Venice

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With a city as filled with tourist attractions as Venice, it's hard to know where to begin. Perhaps the best way is to simply get lost for a few hours wandering through its enchanting little streets and passageways, strolling beside its canals, and finding its secret corners.

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With a city as filled with tourist attractions as Venice, it’s hard to know where to begin. Perhaps the best way is to simply get lost for a few hours wandering through its enchanting little streets and passageways, strolling beside its canals, and finding its secret corners. At every turn, you’ll see something worth remembering with a photo. No matter …

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LANGUAGE Italian CURRENCY Euro BEST TIME TO VISIT September to November NEAREST RAILWAY STATION Venezia Santa Lucia railway station NEAREST AIRPORT Venice Marco Polo Airport(VCE) EMERGENCY HELPLINE NUMBER 112 INTERNET ACCESS Wi-fi access is widely available in hotels, B&Bs and rental apartments, and increasingly even in cafes. If for some reason you don’t have access to wi-fi in your accommodation …

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Getting Around

Vaporetti The word vaporetto originally referred to little steamers which plied Venice’s waters, but nowadays the term is loosely used to describe the city’s various types of public ferry service. Other terms you may hear are motoscafo, battello (boat) and its Venetian dialect version bateo. Venice’s waterbuses vary in size and comfort. Most have seats inside and out – the …

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History & Culture

Venice developed a creation myth that it was founded by people fleeing Troy, but it was probably formed in the sixth century C.E., when Italian refugees fleeing Lombard invaders camped on the islands in the Venice lagoon. Over the next few centuries, Venice developed as a trading center, happy to do business with both the Islamic world as well as …

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Top Attractions

St. Mark’s Basilica Certainly Venice’s best-known church, and one of the most easily recognized in the world, St. Mark’s Basilica (Basilica di San Marco) was originally the Doge’s private chapel, decorated with Byzantine art treasures that are part of the booty brought back by Venetian ships after the fall of Constantinople. The gold-backed mosaic pictures above the doorways on the …

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