Location: Castello
Top Things to do in Castello
What to do and see in Castello, Veneto: The Best Things to do
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. Max Studio
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5.0 based on 12 reviews
Reviewed By usa1991
Passed by this shop on a stroll of Venice and found myself drawn back two more times...bought a work of art that I protected during a month-long journey and multi-flight home. It is now displayed in our library and makes me happy each time I see it.
2. Arsenale di Venezia
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4.5 based on 967 reviews
In 1473, the Senate in Venice ordered the building of the Arsenale Nuovissino, in order to have a safe shed to store weapons and boats that would always be available in case of war.
Reviewed By 227ianc - London, United Kingdom
One of the two main venues for the Biennale the Arsenale comes alive with a huge variety of international contemporary art. In many ways the immense volumes of the former industrial buildings provide more flexible spaces for showing innovative art installations than the static pavilions in the Giardini. There are also external installations on the dockside and a free shuttle water bus taking visitors across to the other part of the Arsenale which has exhibitions related to the Biennale and Lorenzo Quinn's amazing sculptural installation 'Building Bridges'. All this of course will disappear when the Biennale closes at the end of November.
3. Chiesa di Santa Maria della Pieta
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4.5 based on 214 reviews
Built in 1745 by architect Masaari, the façade of this church has a classical style, and is noted for the presence of Gian Battista Tiepolo's masterpieces, the "Fortezza e la Pace" and the "Trionfo delle Fede," which is painted on the ceiling.
Reviewed By 359jh - Toronto, Canada
This church is smaller than some, but definitely has a wow factor, especially if you attend one of the Vivaldi concerts. My daughter and I attended an evening performance of Vivaldi's Four Seasons in the church and the quality of the musicians and the actual sound was inspiring. This church does have an historical connection to Vivaldi as it was his church and he performed and directed music right in it while living in Venice. Just awesome and a lovely night out. Venice is amazing, but there is nothing like Venice in the evening. Have a lovely dinner by the Grand Canal and pair it with a trip to Chiesa Santa Maria della Pieta!
4. Chiesa di San Zaccaria
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4.5 based on 636 reviews
Reviewed By saibot - Huntersville, United States
We stumbled upon this place after coming back from Murano via the boat dock of the same name. Nice square to get a little bit of breathing room. Lots of good dining options around there too! The church itself was very interesting, & a great no cost attraction to see some amazing architecture & art. Worth the visit!
5. Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo (San Zanipolo)
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4.5 based on 962 reviews
Reviewed By massimoswitz - Opfikon, Switzerland
Beautiful and large basilica in Italian Gothic style, where there are monuments of various Venetian doges and a masterpiece by Bellini, not to forget the stained glass window with Murano glass.
6. Museo Querini Stampalia
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4.5 based on 250 reviews
In the heart of Venice, near Piazza San Marco, is one of the most interesting cultural complexes in the city: Palazzo Querini Stampalia, the home of the Foundation of the same name created in 1868 by Count Giovanni.The Library, with around 340.000 volumes for public use, the Museum with its eighteenth century and neoclassical furniture, an area for temporary exhibitions and the new Auditorium designed by Mario Botta are housed there.
Reviewed By 227ianc - London, United Kingdom
A hidden gem in Venice, five minutes walk from the Palasso Grimaldi and roughly half way between Rialto and St Mark on a route tourists don't follow, the Fondazione Querini Stampalia is easy to miss even when you are in the square in front of it due to its discrete entrance from a bridge across the rio. The Foundation is a cultural institution founded in 1869 by Conte Giovanni (Count John), the last descendant of the Venetian Querini Stampalia family. Italian architect Carlo Scarpa, famous for his sensitive modern additions to historic buildings, designed modernist additions historic buildings to create a cultural complex which connects into the historic home of the Querini Stampalia family, displaying historic collections and supporting a variety of different activities and exhibitions. It also houses a loan collection from the Intesa Sanpaolo banking group. For the Biennale, modern art includes interventions and photographs by Roman Opalka in the historic rooms and a major exhibition of the work of the German painter Jorg Immendorff, while there is also an explanatory display on the Count and his library and modern art on display in Scarpa's ground floor spaces at the level of the rio. The admission charge allows admission to all the exhibition and museum areas, plus there is a cafe. There is much more to see than you might appreciate so plan to spend a serious amount of time in this fascinating complex.
7. Chiesa di San Giorgio dei Greci
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4.5 based on 111 reviews
Reviewed By 230ioannisg
Very beautiful Orthodox Church, with a bell tower that reminds the Tower of Pisa, because it is leaning too!!
8. Chiesa di San Francesco della Vigna
9. Museo di Palazzo Grimani
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4.5 based on 243 reviews
Open to the public on December 20, 2008, after a long restoration, it is currently a Museum belonging to the Veneto Museum Pole. Palazzo Grimani constitutes for the city of Venice a particularly precious novelty for the originality of the architecture, for the decorations and for its history. The long restoration by the Superintendence included the interior decorations, including: the Camerino di Callisto, with stucco by Giovanni da Udine; the Camerino di Apollo, with frescoes by Francesco Salviati and Giovanni da Udine; the Sala del Doge Antonio, decorated with stucco and polychrome marbles; the Sala a Fogliami by Camillo Mantovano, with the ceiling entirely covered with fruit trees, flowers and animals; and the Tribune that housed more than a hundred pieces of the archaeological collection. Here, the sculpture depicting the Kidnapping of Ganimede is suspended in the center of the vault decorated by lacunae.
Reviewed By stefanom8 - Penang Island, Malaysia
A very well restored palazzo, home to one of Venice's greatest families. From the Renaissance courtyard you move to the first and second floors. The latter hosts temporary exhibitions; the former shows the family's grandeur, and is particularly interesting because the 16th century Grimanis seem strongly influenced by Roman and Florentine Mannerism. Don't miss
10. libreria Acqua alta
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4.5 based on 2,423 reviews
Reviewed By WaitForIttttt - Hazlet, United States
My husband and I visited Libreria Acqua Alta while visiting Venice for the first time. We're both avid readers and were excited to see a bookshop amidst the beauty of Venice. Libreria Acqua Alta captures the charm of Venice in bookstore form. The books are stacked in boats in the center of shelves of more books. There is a small door that leads to the canal and stacks of books you can climb outside to peer over into the canal. We spent a good amount of time wandering the shelves, which had books in Italian and many other languages (including English). My husband found a copy of one of his favorite books (from the Dragonlance series) in Italian and purchased it to add to our collection. If you love books, Libreria Acqua Alta is most definitely worth a visit while you're in Venice!
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