VENICE, TREVISO, PADUA CAN BE REACHED WITHIN 20
TO 40 MINUTES.
THE DOLOMITI MOUNTAIN CHAIN AND CORTINA D*AMPEZZO
ARE LOCATED ABOUT 2 HOURS AWAY.
VENICE*S GHETTO THE OLDEST GHETTO IN EUROPE HAS
FIVE SYNAGOGUES, A JEWISH MUSEUM, AND A KOSHER
RESTAURANT.
MURANO THE GLASS ISLAND, IN 1296, THE
GLASSBLOWERS OF VENICE MOVED TO AN ISLAND CALLED
MURANO.
SEVEN HUNDRED YEARS LATER, THEIR DESCENDANTS ARE
STILL TURNING SAND INTO GOLD.
PIAZZA SAN MARCO NAPOLEON CALLED IT *THE FINEST
DRAWING ROOM IN EUROPE,* BUT HOW MANY LIVING
ROOMS HAVE PIGEONS AND OUTDOOR CAFF TABLES .
ST. MARK*S BASIN, SALUTE CHURCH, THE ISLAND OF
GIUDECCA, AND OTHER VENICE LANDMARKS.
SAN LAZZARO DEGLI ARMENI 35 MONKS, SEMINARIANS,
AND ARMENIAN STUDENTS LIVE ON A MONASTERY ISLAND
THAT ONCE SERVED AS A LEPER COLONY.
THE VENETIAN LAGOON VENICE ISN*T JUST PALACES,
CHURCHES, AND ART MUSEUMS. THE CITY SITS IN THE
MIDDLE OF A LAGOON THAT IS RICH IN WILDLIFE AND
TRADITION.
VENICE TO CHIOGGIA CHIOGGIA, A BUSY FISHING PORT
AT THE SOUTHERN TIP OF THE VENETIAN LAGOON, IS AN
HOUR AND A HALF FROM VENICE BY BUS AND FERRY.
CHURCHES
MADONNA DELL*ORTO
*VENICE*S FINEST GOTHIC CHURCH* IS A GREAT
STARTING POINT FOR A WALKING TOUR THROUGH ONE OF
THE CITY*S MOST PLEASANT BUT LEAST TOURISTED
NEIGHBORHOODS.
SANTA MARIA DELLA SALUTE CHURCH
AS YOU STARE UP AT THE SOARING DOME OF THIS
MAGNIFICENT BASILICA, REMEMBER THAT IT OWES ITS
EXISTENCE TO PLAGUE-RIDDEN FLEAS.
OTHER STRUCTURES
BRIDGE OF SIGHS
LORD BYRON ROMANTICIZED THIS ELEVATED CORRIDOR
FOR CRIMINALS, AND YOU CAN CROSS IT AS A PAYING
CUSTOMER RATHER THAN AS A PRISONER.
CAMPANILE DI SAN MARCO
VENICE*S 325-FOOT BELL TOWER ISN*T WHAT IT
APPEARS TO BE, BUT THE VIEW FROM THE TOP IS
UNSURPASSED.
DOGANA DI MARE
VENICE*S MARITIME CUSTOMS HOUSE WAS BUILT IN THE
17TH CENTURY.
ITS WEDGE-SHAPED PROMENADE OFFERS GREAT VIEWS
ACROSS THE GRAND CANAL AND ST. MARK*S BASIN.
RIALTO BRIDGE
IT ISN*T JUST A BROOKLYN BRIDGE WITH BOUTIQUES.
AFTER 500 YEARS, THE PONTE DI RIALTO IS STILL
VENICE*S MAIN TRAFFIC ROUTE ACROSS THE GRAND
CANAL.
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