Ready to travel again? Come with us to Venice, the capital city of Northern Italy’s Veneto region. Once medieval Europe’s most important port and cultural center, Venice features architectural wonders and marble palaces built on a lagoon in the Adriatic Sea. The city, comprised of more than 100 small islands, features no roads, only canals and pedestrian-only paved streets, and thus is a terrific walking and boating city. One can reach all points of the city by walking and connecting through the many neighborhood squares, along the banks of the canals, or across the 400 bridges spanning the canals. Venice’s famous gondolas offer another experience altogether, bringing tourists and locals alike through the more than 200 canals winding through the City of Water.
Ponte dei Sospiri bridge. (Photo by: Giuseppe Greco/REDA&CO/UIG) 
Aerial view. Vogalonga traditional regatta near Punta della Dogana. (Photo by: Giorgio Schirato/REDA&CO/UIG) 
View of the Grand Canal and the Rialto bridge from the terrace of the Fondaco dei Tedeschi shopping center. (Photo by: Paolo Reda/REDA&CO/UIG) 
Burano. lace island. Venice. Veneto. Italy. Europe. (Photo by: Paolo Reda/REDA&CO/UIG) 
San Giorgio church and San Giorgio island. (Photo by: Giuseppe Greco/REDA&CO/UIG) 
Ponte di Rialto. Rialto bridge at night. (Photo by: Luca Picciau/REDA&CO/UIG) 
Tourists walking on elevated walkways near the Ducal Palace in San Marco Square. (Photo by: Giorgio Schirato/REDA&CO/UIG) 
Sunset on the Canal Grande canal. (Photo by: Giuseppe Greco/REDA&CO/UIG) 
Rialto bridge at dusk. Venice. (Photo by: Giuseppe Greco/REDA&CO/UIG) 
Church of Redentore. Giudecca district. (Photo by: Marco Pilla/REDA&CO/UIG) 
Palazzo Ducale palace and Piazza San Marco square at night. (Photo by: Luca Picciau/REDA&CO/UIG) 
View from the bell tower of San Marco. (Photo by: Bluered/REDA&CO/UIG) 
Rialto Bridge. Gran Canal. (Photo by: Pino Pacifico/REDA&CO/UIG) 
View from San Marco bell tower. (Photo by: Bluered/REDA&CO/UIG) 
True colour satellite image of the city of Venice that stretches across numerous small islands in the marshy Venetian Lagoon. Image taken on 26 August 2001 using LANDSAT 7 data. (Photo by: Planet Observer/UIG) 
Caffe Florian, coffee house in the Procuratie Nuove of Piazza San Marco / St Mark’s Square. (Photo by: Dabrowski P/ Andia/UIG) 
Grand Canal from Ponte dell’Accademia, with the Palazzo Cavalli-Franchetti on the left and La Salute church on the background. Venice, Italy. (Photo by: Felipe Rodriguez / VWPics/UIG)
Venice and its lagoon were added as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987 and the city’s iconic sites include the Grand Canal, Piazza San Marco, Church of San Giorgio Maggiore, the Rialto Bridge, and the Doges Palace. The central square, Piazza San Marco, adjacent to St. Mark’s Basilica, also features the Campanile bell tower which offers view of the city’s classic red roofs.
Sources:
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Cessi, Roberto , Foot, John and Cosgrove, Denis E.. “Venice”. Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2020, https://www.britannica.com/place/Venice. Accessed 20 July 2021.
Lonely Planethttps://www.lonelyplanet.com/italy/venice
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