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VENICE
POP 59,000 (CITY), 261,400 (TOTAL INCLUDING MAINLAND)
Imagine the audacity of deciding to build a city of marble palaces on a lagoon. Instead of
surrendering to
acque alte
(high tide) like reasonable folk might do, Venetians flooded the
world with vivid painting, baroque music, modern opera, spice-route cuisine, bohemian-
chic fashions and a Grand Canal's worth of
spritz:
the signature
prosecco
/Aperol cocktail.
Today cutting-edge architects and billionaire benefactors are spicing up the art scene, musi-
cians are rocking out 18th-century instruments and backstreet
osterie
(taverns) are winning
a Slow Food following. Your timing couldn't be better: the people who made walking on
water look easy are well into their next act.
VENICE IN…
Two Days
Take detours from our walking tour (
Click here
) to check out
cicheti
(Venetian tapas), artisans' studios
and architectural details. Museum-hop from the
Gallerie dell'Accademia
(
Click here
) to the
Peggy
Guggenheim Collection
(
Click here
) and
Punta della Dogana
(
Click here
), then hop onto the
vapor-
etto
(small passenger ferry) to Giudecca for a romantic dinner at
I Figli delle Stelle
(
Click here
). On
day two, follow espresso in
Campo Santa Margherita
(
Click here
) with glimpses of heaven in the
Tiepolo ceilings at
Ca' Rezzonico
(
Click here
)
, Titian and Tintoretto masterpieces at
I Frari
(
Click
here
) and
Scuola Grande di San Rocco
(
Click here
), and shopping across Ponte di Rialto to happy
hour at
I Rusteghi
(
Click here
).
Four Days
Devote a day to divine Cannaregio and Castello, beginning with Museo Ebraico's Ghetto synagogue
tour
(
Click here
), Tintoretto's home church of
Madonna dell'Orto
(
Click here
) and heavenly seafood
at
Anice Stellato
(
Click here
)
. Cross canals to Castello's many-splendoured
Zanipolo
(
Click here
), se-
rene
Chiesa di San Francesco della Vigna
(
Click here
) and sunset cocktails at
Bar Terazza Danieli
(
Click here
) - but don't miss your concert at
Interpreti Veneziani
(
Click here
)
. Island-hop your fourth
day away, with blown-glass shopping in
Murano
(
Click here
)
, lunch in
Burano
(
Click here
) and mosa-
ics in
Torcello
(
Click here
).
A Week
Become a regular at your favourite restaurants
,
recognise local specialities at the
Rialto Market
(
Click
here
) and strike up conversations in sociable cafes. Sign up for a cooking class or a prosecco
tour
(
Click here
), take a
bar crawl
(
Click here
) with new friends and explore
Lido beaches
(
Click here
) and
Belle Epoque villas by
bike
(
Click here
).
