Visiting Venice, Italy? Here’s the Travel Guide, Venice, Italy
There is perhaps no city in the world quite like Venice, Italy. With 177 canals and 477 bridges, Venice is literally a city upon the water. In turn, it’s typical to move around via water bus or even gondola. And with over 400 palaces built throughout this 1500-year-old city, there is no lack of interesting things to see. Let’s visit Venice!
There’s really so much to do, this place could keep you busy for days. Here’s a list of our must-see’s when visiting Venice.
Also known as St. Mark’s Square, this is easily one of the most famous plazas in the world. Anchored by the Basilica of San Marco and the San Marco Campanile on one end and surrounded on three sides by the elegant symmetry of the Procuratie’s arcades, this has been the center of life in Venice for centuries. Pull up a chair at the elegant, three-hundred-year-old Caffè Florian and soak it all in.
This incredibly intricate Roman Catholic Cathedral was built to properly house the stolen-yet-recovered relics of Saint Mark the Evangelist. The interior of the Basilica is covered with over 80,000 square feet of gold mosaics and it’s said that many of the treasures found inside came from the conquest of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
There’s really so much to do, this place could keep you busy for days. Here’s a list of our must-see’s when visiting Venice.
Also known as St. Mark’s Square, this is easily one of the most famous plazas in the world. Anchored by the Basilica of San Marco and the San Marco Campanile on one end and surrounded on three sides by the elegant symmetry of the Procuratie’s arcades, this has been the center of life in Venice for centuries. Pull up a chair at the elegant, three-hundred-year-old Caffè Florian and soak it all in.
This incredibly intricate Roman Catholic Cathedral was built to properly house the stolen-yet-recovered relics of Saint Mark the Evangelist. The interior of the Basilica is covered with over 80,000 square feet of gold mosaics and it’s said that many of the treasures found inside came from the conquest of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
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Guide Name: Visiting Venice, Italy? Here’s the Travel Guide
Guide Location: Italy » Venice
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (B))
Author: Josh And Krissy Sedivy
Read it on Author's Website: http://www.wanderlustduo.com/visiting-venice-italy-travel-guide/
Sight(s) Featured in This Guide:
Guide Location: Italy » Venice
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (B))
Author: Josh And Krissy Sedivy
Read it on Author's Website: http://www.wanderlustduo.com/visiting-venice-italy-travel-guide/
Sight(s) Featured in This Guide:
- Piazza San Marco
- Basilica of San Marco
- Doge’s Palace
- San Marco Campanile
- Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute
- Rialto Bridge
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