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Day Two
Your second day in Venice is packed with international intrigue. Begin
the day in prison on the
Itinerari Segreti
(
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) (Secret Passages)
tour of
Palazzo Ducale
(
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) , and plot your escape to browse recycled-
banner totes made by Venice prison collective
Malefatte
(
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) before a lav-
ish lunch at
A Beccafico
(
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).
Napoleon warehoused masterpieces looted from churches across North-
ern Italy in a Palladio-designed convent - but when he left, the collection
remained in the
Accademia
(
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). Spend an afternoon here, and you'll
concede the emperor had excellent taste in stolen Venetian paintings. For quality
time with modern masterpieces, head around to the palatial home of Jewish
American collector
Peggy Guggenheim
(
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). Afterwards, head to happy
hour in Campo
Santa Margherita
(
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).
Savour the lagoon-seafood pasta and international wine menu at
Enoteca Ai Artisti
(
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)
, then hear Vivaldi played as a fitting
soundtrack for this city of intrigue by
Interpreti Veneziani
(
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)
. End the
night gliding down the shimmering Grand Canal on a
vaporetto
(passenger ferry)
or gondola, and plot your return visit to Venice.
Day Three
Find heaven on earth on your third day in Venice. Skies are always
Tiepolo blue inside baroque
Ca' Rezzonico
(
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) , while lightning
strikes inside Tintoretto's stormy canvases at nearby
Scuola Grande di San
Rocco
(
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). At
I Frari
(
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) , bask in the glow of the flushed
Madonna, ascending to glory in Titian-red robes.
Pizza in a sunny
campo
(piazza) is a slice of heaven at
Birraria La Corte
(
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). Next, hop the vaporetto to
Ca' d'Oro
(
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)
for Renais-
