Venice is an archipelago city, one of the most visited locations in Italy and the world.. If your time in Venice is limited, that is, you will not stay here and take a day trip, you are at the right place.. Because we made a day tour for Venice from Bologna.. We answer those who ask the question of when to go to >Venice that we walked its streets with its cold and lying sun on Sunday, December 15th, that it should not go in December.. The time you will allocate for Venice should already be a maximum of 2 days.. If you want to have more fun, be a more romantic person, it is entirely up to you to extend the time.. The best times to visit are spring and summer.. In addition, the carnival period between January and March. (dates are variable)between these dates, you will see many masked people on the streets. Whether you are exploring Venice from the surrounding cities for a day or with accommodation, our step-by-step Venice Travel Guide and Venice Attractions notes will be a good guide..
The story of the formation of Venice is quite interesting. 600 years ago, they changed the direction of the streams towards lakes to protect themselves against attacks.. As the water level in the lakes started to increase, the city was gradually submerged.. The next solution was to build a city on wooden piles.. The wooden stakes known to have been brought from Slovenia did not rot, but were further strengthened by the water with high mineral levels since they were kept away from oxygen under water.. However, especially in winter, with the rise of water levels, walking in the city can become impossible.. During the hours we visited, we heard occasional sirens that the water level would rise..
İlber Ortaylı mentioned the Braunstein and Delort report written in 1971 in his travel book and stated that 6% of the marbles, 5% of the furniture, 5% of the wood and paintings on the canvas in the city were damaged.. He explained that today these rates are much higher and the city is destroyed.. Indeed, we could even see with the naked eye that the first floors of the buildings were rotting under water..
Where is Venice?
Here is an important question with Venice Where is Venice? Venice is located in the Veneto region of northeastern Italy.. It is also the capital of this region..
How to Get to Venice?
The first option to reach Venice is direct flights from our country.. The flight to Venice takes approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes. Venice Marco Polo Airport is located on the Italian mainland, not in the archipelago of Venice. There are different ways to reach Venice from here.. The most logical and effortless solution is to use the sea route.. You can get a round trip for about 25 euros from this address.. If you want to come by bus, you can reach Piazzale Roma near the train station for 5 Euros..
We came from Bologna by train to reach Venice. Stazione di Venezia Santa Lucia station is located on the Venetian Islands.. You reach the center of Venice by using the Ponte della Liberta bridge.. After getting off the station, you can either use the Barefoot Bridge and walk to the main central square, San Marco, or you can use the Vaporettos that depart right in front of the station.. If you are coming here from other cities of Italy like us, you can easily use Santa Lucia.. Tickets for Rome start from 30 euros with the most affordable prices, while there are tickets that start from 20 euros from Florence, 12 euros from Bologna and 20 euros from Milan.. Other routes and reservations must be purchased in advance.. https://www.trenitalia.com/ The thing you need to pay attention to here is Lucia Train station. Some trains go to the mainland, so you need a separate means of transportation for the Venice islands.. For example, you can find a ticket for 16 Euros for your bus journey from Rome.. Flixbus buses drop you off in Venice in the Tronchetto area (close to S.Luca).. However, when using Flixbuses, check carefully where the buses pick up passengers.. Sometimes they leave it at a location quite far from the city. For example, its location in Rome is not the central termini station, but in Tiburtina.. You may also have to use a transportation vehicle for Rome from here..
Gondolas are a very romantic option for city transportation in Venice, but their prices are very expensive. Half-hour tours of the gondolas that can accommodate a maximum of 6 people are 80 Eur.. (Down with the Euro) There are also more affordable tours, if you take the vaporetto number 1, you can tour along the canal.. Of course, this doesn’t have a gondola feel..
Places to Visit in Venice
I think 1 day will be enough to visit the central region, considering Venice only as islands. Since we visited Places to Visit in Venice on foot, we thought it would be useful for you, so we prepared a walking map.. You will have seen most places in Venice by doing this walking tour in just 4-5 hours.. Note that meals and indoor excursions may extend these times.. To see how you can use Google maps offline without internet: Our Google Maps Article If you want to open the route in the picture below on your own map Venice Attractions Map
We think that a maximum of 2 days will be sufficient for you to fully explore Venice (including Murano Islands).. But if you only have one day, you can draw the above route.. Below are a handful of scrolling Venice street photos.
St. Mark’s Square in Venice
The heart of Venice’s main square San Marco. Even if you only see San Marco, you will have seen half of Venice.. The Bell Tower of St. Mark, the Doge’s Palace, St. Mark’s Basilica, the Archaeological Museum and the Correr are in this square.. There is also a clock tower located in the square, which is the meeting point of Venice..
Venice St. Mark’s Basilica
St. Mark’s Basilica is the most magnificent structure in the square of the same name.. If you are during visiting hours, you can visit for free.. But it’s the story that made him famous.. Also known as the Republic of Venice San Marco. 2 Bones of the Gospel writer St. Marcus, brought from Alexandria by a Venetian merchant. It is preserved in the St. Mark’s Cathedral.. Of course, that’s not the interesting story..
The Pope, who wanted to seize Jerusalem with the 4th Crusade in 1204, was planning to deploy the army to Egypt and move to Jerusalem.. Only the Venetians then had the power and money to control this army.. The different issue here is that the rival Angelos Dynasty of Byzantium, which was dealing with throne fights, promised to cover the army expenses if they would help them seize the throne.
Enrico Dandolo (Doge of Venice) this He accepted the attractive offer and reached Istanbul with the army. When Istanbul fell into the hands of the Crusaders in April 1204, it was completely destroyed and plundered.. While Byzantium was the most beautiful city in the world, it lost this title with the Crusader attacks and plunder.. After what happened in Dandolo’s goals, we can understand that there was no Jerusalem, that the Crusader army never left Istanbul, and when their demands were not met, they took the administration and established the Latin Empire that would last for 57 years..
Here are many of those looted artifacts that were shown to Venice. The best known are the 4 bronze horses above the gate of San Marco. Don’t think they are real when you see them like that, replicas. The journeys of the horses did not end with the arrival of the horses in Venice at that time.. Later, in 1797, Napoleon took what he saw in the square, which he called “the most beautiful open-air hall in Europe”.. Then, after the Congress of Vienna in 1815, the Austrians confiscated the treasures, while in 1918 the Italian contingent took the artifacts back..
Recently, the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholemeos succeeded in taking some of the looted holy artifacts from the Roman Church. Let’s say millet to the horses. If you wonder how Istanbul was in 1200, be sure to watch Byzantium for the work that shows the animation of the most beautiful city in the world: Byzantium 1200
After talking about Istanbul so much, let’s talk about a news in June 2020. Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality bought a 15th century painting of Bellini, one of the 3 portraits of Fatih Sultan Mehmet Han that has survived, for 770,000 pounds.
Here, although Venice is a beautiful and romantic city, it has another special feature.. Merchant and Thief!. Meanwhile, the originals of the horses are on display in the Museo Marciano to the right of the basilica.. Mashallah, they did not lose anything from their trade..
St. Mark’s Bell Tower
The Bell Tower, located right next to St. Mark’s Basilica on the square, awaits its visitors for those who want to see Venice from above. The tower, which offers 360-degree exploration pleasure, is accessed by an elevator.. Its fee is determined as 8 Euros.
Palace of the Dukes of Venice
The Palace, the administrative center of Venice, is one of the most striking structures of St. Mark’s Square.. The palace, which has been operating as a museum since the 1920s, was the residence of the Ducas.. Entry prices are a little high at 20 Euros.
The Republic of Venice strictly regulated the lifestyles of the Associates.. Docs could never buy land outside the republic, travel as they wished, and marry without permission from the republican authorities.. But Venice, who thought of everything, did not think of anything that Dondolo looted and brought everything in Istanbul.
By the way, Dondolo is often mentioned in Tom Hanks’ movie Inferno.. The legend of Dan Brown, which begins with the code of Da Vinci, is the film about the story of Robert Langdon, starting from Florence in the other book inferno, and going to Venice, then from Istanbul Hagia Sophia to the Basilica Cistern.. We recommend you to watch it before visiting Venice.. Maybe you can have a look at the trailer:
Venice Bridge of Sighs
This bridge connects the Palace of Dukes and the prison, which we mentioned above. What makes this place so important is its story.. Prisoners who were tried and sentenced used to cross this bridge before going to their cells.. Here they would see Venice for the last time and sigh..
Grand Canal and Venetian Bridges
After listing Venice and its important places, it’s time to talk about the Grand Canal, starting from the St.Lucia train station and St. .The canal ending in Marco square divides Venice into 2 wide parts. There are 4 bridges over the Grand Canal.. 2 of them are in the area of St.Lucia train station and the other 2 are in the other area of the canal..
If you ask what is the most famous bridge in Venice, Rialto will be the answer that everyone will give.. Sir, the feature of this bridge is to have a bazaar on it.. There are 6 bridges with bazaars in the world, one in Venice and the other in Florence.. The remaining 4 are Bulgaria/Lofça, England/Bath (Pulterney Bridge), Germany Kramer Bridge and Bursa/Irgandı bridges, respectively.
The last bridge dividing the Grand Canal into 2 while the Accademia bridge. When you walk west for about 15 minutes from San Marco square, it will come across.. At the other end of the bridge, which has one of the most beautiful views of Venice, is the Academy Gallery..
Apart from this, you will see so many canals and bridges in Venice that which one is more romantic, which is more authentic, which street is more beautiful, which street is flirtatious, it’s all up to your imagination. and as if tailored to your taste. If you have the chance to take a tour of the grand canal, you can see how rich Venetians made their houses ostentatious and decorated over the canal..
Aqua Alta Bookstore
This must be the most commented and photographed shop in Venice. It got its name from the rise of the waters formed by the tides of Venice.. We couldn’t see the place, which is a very small shop, but we saw the photos with the gondola, the bathtub and the cats.. Drop by if the waters aren’t too high.
Venice in Short
We have listed the useful information left over from Venice below. It will surely be helpful.
# Want to have breakfast in Venice? Breakfast for Italians is unfortunately not our kind. If you will stay at the hotel, choose an option with breakfast, otherwise you will not find what you expect for breakfast in Venice.. A similar situation may be in question not only in Venice, but also in all of Italy.. We had our breakfast in St.. We did it at the Lucia train station. We paid 12 Euros for 2 sandwiches and earl gray tea (shake of course). Even though the tea is just a shake, they serve it in a teapot for hot water.. Let’s not go without saying that teapots add air to breakfast..
Do you need accommodation or hotel recommendation in #Venice. We suggest that the hotel you will stay in should be in a location close to San Marco and its surroundings.. Other regions are generally more desolate. When you want to go out in the evening, you will see that the most colorful places will be in and around San Marco.. If you want to inquire about prices, you can check the Agoda application that we also use.. Agoda Venice Hotels
Do you want to visit museums in #Venice ? There’s the Venice Museum Card for that which is a great idea. Card covering many museums such as the Palace of the Dukes in the square, the Archaeological Museum, 32 Euros. You can get information from the website. https://www.venice-museum.com/
# If you are one of those who say that you can’t do a Gondola tour on your way to Venice, if you can fulfill this request from San Marco square. After all, once you come, the asking price for a 6-person gondola is 80 euros.. You are 2 people and you are lucky if there are 4 other people who want to ride with you.
# Pizza is the most economical option to eat in Venice, as in all Italy. Type pizza al taglio in your Google Maps app and go to the nearest place 🙂 We stopped by Majer on the way back.. Potato pizza was pretty good. There are quite a number of restaurants. The application tip, which is valid only in all Italy, is also available at the points here.. They don’t ask you about the tip (coperto) thing. 5 Euros per person in some places, 5% in others.. for your information. Therefore, take-away or table-occupying practices are relatively more applicable in Italy..
#If you need a toilet in Venice, let’s share the trick we learned from traveler ciaofirat. “Enter a cafe and get espresso. Its price is maximum 1.50 Euros. Use your sink for free. If you look for a paid washbasin, you pay the same price” That’s what we did 🙂
# Florian is the most expensive cafe in Venice. You’ll find it defiantly expensive in St. Mark’s Square.. Am I too pessimistic? I said everything is expensive. Another coffee shop you will see in many spots in Venice is Goppion Caffetteria.. you can stop by.
Do you want to eat ice cream in #Venice. Believe it or not, we don’t think you’ll get a good ice cream anywhere in Italy in Venice.. One of the most prominent is Suso apro Stefano.
# Fenice Theater is one of the most interesting and prominent places in Venice.. You can check the schedule for Fenice, which stands out with its gilded 5-storey hall.. https://www.teatrolafenice.it/
# The school named Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista and its magnificent gate, which emerged in 1261 when we passed by by chance, are quite interesting. Guided tours are organized at the place, which also functions as a museum.. website
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# When you take St. Mark’s Square behind you and look to the left of the great canal, you will see a basilica. This basilica 16. It was built on getting rid of the epidemic after thousands of people died in Venice, which was affected by the plague epidemic in the century.. Venice is a very small area and there are countless churches.. What makes this place different is its magnificent view with its story.
# Speaking of churches, let’s start with 2 more places we took our notes. The first one is the Church of San Giagomo, located on the other side of the Rialto bridge.. The first information about its construction dates back to 421.. In front of the building, which was restored in 1503, there is a small square, fountain and an interesting clock.. The other church is Santa Maria Zobenigo.. There are interesting sculptures in front of the building. The location of this place is between the Accademi bridge and San Marko..
If you have more than one day to spare in #Venice, the places you will visit are the islands of Burano and Murano. We couldn’t go, but you can see the details in the notes of @seyahatimgeldi murano island.
# San Rocco is one of the interesting museums in Venice.. Hundreds of comments are made for its impressive building and museum.. It’s good to have a look. San Rocco Location
WEB Right across the street is the Da Vinci museum..
# Houses are also very expensive in Venice, sir. For some reason, we encounter real estate agents everywhere we go.. =) the cheapest house was the one in Lido worth 138,000 EUR. Let’s share if anyone is curious.
# Do you want to shop in Venice? Selita S.Moise, where many famous brands are located, is located in the west of San Marco Square.. DFS Shopping Center is located close to the Rialto Bridge.. You can find stores of many brands in this area.. Of course, the most logical gift to be received is the mask.. You will see masks in many places on its streets..
#If you didn’t come to Italy just for Venice and you have Bologna in your plans, be sure to check our notes. Our Links:
Bologna Travel Guide
Florence Travel Guide
Pisa Travel Guide
Rome Travel Guide
Vatican Travel Guide
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