Location: Venice
Top Things to do in Venice
Top 10 Bridges 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. Ponte dei Sospiri
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 7,050 reviews
This historic bridge connects the Doge's Palace with its prisons and was named for the condemned prisoners who crossed it to meet their executioners.
Reviewed By Erfurt - Jupiter, United States
The Bridge of Sighs is world renown, it is packed with tourists coming and going, there is a lot of pushing and chaffing going on, everyone wants to take a photo of this scene, and the once who take " selfies " really jam up this beautiful sight best seen from the bridge where this photo was taken..The Bridge of Sighs is made from white limestone passes over the Rio di Palazzo and connects the New Prison to the interrogation rooms in the Doge's Palace. A MUST see...
2. Ponte dell'Accademia
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4.5 based on 1,640 reviews
Reviewed By planetogra - Tewantin, Australia
An unusual wooden bridge that spans the Grand Canal & overlooks some truly impressive Grand Palazzo & provides some magical photo panoramas of this busy waterway. It tends not to attract the hordes of tourists & although a popular crossing, does not seem to end up congested. The vaporetto wharves are close by & are a logical kick off point for all points along the Grand Canal. Certainly an ideal spot to aim for to view Santa Maria di Salute.
3. Ponte Sant’Antonin
4. Ponte dei Tre Ponti
5. Ponte degli Scalzi
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 339 reviews
Reviewed By Suryakatakam - Hyderabad, India
This Bridge is just in front of Main Railway station. after coming out of the Railway station by seeing such Beautiful bridge i got memorized and amazed. Lovely lifetime Experience.
6. Ponte del Gaffaro
7. Ponte di Rialto
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4.0 based on 17,431 reviews
Considered the true heart of Venice, this landmark bridge, characterized by its 24-foot arch, is built on approximately 12,000 wooden pilings that still support the bridge more than 400 years after it was built.
Reviewed By Raffiella11 - Leicestershire, United Kingdom
A vibrant area of the city, full of local venetians going about their daily life, plus the masses of tourists, a great place either by day or even more magical at night when lights from Palazzo's reflecting on the Grande Canale. Originally many hundreds of years ago it was a floating wooden bridge - today a beautiful white marble bridge designed by Antonio Da Ponte. Today it has new stone steps on the outer edges - recently refurbished, gone are the centuries old very worn shiny steps. The inner steps are lined on both sides with tourist shops. The bridge from both sides is now looking so clean, at the base of the bridge, you will see Saints and Madonna’s carved here. Looking south, is the Riva del Vin on the right, wine barges used to moor there, now lined with masses of gondolas and lots of tourist restaurants.North on the right you will see the 16th-century Fondaco dei Tedeschi, formerly the Main Post Office – now a very expensive department store. On the left bank is Fondamenta de la Preson, named the debtor’s prison. The San Polo side of the bridge is the home to fascinating Palazzo’s, narrow alleyways, interesting shops, plus the fruit & vegetable market, and the very smellie fish market, and where the first banks where established.
8. Ponte de Chiodo
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4.0 based on 107 reviews
Reviewed By Mark42139 - New York City, United States
This is a very unique bridge in Venice, as it's the only one without rails. All other bridges had rails installed.
9. Ponte Della Ca Di Dio
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4.0 based on 3 reviews
10. Ponte dei Pugni
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4.0 based on 114 reviews
Reviewed By TheAngeloS - Hilliard, United States
As a place for settle disputes between neighborhoods or large families, the Pone dei Pugni was the scene of many fights before fighting on the bridge was banned. I am sure many tourists pass over it not understanding the history or wondering what the white footprints are for. Cool bit of history.
