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12  INTRODUCING VENICE AND THE VENE T O

Two Days in Venice

You can see the major
sights of Venice in two days.
Use the vaporetti (water
buses) and stroll the calle
(alleyways) to get around.
• Arriving Marco Polo Airport
is 13 km (8 miles) from the
city centre. The Alilaguna
public boat takes 45 minutes
to reach San Marco; the
No. 5 bus takes around
25 minutes to Piazzale Roma.
The white marble façade of Ca’ Rezzonico
• Booking ahead Basilica
San Marco; Doge’s Palace, for a vaporetto ride to the splendid
Secret Itineraries Tour. Ca’ Rezzonico (p130), a museum Three Days in Venice
to 18th-century Venice. Dine out
in the nearby Campo Santa Three days in Venice allows
Day 1 Margherita (p131) before taking a more leisurely pace for
Morning Beat the queues by an evening vaporetto ride along exploring the city.
arriving early in Piazza San the Grand Canal (pp60–75). • Arriving Marco Polo
Marco (pp78–9) for the Basilica Airport.
San Marco (pp82–7), encrusted Day 2
within and without with Morning Get your fill of art, • Booking ahead Same as
glittering mosaics. For more both ancient at the Accademia for Two Days in Venice
magnificence, head for the (pp134–7) and modern at
Gothic Doge’s Palace (pp88–93). the Peggy Guggenheim
The Secret Itineraries Tour will Collection (p138). Lunch by Day 1
lead you to the prisons and the waterside and watch canal Morning Start early and
the huge Sala del Maggior boats go by. orient yourself with a trip
Consiglio with its marvellous by vaporetto on the Grand
Tintorettos. Put the city into Afternoon Leave early by ferry Canal. Stop off at Piazza San
context by riding to the top of for three very different islands: Marco (pp78–9) and indulge
the Campanile (p80) for views Murano (pp156–7), where the in a coffee to the strains of an
to the Alps. The former stables Museo del Vetro show cases orchestra before taking a tour
under the Doge’s Palace make marvellous examples of glass; of the Doge’s Palace (pp88–
a handy spot for lunch. Burano (p156), whose Museo 93), where you can climb the
del Merletto has traditional lace; Giants’ Staircase and cross
Afternoon Venice is the and Torcello (pp154–5), for a the Bridge of Sighs to see
ideal city for strolling, so head cathedral full of decorative Casanova’s prison cell. Take a
west-wards past the Baroque mosaics. Shuttle back to Burano look at the gondolas moored
church of San Moisè (p96) for the excellent fish restaurants, at the water’s edge, then head
and the city’s opera house, La then round off your stay with an away from the main piazza
Fenice (p97), until you reach the evening gondola ride or with a for lunch.
Sant’Angelo vaporetto stop. Take promenade and an ice cream.
Afternoon Book an early
afternoon slot to view the
splendours of the Basilica
San Marco (pp82–7). Don’t
miss the Treasury or the
balcony for a close-up view
of the four horses and the
façade mosaics. Walk along
the famous shopping street,
the Mercerie, to the busy
Rialto Bridge (p104) and
admire the Grand Canal in
action. Seek out an enoteca
(wine bar) to enjoy cichetti
(snacks) and aperitifs before
Red and ochre buildings lining a canal in Murano a leisurely dinner.

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