Travel Reference
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Waltzing through baroque palace boudoirs filled with social graces and sharp wits at
Comparing, contrasting and debating fearless contemporary art and boldly repurposed
architecture at
Punta della Dogana
.
Testing the curative powers of Longhena's mystical marbles, and finding hidden Titian
wonders inside
Chiesa di Santa Maria della Salute
.
Explore Sestiere di Dorsoduro
After sprinting through centuries of masterpiece paintings at Gallerie dell'Accademia, re-
cover the use of your senses over canalside
panini
at Cantinone Gia Schiavi, in the com-
pany of gondola builders from Squero di San Trovaso. Next, see how Pollock splatter-
paintings and Calder mobiles make a splash along the Grand Canal at the Peggy Guggen-
heim Collection, then argue the merits of Jeff Koons and other controversial installations
at Punta della Dogana. Give your eyes a chance to refocus with a stroll along the Zattere,
before they're boggled again by Vedova's robotic art at Magazzini del Sale and Veronese's
floor-to-ceiling masterpieces at San Sebastian. Mingle with witty Venetian socialites of
yore at baroque Ca' Rezzonico, then raise a toast to Venice in Campo Santa Margherita.
Dine near Campo San Barnaba, but don't be late for a concert at one of Dorsoduro's his-
toric venues - ideally Ca' Rezzonico's frescoed ballroom or Tiepolo-ceilinged Scuola
Grande dei Carmini.
Local Life
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Spritz o'clock
The best place to be when the clock strikes six
(spritz)
o'clock is
Campo Santa Margherita, Venice's nightlife hub.
»
Antique & avant-garde
Rummage through relics from Venice's past at Antiquariato
Claudia Canestrelli (
Click here
) and L'Angolo del Passato (
Click here
), then fast for-
ward to cutting-edge Venetian style at Marina e Susanna Sent (
Click here
), Danghyra (
Click here
) and Papuni Art (
Click here
).
