Venice

Venice Index  Introduction  Visit to Murano, Burano and Torcelli  Tour on “gondola”  Hotels  Monuments  Carnival  Links  Personal comment  Sources

Introduction Venice is one of the most beautiful cities in the world, it's located in the north of Italy and the city is famous because it seems to be floating on the water.

It is divided into two sectors: one inshore and one insular. The inner city is divided into 118 isles, every isle is connected by navigable canals and bridges. The most famous islands are Murano and Burano, they are known because of the glass work.

Visit to the three islands: Murano, Burano and Torcelli This visit lasts half a day, the cost of the ticket for the boat includes the visits at the glass factory of Murano and the ancient lace shop of Burano.

→ http://venice.cityexperience.it/it/p64/vetro-di-murano-il-vetro-soffiato-a-venezia-visita-a-una-vetreria.html → http://www.getyourguide.it/venezia-l35/escursione-in-barca-alle-isole-di-murano-burano-e-torcellot6853/

Glass factory During the visit at the glass factory you can discover the secrets of this beautiful art. The visitors can attend a demonstration: the craftsman will realize an artefact made of glass and he will use ancient processing techniques.

This art was born in VIII century and it becames famous all over the world. Here was producted blown glass and crystalware, transparent and coloured. Glass factories were moved to the islands to avoid fire.

Tour on “gondola�

The tour on gondola is an opportunity to visit the romantic and enchanting little canals of the city.

→http://www.venetoinside.com/it/tour-in-veneto/tour/giro-in-gondola/

Hotels → http://www.trivago.it/?iPathId=94718&bDispMoreFilter=false&aDateRange%5Barr%5D=2015-0412&aDateRange%5Bdep%5D=2015-0413&aCategoryRange=0%2C1%2C2%2C3%2C4%2C5&iRoomType=7&sOrderBy=relevance %20desc&aPartner=&aOverallLiking=1%2C2%2C3%2C4%2C5&iOffset=0&iLimit=25&iIncludeAll=0&bTopDea lsOnly=false&iViewType=0&aPriceRange%5Bfrom%5D=0&aPriceRange%5Bto%5D=0&aGeoCode%5Blng %5D=12.338276&aGeoCode%5Blat %5D=45.434059&bIsSeoPage=false&mgo=false&bHotelTestContext=false&th=false&aHotelTestClassifier=& bSharedRooms=false&bIsTotalPrice=false&bIsSitemap=false&rp=&sSemKeywordInfo=&

This is hotel “Sorriso”

This is “ Best Western” hotel

Monuments 

Palazzo Ducale

Palazzo Ducale is in San Marco square near the basilica. It was the house of the Doge (that was the boss of Venice). It was built after 812 Inside you can see the museum, with lots of paintings and books of some authors of Venice.

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Basilica di San Marco

The basilica of San Marco is the most important church in Venice.

It’s one of the main monuments and a symbol of Italy. It’s been a cathedral since 1807.

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Bell tower of San Marco

The bell tower of San Marco is called from the Venetian “el paron de casa”. It’s 98,6 meters high and it’s one of the highest bell towers of all Italy. It’s in a corner of San Marco square, in front of the basilica. On the top there’s a statue of the archangel Gabriele.

During the carnival of Venice one of the attractions is the “fly of the angel”. It was the exhibition of an equilibrist that climbed down from the bell tower to a boat walking on a rope. Also today you can see this exhibition.

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Ponte di Rialto

The bridge of Rialto is one of the four bridges that cross Canal Grande. The bridge of Rialto is the biggest and the most famous.

On the other side of Canal Grande there was an important market and so they built a bridge to connect the two sides.

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Ponte dei Sospiri

The bridge “ponte dei Sospiri” is known all over the world. It was built in the XVII century. This bridge connects the Palazzo Ducale and the Prigioni Nuove (the jail) and it crosses the Rio di Palazzo.

The carnival of Venice

The Carnival is a very ancient celebration . It was a carefree period of liberation from all the habits, the social classes and the religions, without prejudices and insinuations. In the past the inhabitants wore masks and costumes, which hid their identities.

Nowadays it’s still a very important celebration, every year it attracts a lot of tourists. Most of the people go there Mardi Gras and Fat Thursday.

This is the video of the Carnival of Venice. →https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43NXfwUXOis

Links →http://venice.cityexperience.it/it/p64/vetro-di-murano-il-vetro-soffiato-a-venezia-visita-a-una-vetreria.html → http://www.getyourguide.it/venezia-l35/escursione-in-barca-alle-isole-di-murano-burano-e-torcellot6853/ →http://www.venetoinside.com/it/tour-in-veneto/tour/giro-in-gondola/ → http://www.trivago.it/?iPathId=94718&bDispMoreFilter=false&aDateRange%5Barr%5D=2015-0412&aDateRange%5Bdep%5D=2015-0413&aCategoryRange=0%2C1%2C2%2C3%2C4%2C5&iRoomType=7&sOrderBy=relevance %20desc&aPartner=&aOverallLiking=1%2C2%2C3%2C4%2C5&iOffset=0&iLimit=25&iIncludeAll=0&bTopDea lsOnly=false&iViewType=0&aPriceRange%5Bfrom%5D=0&aPriceRange%5Bto%5D=0&aGeoCode%5Blng %5D=12.338276&aGeoCode%5Blat %5D=45.434059&bIsSeoPage=false&mgo=false&bHotelTestContext=false&th=false&aHotelTestClassifier=& bSharedRooms=false&bIsTotalPrice=false&bIsSitemap=false&rp=&sSemKeywordInfo=& →https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43NXfwUXOis →http://www.xwords-generator.de/en/s/9cx96

Personal comment Arianna: I went to Venice when I was 10, I think that is the most beautiful city in Italy because here there’s a particular atmosphere.

I believe that Venice is unique and wonderful because it’s different from all the other cities I've visited. It has got a lot of traditions and beautiful monuments. I went to the glass factory, it was amazing: the craftman realized a vase.

Matilde: I went to Vence when I was 13 years old with the school.

We went to the glass factory and we saw how they make things with glass, and to Venice city. I think it is one of the most beautiful places in Italy, because it is very colorful and I like the ancient monuments.