Art and culture – sightseeing

Just a 5 minute walk…

• Grand Canal 0.0 km/0.0 miles
• Bridge of Sighs 0.5 km/0.3 miles
• Saint Mark's Square - Saint Mark's Basilica and Saint Mark's Bell Tower 0.3 miles
• Doges Palace 0.3 miles
• Correr Museum 0.3 miles
• Ca Rezzonico Venetian 18th Century Museum 0.5 miles

A 15 minute stroll in town...

• Santa Maria della Salute Basilica 0.7miles - across the Grand Canal
• Academia of Fine Arts and Gallery 0.6 miles
• Peggy Guggenheim Collection 0.6 miles. 
• Fortuny Museum  0.6 miles
• Rialto Bridge  0.6 miles
• Scuola Grande di S.Rocco (St. Roch School) 0.8 miles
• Frari Church 1.0 miles
• Ca' Pesaro Modern Art Museum 1.0 miles
• Ca d'Oro Museum 1.0 miles

Going a little further and taking a vaporetto (around 30 minues)

• Redeemer's Church 0.5 miles
• Giorgio Cini Foundation 0.5 miles
• San Giorgio Maggiore Church 0.3 miles
• Museum of the Jewish Community – Synagogue and Jewish Neighborhood  2.0 miles
• Glass Museum and Murano Island 3.1 miles
• Burano Island  3.5 miles
• Torcello Island 4.0 miles

Sports and entertainment

• La Fenice Theatre 0.1 miles
• Casino of Venice 0.6 miles
• Venice Biennale 1.0 miles. The 13th Intl. Architecture Exhibition will take place in Venice Giardini and Arsenale, from August 29th to November 25th, 2012.
  The 55th International Art Exhibition will be held in 2013.
• International Film Festival 1.9 miles. The 69th Venice International Film Festival will take place in the beginning of September 2012.
• Venice Golf Club “Gli Alberoni” 5.0 miles
• Lido Beach 1.9 miles

Nearby destinations – day trip

• Treviso 18.6 miles
• Padova 24.2 miles. The city’s Botanical Garden is part of the World Heritage Sites List and definitely worth a visit. 
• Asolo 42.9 miles
• Vicenza  47.2 miles The Palladian Villas are one of Veneto’s best examples of Architecture and were rightly nominated World Heritage Site in 1994
• Trieste 49.7 miles
• Verona 62.1 miles. This city is famous for Shakespeare drama Romeo and Juliet, but it is also part of the UNESCO list of World Heritage
• Dolomiti (Alps Range) 55.9 miles. These magnificent mountains were inscribed in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 2009. More information about the Dolomites

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