# Venice: map, what to do and when to go

Venice is a city of 118 islands in an Adriatic lagoon, with canals in place of streets and churches that still hold the paintings made for them. Capital of a maritime republic for 1,100 years, it now has 47,652 residents in the historic center.

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## Direct answer
- **Venice: How much does a coffee cost sitting down in Piazza San Marco?** A coffee at a table in Piazza San Marco can pass €12, because the service and live music go on the bill: read the price list before sitting down.
- **Venice: How do you get from Marco Polo airport to downtown?** Marco Polo airport (VCE) is in Tessera, on the mainland, 8 km to the north, and there are three ways to reach the island.
- **Venice: How do you do a day trip to Padua?** Padua is 37 km to the west, with regional trains every 15 to 20 minutes, a 25 to 50 min ride, and a ticket of about €5.

## San Marco and the State
Reach Piazza San Marco at 8:30am, before the groups. Book the basilica for 9:30am or later, Monday through Saturday; on Sundays and religious holidays, visits begin at 2pm, so reverse the day’s order. The Pala d’Oro and the museum with the horses require separate admission.
- Basilica di San Marco
- Palazzo Ducale
- Campanile di San Marco
- San Giorgio Maggiore

## Rialto, Frari, and Dorsoduro
Go to the Rialto market between 7:30 and 11am, Tuesday to Saturday, because the fish market is closed Sunday and Monday.
- Rialto Bridge and market
- Gallerie dell'Accademia
- Scuola Grande di San Rocco
- Santa Maria della Salute and Punta della Dogana

## The lagoon and everyday life
Take vaporetto 12 at Fondamente Nove and get off first in Murano, for a glass furnace and the Museo del Vetro, before heading on to Burano (about 45 min total).
- Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari
- Cannaregio Ghetto

## Basilica di San Marco
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Ducal church begun in 1063 on a Byzantine Greek-cross plan, consecrated in 1094, with about 8,000 m² of gold-ground mosaics. The Pala d'Oro, a goldsmith's altarpiece set with about 1,900 gems, and the four bronze horses brought from Constantinople in 1204 (the ones on the façade are copies) charge separate admission. Book a time slot; shoulders and knees covered.
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## Palazzo Ducale
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Seat of the doge, the councils, and the courts in the same building, with a Gothic façade from 1340–1450 over arcades. In the Sala del Maggior Consiglio hangs Tintoretto's “Paradise,” about 22 m wide, one of the largest oil paintings in the world. The visit crosses the Bridge of Sighs (1600–1603) toward the new prisons, and the “Itinerari Segreti” route requires a separate booking.
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## Campanile di San Marco
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The Campanile di San Marco, at 98.6 m, is the city's highest point, with an elevator and a view of the whole lagoon out to the Alps on a clear day. The tower collapsed entirely on July 14, 1902, killing no one but the caretaker's cat, and was rebuilt “as it was, where it was,” reopening on April 25, 1912.
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## Rialto Bridge and market
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The single-span stone bridge, 28 m long, was built by Antonio da Ponte between 1588 and 1591, replacing wooden bridges that kept collapsing. Beside it, the Pescheria and the Erberia have run since the 14th century: fish Tuesday to Saturday mornings, and it's the best place to understand what the lagoon produces each season.
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## Gallerie dell'Accademia
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The definitive collection of Venetian painting, from Bellini and Giorgione to Titian, Tintoretto, Veronese, and Tiepolo, in the former Scuola della Carità and the church of Santa Maria della Carità. Holds Leonardo's “Vitruvian Man,” rarely displayed for conservation reasons.
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## Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari
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Gothic brick Franciscan church, completed in 1443, with the city's second-tallest bell tower. Over the high altar hangs Titian's “Assumption of the Virgin” (1516–1518), nearly 7 m tall; the painter is buried there, and Canova has a pyramid-shaped tomb from 1827.
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## Scuola Grande di San Rocco
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Seat of a lay confraternity where Tintoretto painted more than sixty canvases alone between 1564 and 1587, including a “Crucifixion” that covers an entire wall. Hand mirrors are lent at the entrance for looking at the ceilings without straining your neck.
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## Santa Maria della Salute and Punta della Dogana
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Octagonal votive church by Baldassare Longhena, begun in 1631 after the plague and consecrated in 1687, with a sacristy full of Titians and Tintorettos. Next door, the old maritime customs house became a contemporary art museum for the Pinault Collection in 2009, and the point is the best spot to see the Grand Canal and the Giudecca at once.
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## San Giorgio Maggiore
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Veneza · Up to half an hour
Church by Andrea Palladio begun in 1566, with a classical temple façade completed in 1610, on the island facing the Piazzetta. The bell tower has an elevator and shows San Marco head-on, across the basin, with almost no line; vaporetto line 2 gets there in under five minutes.
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## Cannaregio Ghetto
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Established on March 29, 1516, it's the oldest ghetto in the world and the origin of the word. Since it couldn't grow outward, it grew upward: these are the tallest buildings in the historic center, up to nine low-ceilinged stories. Five 16th- and 17th-century synagogues can be visited with a guide through the Jewish Museum.
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**Venice: How much does a coffee cost sitting down in Piazza San Marco?**
A coffee at a table in Piazza San Marco can pass €12, because the service and live music go on the bill: read the price list before sitting down.

**Venice: How do you get from Marco Polo airport to downtown?**
Marco Polo airport (VCE) is in Tessera, on the mainland, 8 km to the north, and there are three ways to reach the island. The ACTV bus line 5 and the ATVO express go to Piazzale Roma in 20 to 25 min, for about €10 one-way and €18 round-trip; the Alilaguna line boats (Blu, Arancio, and Rossa) run to San Marco, Rialto, or Fondamente Nove in 45 to 90 min, for about €15 to 18; and the private water taxi charges €130 to 160 for up to four or six people and drops off at the door of many hotels.

**Venice: How do you do a day trip to Padua?**
Padua is 37 km to the west, with regional trains every 15 to 20 minutes, a 25 to 50 min ride, and a ticket of about €5.

**Venice: Do I need to carry cash?**
A little, yes: the contactless card works for almost everything, including the ACTV kiosks, but carry €20 to 30 in cash for small bacari, public restrooms (about €1.50), and the traghetto.

**Venice: When's the best time to go?**
Go between mid-April and June or between September and early October, when the temperature sits between 18 and 26°C, the days are long, and the chance of rain is moderate.


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## Full editorial guide (Portuguese)
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