Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #11 in Venice, Italy

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Number of sights 13 sights
Distance 6.2 km
Ascend 66 m
Descend 68 m

Experience Venice in Italy in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in VeniceIndividual Sights in Venice

Sight 1: Eden Hundertwasser Garden

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Eden Hundertwasser GardenJean-Pierre Dalbéra from Paris, France / CC BY 2.0

The Garden of Eden, also known as the Eden Garden is a villa with a famous garden, on the island of Giudecca in Venice, Italy. It is named after an Englishman, Frederic Eden, who designed the garden in 1884 and owned the property for a long time. From 1927 it was owned by Princess Aspasia of Greece and Denmark and her daughter Queen Alexandra of Yugoslavia. Between 1979 and 2000, it was owned by the Austrian painter and architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser, who abandoned the garden to nature.

Wikipedia: Garden of Eden (Venice) (EN), Website

269 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 2: Chiesa del Redentore

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The Chiesa del Santissimo Redentore, commonly known as Il Redentore, is a 16th-century Roman Catholic church located on Giudecca (island) in the sestiere of Dorsoduro, in the city of Venice, Italy.

Wikipedia: Il Redentore (EN)

495 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 3: Casa dei Tre Oci

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The Casa dei Tre Oci or Casa di Maria is a modern, neo-gothic palace located on the island of Giudecca of the sestiere of Dorsoduro in Venice. The facade is visible across the Giudecca Canal from the Church of the Zitelle.

Wikipedia: Casa dei Tre Oci, Venice (EN)

607 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 4: Basilica di San Giorgio Maggiore

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San Giorgio Maggiore is a 16th-century Benedictine church on the island of the same name in Venice, northern Italy, designed by Andrea Palladio, and built between 1566 and 1610. The church is a basilica in the classical Renaissance style and its brilliant white marble gleams above the blue water of the lagoon opposite the Piazzetta di San Marco and forms the focal point of the view from every part of the Riva degli Schiavoni.

Wikipedia: San Giorgio Maggiore (church), Venice (EN)

1252 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 5: Arsenale di Venezia

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The Venetian Arsenal is a complex of former shipyards and armories clustered together in the city of Venice in northern Italy. Owned by the state, the Arsenal was responsible for the bulk of the Venetian Republic's naval power from the Late Middle Ages to the early modern period. It was "one of the earliest large-scale industrial enterprises in history".

Wikipedia: Venetian Arsenal (EN)

302 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 6: Ex Chiesa di San Biagio

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San Biagio is a church dedicated to Saint Blaise, in the sestiere of Castello in Venice, northern Italy.

Wikipedia: San Biagio, Venice (EN)

416 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 7: Chiesa di San Francesco di Paola

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San Francesco di Paola is a Roman Catholic church in Via Garibaldi in the Sestiere of Castello in Venice, Italy.

Wikipedia: San Francesco di Paola, Venice (EN)

528 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 8: Chiesa di San Giuseppe di Castello

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The church of San Giuseppe di Castello is a religious building in the city of Venice, located in the Castello district, near the Napoleonic gardens. The church is part of the Chorus Venezia association.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di San Giuseppe di Castello (IT)

340 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 9: Pier Luigi Penzo

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Pier Luigi Penzo

Pier Luigi Penzo was an Italian aviator and soldier, a veteran of the First World War. He participated in numerous aviation feats during the 1920s, including the Baltic Circuit with Umberto Maddalena and Gascon Gascons, and the Western Mediterranean Air Cruise organized by Italo Balbo. He lost his life during the search and rescue operations of Umberto Nobile's airship Italia and Roald Amundsen's Latham 47 aircraft.

Wikipedia: Pier Luigi Penzo (IT)

159 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 10: Riccardo Selvatico

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154 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 11: Giardini della Biennale

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The Venice Giardini or Giardini della Biennale is an area of parkland in the historic city of Venice which hosts the Venice Biennale Art Festival, a major part of the city's cultural Biennale. The gardens were created by Napoleon Bonaparte who drained an area of marshland in order to create a public garden on the banks of the Bacino di San Marco which is a narrow stretch of water dividing the gardens from St. Mark's Square and the Doge's Palace.

Wikipedia: Giardini della Biennale (EN)

416 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 12: Parco delle Rimembranze

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The Park of Remembrance, or "pinewood of St. Helena", is a Venetian park located on the island of St. Helena.

Wikipedia: Parco delle rimembranze (Sant'Elena) (IT)

1236 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 13: Basilica di San Pietro di Castello

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The Basilica di San Pietro di Castello, commonly called San Pietro di Castello, is a Roman Catholic minor basilica of the Patriarch of Venice located in the Castello sestiere of the Italian city of Venice. The present building dates from the 16th century, but a church has stood on the site since at least the 7th century. From 1451 to 1807, it was the city's cathedral church, though hardly playing the usual dominant role of a cathedral, as it was overshadowed by the "state church" of San Marco and inconveniently located. During its history, the church has undergone a number of alterations and additions by some of Venice's most prominent architects. Andrea Palladio received his first commission in the city of Venice from the Patriarch Vincenzo Diedo to rebuild the facade and interior of St Pietro, but Diedo's death delayed the project.

Wikipedia: San Pietro di Castello (church) (EN)

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