Lonely Planet Pocket Venice

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• Publisher: Lonely Planet
• Year: 2018
• eBook ISBN:
  9781787012295
• Print ISBN:
  9781786572523

San Polo & Santa Croce

Heavenly devotion and earthly delights co-exist in these twinned neighbourhoods, where divine art rubs up against the ancient red-light district, now home to artisan workshops and wine bars. Don’t miss Titian’s glowing Madonna at I Frari and Tintorettos at Scuola Grande di San Rocco. Grand Canal museums showcase fashion and natural history, while island produce fills the Rialto Market.

Painted ceiling of Scuola Grande di San Rocco | VALERY VOENNYY / ALAMY ©

The Sights in a Day

MStart the morning among masterpieces at Scuola Grande di San Rocco, then bask in the glow of Titian’s Madonna at I Frari. Shop backstreet galleries and artisan studios all the way to the Rialto Market, where glistening purple octopus and feathery red radicchio di Treviso (chicory) present technicolour photo ops.

RHaving worked up a hunger, follow in-the-know market vendors to All’Arco for some of the city's finest cicheti (bar snacks). Fortified, wander west for a lesson in modern Italian art at opulent Ca' Pesaro and then breeze through four centuries of avant-garde fashion, art and perfume at vainglorious Palazzo Mocenigo.

NAs the sun sets take a seat in the campo (square) and order from the long list of all-natural wines at Al Prosecco or indulge in a decadent fig and walnut ice cream at Gelato di Natura. Wander the maze of Venice’s former red-light district to Antiche Carampane for dinner, or get romantic with a concert at the frescoed Palazetto Bru Zane.

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Table of contents

• Table of Contents
• Welcome to Venice
• Top Sights
• Local Life
• Day Planner
• Need to Know
• Venice Neighbourhoods
• San Marco & Palazzo Ducale
• Dorsoduro & the Accademia
• San Polo & Santa Croce
• Cannaregio & the Ghetto
• Castello
• The Lagoon & the Islands
• The Best of Venice
• Survival Guide
• Language
• Behind the Scenes
• Our Writers