Pocket Rough Guide Venice (Travel Guide eBook)

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• Publisher: Rough Guides
• Year: 2016
• eBook ISBN: 9780241258187

The best Venice has to offer - in your pocket. Pocket Rough Guide Venice is your essential guide to Europe's most romantic city, with stunning photography and in-depth accounts. Whether you are staying for the weekend or enjoying a short break, our itineraries help you plan your trip, and the Best of section picks out the highlights you won't want to miss - whether that means hitting the big name sights of the Basilica di San Marco and the Palazzo Ducale, gliding along the canals in a gondala or escaping the crowds in one of the city's off-beat districts.

Divided by neighbourhood for easy navigation, the Places section is written in Rough Guide's trademark honest and informative style, with reviews of the must-see sights and our pick of the places to eat, drink and sleep for every budget, from traditional tucked-away trattorias to stylish aperitivo bars, and from staying in a seventeenth-century palazzo to sleeping in a charming, family-run bed and breakfast.

Table of contents

• Contents 3
• INTRODUCTION 4
• Venice at a glance 7
• Itineraries 8
• BEST OF VENICE 12
• Big sights 14
• The main islands 16
• Museums and galleries 18
• Venice viewpoints 20
• Restaurants 22
• Renaissance art and architecture 24
• Bars 26
• Cafés, cakes and ice cream 28
• PLACES 30
• 1 San Marco: the Piazza 32
• 2 San Marco: north of the Piazza 44
• 3 San Marco: west of the Piazza 50
• 4 Dorsoduro 58
• 5 San Polo and Santa Croce 74
• 6 Cannaregio 88
• 7 Central Castello 100
• 8 Eastern Castello110
• 9 The Canal Grande 116
• 10 The northern islands 124
• 11 The southern islands 132
• ACCOMMODATION 138
• Hotels and locande 140
• B&Bs 144
• Apartments 146
• Hostels 147
• ESSENTIALS 148
• Arrival 150
• Getting around 150
• Directory A–Z 154
• Festivals and events 158
• Chronology 160
• Italian 163
• Index 170