Location: Venice
Top Things to do in Venice
The 10 Best Historic Walking Areas in Venice, Veneto
With its gondolas, canals, amazing restaurants, and unforgettable romantic ambiance, Venice is definitely a city for one's bucket list. Waterfront palazzos, palaces, and churches make drifting down the Grand Canal feel like cruising through a painting. To really experience Venice you must go to the opera or to a classical music performance, nibble fresh pasta and pastries, and linger in the exhibit halls of an art gallery. Label lovers will drool over the high-end shopping in Piazza San Marco.
Restaurants in Venice
1. Centro Storico di Venezia
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 2,219 reviews
Reviewed By L9034OAcarlosb - Lisbon, Portugal
Find your own path through that maze of bridges, canals, alleys and monuments which makes the heart of the Centro Storico. Leave your luggage at the hotel, and hit the streets. You won`t regret a single second. Enjoy.
2. Piazza San Marco
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4.5 based on 36,943 reviews
It is said that Napoleon called San Marco "the drawing room of Europe." And it is a breathtakingly beautiful place. But the square has long been a lure for massive numbers of pigeons, drawn by the massive numbers of tourists who readily feed them. While the tourists happily post for photos amid the flock, there are concerns that the birds' presence--and what they leave behind--will damage the centuries old architecture and art work.
Reviewed By usctrojantravelgirl - Los Angeles, United States
I’ve visited St. Mark’s Square many times but truly enjoyed this visit. While the piazza was crowded and even flooded during high tide, the waters quickly diminished, the weather was beautiful and there are enough opportunities to get the perfect photos!
3. Campo del Ghetto
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4.5 based on 1,294 reviews
Dating back to the 16th-century, this is the oldest Jewish Ghetto in the world with its five synagogues, which are the oldest still existing.
Reviewed By 303SteveA303 - Bath, United States
When you describe the experience of visiting Venice, it seems to always include St Mark', the Doge's Palace, the Rialto Bridge, the Grand Canal and perhaps a day in Murano across the lagoon. We stayed in the Canneregio neighborhood and enjoyed a part of Venice that is a little removed from the main tourist areas. It is also where the Jewish ghetto is and we found it to be a very interesting place to wander about and explore. The story of Jews in Venice is fascinating. Our visit to the Jewish museum on the Campo del Ghetto Nuovo gave us a better understanding of the role that Jews played in the social and economic history of Venice. The tour they offer of the old synagogues in the ghetto is also excellent to help understand the religious traditions Jews brought to Venice. As in other parts of Venice, there are canals, narrow streets, and squares; but here there are also old gates intended to lock in residents of the ghetto after dark. There is also an excellent kosher restaurant, Gam Gam, nearby that serves some really good food and should not be missed. Right down the street from the restaurant is a wonderful pastry shop .... another reason to visit the ghetto.
4. Campiello della Madonna
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4.5 based on 3 reviews
5. Riviera del Brenta
6. Calesela Dell'occhio Grosso
7. Frezzeria
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4.5 based on 4 reviews
Reviewed By Raffiella11 - Leicestershire, United Kingdom
Although a narrow street , 'Frezzeria' is one of our favourite places to wander in the city, either in the daytime or at night after dinner the name Frezzeria refers to a collection of streets to the west of Piazza San Marco. Wandering along here is so interesting yes it has fabulous shopping, but our most favourite restaurant in the city is Osteria San Marco - very modern venetian dining, Masses of very different types of shops for all tastes, handbags, Murano Glass, exclusive boutiques, souvenir, lovely colourful leather gloves, fabulous Italian reading glasses/sunglasses, local clothing shops and many many more. Along Frezzeria, there are numerous narrow passageways that shoot off in all directions, one in particular takes you to Scala de Bovalo with its interesting staircase. If you keep on walking it eventually takes you to the Rialto bridge area. Louis Vuitton and Versace, the smaller labels like Bruno Magli are at t the southern end of the Frezzeria area, plus the world-famous Harry's Bar where you can stop for a Bellini, should you feel you feel like splashing your Euros for the experience. The Frezzeria apparently is where Byron stayed on his first visit to Venice. Great place either by day, or night when the shops are beautifully lit.
8. Fondamenta Misericordia
9. Via Garibaldi
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4.0 based on 173 reviews
Area of interest in Venice for shopping and restaurants in the Castello district
Reviewed By NickofSurrey - Surrey, United Kingdom
Apparently one of only three streets in Venice - as we would normally apply the term, with no canal. Has a large number of reasonably price restaurants with main meals from about 8 euros. Also tv has a supermarket. Very much a place for Venetians. Continue up and the street and worm your way towards St Peters Basillicia for lovely little canals and tourist free pavements (though tourists aren't here in huge numbers at present and 29 degrees and sunshine adds to it
10. Strada Nova
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4.0 based on 80 reviews
Reviewed By Bandit-One - Lucerne, Switzerland
Walking in Venice is a great thing to do. This time we walked everywhere, never even took a Vaporetto. When you start at the Train Station you can walk along Rio Terà Lista di Spagna, then head on Rio Terà San Leonardo, which turns into this nice street here, the Strada Nova. It's a nice, long and wide walking street. There's lots to see. Besides the countless cafés and restaurants you have the chain and independent stores, supermarkets and lots of landmarks like the Santa Fosca church with the picturesque Campo Santa Fosca, the San Felice Church, the Santa Sofia Church and the Chiesa Cattolica Parrocchiale dei Santi Apostoli. Even you not plan on eating or shopping, the walk itself is worth doing it. Especially when it gets later and the streets are getting less visitors it's a wonderful, romantic walk.
