Castello - Venice: Top Sights, Local Life, Made Easy - page 184

The Sights in a Day
Hit heavenly sights across sprawling Castello: rosy Veronese ceilings
and Lorenzetti's seafaring Jesus in Zanipolo ( Click here ) , Negroponte's
floating Madonna in Palladio-designed Chiesa di San Francesco della Vigna
( Click here ) and Bellini's vibrant Virgin Enthroned altarpiece in opulent Chiesa di
San Zaccaria ( Click here ).
Empires were launched from the sprawling shipyards of Arsenale ( Click
here ) ; if they're not open to visits between Biennale events, historical
seafaring adventures await at Museo Storico Navale ( Click here ). Sailors still live
in Castello around Via Garibaldi, ensuring a steady supply of outstanding seafood
lunches at reasonable prices at local osterie . After lavish lunches with vino, loll in
the greenery at Giardini Pubblici ( Click here ) and take tea in Napoleon's green-
house at La Serra ( Click here ).
Cover the waterfront along Riva degli Schiavoni for sweeping sunsets re-
flected in the lagoon, and toast Venice on the balcony at Bar Terazza
Danieli ( Click here ). In Castello, nights end with epic romance in unlikely places:
try a Vivaldi concert in the historical La Pieta ( Click here ) orphanage or Collegium
Ducale opera arias in Venice's formidable prison ( Click here ) .