What to do and see in Lido di Venezia, Italy: The Best Places and Tips

September 18, 2017 Lean Nau

Discover the best top things to do in Lido di Venezia, Italy including Canal Grande, Blue Moon, Doge's Palace, Basilica di San Marco, St. Mark's Square, Ponte di Rialto, Gioielleria Eredi Jovon, Musica A Palazzo, Scuola Grande di San Rocco.
Restaurants in Lido di Venezia

1. Canal Grande

Venice, Italy
Excellent
73%
Good
22%
Satisfactory
3%
Poor
1%
Terrible
1%
Overall Ratings

4.5 based on 34 reviews

Canal Grande

Venice's main water thoroughfare, lined with great Renaissance palaces, is a colorful and busy spectacle of gondolas and vaporetti.

Reviewed By Jeanne J - Bellevue, Washington, USA

Take the slow vaporetto so you have time to look at both sides and study the palaces imagining living here in past centuries. Colorful facades, boatmen and moorings, all the business of the city passing by. Saw a “hearse” boat among many others.

2. Blue Moon

Lungomare Guglielmo Marconi, 30126 Lido di Venezia, Italy +39 041 526 9091
Excellent
33%
Good
44%
Satisfactory
17%
Poor
4%
Terrible
2%
Overall Ratings

4 based on 1 reviews

Blue Moon

Popular since the 19th century, this Venetian beach on the upper Adriatic Sea is the site of the Biennale International Film Festival, the world’s oldest festival of cinematography. In addition to sun and sand, you’ll find hotels located on and near this 12-kilometer long beach.

Reviewed By SuperChin - Cardiff

It's a nice clean beach although the Beaches in Spain and Cyprus are of a higher quality. The cleanliness and outlook are the positives

3. Doge's Palace

Piazza San Marco, 1, 30124 Venice, Italy +39 041 271 5911
Excellent
70%
Good
24%
Satisfactory
4%
Poor
1%
Terrible
1%
Overall Ratings

4.5 based on 21 reviews

Doge's Palace

A masterpiece of Gothic architecture, the building and its sculptural decoration date from various periods. The interior, with works by artists such as Titian, Veronese, Tintoretto, A.Vittoria and Tiepolo, includes vast council chambers, superbly decorated residential apartments, and austere prison cells. Along the facades of the Palace run loggias that overlook St. Mark’s Square and the lagoon. The combined entrance ticket to the St. Mark’s Square Museums grants access to the Doge’s Palace, Museo Correr, Museo Archeologico Nazionale and Monumental Rooms of Biblioteca Marciana.

Reviewed By Robert R

With a Venice museum pass this attraction is amongst 4 museums included in the price and although you may have a short wait, it facilitates entry.
The museum is always busy but because it is so vast it is not overly oppressive.
The artwork and decor is stupendous, there is ample information in multiple languages and the atmosphere very relaxed, with many museums the security personnel can be on your back too much.
You get to cross The Bridge of Sighs from the inside and the prison is intriguing.
It was our favourite must see or do attraction in the city.
How the other half lived in the Middle Ages.

4. Basilica di San Marco

San Marco 328, 30124 Venice, Italy +39 041 270 8311
Excellent
68%
Good
23%
Satisfactory
7%
Poor
1%
Terrible
1%
Overall Ratings

4.5 based on 23 reviews

Basilica di San Marco

Blending the architectural styles of East and West, Venice's magnificent basilica was consecrated in 832 AD as an ecclesiastical building to house the remains of St. Mark.

Reviewed By foghornleghorn68 - San Francisco, California

Well worth getting in line as it moves fairly quickly. Some pushy Russians but that's nothing new! No bags allowed so you have to leave those at a separate entrance. What a ceiling, what detail, amazing, inspiring, unforgettable. Again another site that needs to be experienced in solitude.

5. St. Mark's Square

Piazza San Marco, 31024 Venice, Italy +39 06 0427 40436
Excellent
63%
Good
27%
Satisfactory
8%
Poor
1%
Terrible
1%
Overall Ratings

4.5 based on 30 reviews

St. Mark's Square

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 Jeanne J - Bellevue, Washington, USA

Just wander through, stopping to gaze at the people and the architecture. Exteriors of Doge’s Palace, Basilica, good views of statuary of upper levels, bell towers and clocks. Later in the day the restaurants have competing orchestras. Quiet in the mornings. Later long lines waiting to get in to attractions. Everybody seems to pass through the square carrying all sorts of things. You can roam through the streets behind the square toward Rialto Bridge or other directions but it is very hard to get lost.

6. Ponte di Rialto

Venice, Italy +39 041 250 1801
Excellent
44%
Good
32%
Satisfactory
18%
Poor
5%
Terrible
1%
Overall Ratings

4 based on 12 reviews

Ponte di Rialto

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 FroeWi - Hamburg, Germany

To be honest I am not quite sure what is so special about this bridge. It's nice but there are way more impressive places in Venice. Have a quick look if you are around the area but don't expect too much...

7. Gioielleria Eredi Jovon

Sestiere San Marco 5325 | Ponte di Rialto, 30124 Venice, Italy +39 041 522 8979
Gioielleria Eredi Jovon

Reviewed By ashsan75 - Kent, United Kingdom

Was in Venice in Sept but my Wife would not let me treat her. Went on line back in England and made contact with Marco.
Had a bespoke 30mm blue cameo made with a rope surround. Had matching earrings made at the same time. Marco kept me informed throughout the waiting time .
Received the pendant and earrings and the workmanship is excellent. I know on Christmas day my Wife is going to love them as she has always wanted a blue cameo.
Thank you Marco and your family.

8. Musica A Palazzo

Sestiere San Marco 2504 | Palazzo Barbarigo Minotto, 30124 Venice, Italy +39 340 971 7272
Excellent
79%
Good
17%
Satisfactory
2%
Poor
1%
Terrible
1%
Overall Ratings

4.5 based on 1 reviews

Musica A Palazzo

Accessible Opera, as though it was in your sitting room, but its a palace in Venice. Stunningly personal. Fun fun fun with 3 light and easy Operas to choose, 7 nights a week. It will make so many people's trip to Venice even more memorable.

Reviewed By Phil W - Norwich, United Kingdom

went to see barber of Seville,totally blown away by it small cast,moved around rooms,very very entertaining,even though it was in Italian it was easy to follow and was really well done, funny and serious all in one,my wife who has never seen a opera found it fascinating and wants to see more if you are in venice and a show is on have a treat and go and see it .highly recommend.

9. Scuola Grande di San Rocco

Salizada San Rocco San Polo 3052, 30125 Venice, Italy +39 041 523 4864
Excellent
77%
Good
18%
Satisfactory
3%
Poor
1%
Terrible
1%
Overall Ratings

4.5 based on 2 reviews

Scuola Grande di San Rocco

The Scuola Grande di San Rocco is a lay confraternity founded in 1478. The popularity of the cult of St. Roch, whose remains had been in the possession of the brotherhood since 1485, contributed to the latter’s rapid expansion to the extent of it becoming the richest Scuola of the city. At that point it was decided to build a new monumental headquarters and engage Tintoretto to decorate it with his most celebrated pictorial cycle, illustrating episodes from the New and Old Testaments. It is the only one of the historic Scuole Grandi to have survived the fall of the republic. It is a unique site, where over 60 paintings are preserved in their original setting in a building that has hardly undergone any alteration since its construction. The confraternity is still active today, carrying out its traditional charitable duties as well as looking after its extraordinary artistic patrimony.

Reviewed By howiet1971 - Swindon, United Kingdom

Beautiful building though small, filled with beautiful artworks (in particular Tintoretto) with amazing ceilings and a gorgeous staircase. Is it essential? NO. If you have been to Venice before and haven't see it, then yes!

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