Venice Attractions

A short guide to the town

Listing all the interesting places to visit in Venice is a hard duty: every single corner of the city is filled with places of interest, ranging from well-known monuments, like Saint Mark square and Rialto bridge, to unexpected jewels of art hidden in tiny churches. If you wonder what to visit, here is a short list of some of the places of interest in Venice, from the things not to miss to the minor islands of the lagoon.

  • Rialto Bridge

    Rialto bridge connects the districts of San Polo and San Marco, and it is the geographical heart of the town. On the side of San Polo, Rialto groceries and fish…

  • Saint Mark (Basilica)

    Saint Mark Basilica (San Marco) is definitely the symbol and the most famous monument of Venice. Its unique syncretic architecture (mostly Byzantine and Gothic), its golden mosaics, its religious and political…

  • Saint Mark square

    Saint Mark square is definetely the symbol of Venice: huge, sumptous, elegant and simply impressive. Dominated by the Basilica di San Marco, it is surrounded by the buildings of Procuratie Vecchie…

  • Venice Ghetto

    Getting to know the Jewish history in Venice Ghetto The ghetto of Venice can be considered the first ghetto in history: established in 1516 by the government of the Republic of Venice…