Hotels in Venice - Sightseeing

Venice, a city embedded in culture and beauty, has heaps of sights to behold and endear. From the Piazzas to the Gondola and Vaporetti tours, you are bound to feast your eyes on unparalleled splendor. For ideas on how to make the most of your sightseeing experience in Venice, visit www.hotelsinvenice-italy.com.

The greatest sightseeing experience happens via the waterways, most specifically The Grand Canal. It has about 170 buildings and attractions on either side of it. The general public transportation would be the Vaporetti but most tourists prefer to take the gondola, which is a more relaxed and private way to enjoy the ride. Among the famous buildings found along this canal would be the Peggy Guggenheim Museum, The Santa Lucia Railway Station, which services Venice and other cities in Italy, the Academia art museum, and many other cathedrals, museums and hotels. Along the way, you will get to experience the most famous of the four main bridges that goes over the canal, and this would be the Rialto Bridge.

This bridge that even had Michelangelo being considered as the designer and architect for this bridge building project (he did not get the job), was finally completed in 1551, making it the oldest bridge in Venice. Another bridge of interest is the Bridge of Sighs that connected the prisons to the Doge's Palace. It is called so because it was the last sight of Venice a prisoner would see before beginning to serve time in prison. An interesting type of architecture you are likely to enjoy would be the 'Fondaco' which are the houses that merchants of old built, connecting them to their warehouses.

Another sight to behold would be the St. Marks Square. Initially a small square on St. Mark's Basilica's front yard, it is now one of the biggest and along it are also the Doge's Palace and the Grand Canal. The vast number of pigeons on the square makes it an even greater sight to behold. It is also the lowest point of Venice, which means if you wish to witness the high waters as they come in, the Piazza is the place to see it happen first. Walking around Venice is a more sure way of enjoying the sights and sounds of Venice. Nevertheless, whether you take a Vaporetti, Gondola or take the trekking option, the sights and sounds of Venice will forever be etched in your heart and mind.