudecca is really part of the Dorsodouro. You will probably arrive in Venice via one of three transportation modes. If you are coming in by train or car, you'll enter Venice on the upper left of the map. The train will stop in Mestre before taking the Venice Railway Bridge (1846) and stopping at Venice Santa Lucia station in the Canneregio sestiere. Arrivals by car veer off at the adjacent Fascist era Ponte della...
View of Venice From Above
Note that the photo is oriented with north to the right of the picture. The Lido is the complete "barrier island" in the bottom center of the photo. Both maps show the central canal that snakes through the heart of Venice. This is Venice's watery Superstrada, a place where the vaporetti (big bus boats), Gondolas, Traghetti (transport Gondolas to cross the canals) and larger service vessels zoom the s-curve. It's the Grand Canal, and its main symbol is a bridge, the tourist favorite Rialto.
Each of the six Sestieri have their specific charms and tourist attractions. Every traveler has a favorite. Here is a quick assessment of them.
Venice can be hot and humid in July and August, so as usual it's best to go in the shoulder seasons if the climate is a major factor in your vacation travel planning. September and October tend to be good times to go, but wait later and you'll get some interesting weather, including the clouds and chop in the picture above. Venice floods often in w...
Like those colorful houses? Then Burano is for you. Interested in Venetian glass making? Gotta be Murano. And history? The island of Torcello, my favorite, was first settled in 452 and its cathedral is older than that of Venice itself. The button below leads you to a page of tours which includes a hop on, hop off boat to each of the islands.
Before your trip you may wish to read what great writers have scrawled about Venice. See Historical Fiction Set in Venice. Need to get from Florence to Venice? It's a popular route! See: How to get from Florence to Venice (and back again). If you'd like to find out the best attractions to stop at between the two major tourist cities, read Florence ...
A Gondola ride is pretty expensive, but you didn't come to Venice to save money, did you? For the price of a ride (or less) you can actually learn the basics of floating around Venice with a gondoletto, a training boat. Check out: Private Venice Gondola School: Learn How to Be a Gondolier.
One of my favorite tours takes you inside the Doge's Palace and gives you a peek at the prison where Casanova was held. The Cicchetti tour introduces you to one of the joys of eating in Venice, the little bites with a little glass of local wine. If you like to do things on your own time with an audio guide to help you throught the rough parts, you ...
Explore Venice's six sestieri or neighborhoods with this tourist map and guide. Find out how to get to Venice, where to stay, what to see and do, and how to visit the islands of Murano, Burano and Torcello.
Explore Venice with this interactive map that shows the main sights, such as churches, squares and museums. You can print, export and zoom in and out the map to plan your trip.
Jan 10, 2022 · Learn how Venice was built on islands and canals, and how to use the map of Venice to navigate the city. Find out the six districts, the Grand Canal, the Rialto Bridge, and the best online map of Venice.
Nov 10, 2023 · Find streets, canals, palaces and attractions in Venice with this map. You can download, print or use it for educational, personal and non-commercial purposes.
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Jun 4, 2019 · Learn about the six sestieri or neighborhoods of Venice, Italy, and their attractions, transportation, and history. See a map of Venice and get tips on how to use the vaporetto or water bus system.
