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The best place to begin your sightseeing trip of Venice is the Piazza San Marco. This remarkable square once served as the heart of the city and to this day it remains the one must see area. Home to some of the city’s most popular attractions including the world renowned Basilico di San Marco with its belfry offering the best views of the city, the Palazzo Ducale which once served as home and office to the doge the city’s ruling council and the Museo Civico Correr which holds thousands of Venetian artefacts, you could simply just wander around for days and not tire of this Piazza. Even without checking out the buildings and their interiors, it’s the perfect place to chill out listening to free live music and soaking up the wonderful atmosphere Venice has to offer.
Outside of Piazza San Marco, there is a whole lot more to see and regardless of how much time you spend in Venice, there will be a church or a museum or some other attraction which you simply won’t have time to see. San Marco itself is the sestiere or zone where most of the essential sights are to be found but it is also the most expensive and most crowded so do stray outside of here if you have any time at all.
The Dorsoduro is the place to visit for the architecture buffs among you, while San Polo is home to the Museum of Modern Art and the second largest square in Venice – Campo San Polo. Cannaregio houses the world’s first officially recognised ghetto and in Castello you will find the trio of churches – Santa Maria dei Miracoli, Santa Maria Formosa and San Zaccaria. And so it continues. You probably get the picture by now.
Of course there are those of you who won’t want to leave the city without checking the view out from a Gondola and it is a pretty amazing way to see the sights of Venice. You should be aware, however, that unless you go in a small group this is a rather expensive way to get around costing at least €70 before six and at least another €20 after 8.00pm. As well as this, for every 25 minutes you spend on it after the set time (usually between 30 and 50 minutes) you will pay another €30 or so.
So, all in all the best way to see the city and to soak up the atmosphere is on foot. This way you can move at your own pace, check out the things you really want to see in detail, and save yourself unnecessary expenditure as you do this. Kick back and relax at a canal side cafe, visit a gelatarie and treat the taste buds with some of the delicious ice cream you’ve ever tasted and then walk it all off in one of the prettiest cities on the planet and you’ll soon see what all the fuss is about.
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