Venice

General information and travel tips


Places to visit in Venice
- St Mark's Basilica
- St Mark's Square
- Palazzo Ducale, the most impressive secular building in Venice
- Ca' d'Oro (Golden House)
- Rialto, the commercial heart of Venice
- Grand Canal, Venice's main water thoroughfare, lined with great Renaissance palaces, a colorful and busy spectacle of gondolas and vaporetti
- Guggenheim Museum,
- St. Mary of the Friars (Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari), houses many masterpieces of Venetian Renaissance art
- Academy Gallery (Gallerie dell'Accademia),
- San Giorgio Maggiore
- Bridge of Sighs

Things to do in Venice
- Take a stroll around St Mark's Square
- Swimming off the Lido or at one of Venice's two public swimming pools
- Jogging in the Giardini Pubblici or Isola di Sant'Elena in Castello
- Shopping in the narrow streets between San Marco and the Rialto and in San Polo for arty stuff
- Visit the island of Murano, where you'll find just about anything made of glass
- Take a boat tour along the world's most gracious highway, the Grand Canal

Useful telaphone numbers in Venice
Venice Tourist Information Board: 041.5226356, 041.5298730
Police: 113
Police-(European Mobile Phone Users): 112
Car breakdown Service: 116
Ambulance: 118
Port of Venice: 041/520 5600
Train information: 0412381560
State Railway Information Service: 147888088
Information about airlines and flight timetable: 0412381590
Marco Polo Airport Information Service: 0412609260
Water taxi station: 0415222303
Radiotaxi: 041936222

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