Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #8 in Venice, Italy

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Number of sights 19 sights
Distance 5.9 km
Ascend 58 m
Descend 60 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: Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti

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The Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti (IVSLA) is an academy of sciences in Venice.

Wikipedia: Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti (EN)

326 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 2: Accademia Gallery

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The Gallerie dell'Accademia is a museum gallery of pre-19th-century art in Venice, northern Italy. It is housed in the Scuola della Carità on the south bank of the Grand Canal, within the sestiere of Dorsoduro. It was originally the gallery of the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia, the art academy of Venice, from which it became independent in 1879, and for which the Ponte dell'Accademia and the Accademia boat landing station for the vaporetto water bus are named. The two institutions remained in the same building until 2004, when the art school moved to the Ospedale degli Incurabili.

Wikipedia: Gallerie dell'Accademia (EN), Website

235 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 3: Chiesa di San Trovaso

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San Trovaso is a church in the sestiere or neighborhood of Dorsoduro in Venice, northern Italy.

Wikipedia: San Trovaso (EN)

121 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 4: Squero de San Trovaso

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The squero of San Trovaso is one of the oldest and most famous Venetian squeri. The squero is the classic shipyard where small boats such as gondolas, pupparini, sandoli, s'ciopóni and other boats typical of the Venetian naval tradition were built and repaired.

Wikipedia: Squero di San Trovaso (IT), Website

244 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 5: Chiesa di Santa Maria della Visitazione

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The church of Santa Maria della Visitazione is a religious building in the city of Venice, located in the Dorsoduro district.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Santa Maria della Visitazione (Venezia) (IT)

105 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 6: Santa Maria del Rosario

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Santa Maria del Rosario Marc Ryckaert (MJJR) / CC BY 3.0

Santa Maria del Rosario, commonly known as I Gesuati, is an 18th-century Dominican church in the Sestiere of Dorsoduro, on the Giudecca canal in Venice, northern Italy. The classical style building has a well-lit interior and is exceptional in preserving its original layout and Rococo decoration intact. The church and almost all its sculpture and paintings were created within a thirty-year period: construction began in 1725, the church was consecrated in 1743, and the last sculptural decoration was in place by 1755.

Wikipedia: Gesuati (EN), Website

162 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 7: Chiesa di Sant'Agnese

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The Church of Sant'Agnese is a religious building in the city of Venice, located in the Dorsoduro district.

Wikipedia: Chiesa di Sant'Agnese (Venezia) (IT)

230 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 8: Palazzo Loredan Cini

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The Palazzo Loredan Cini is a Gothic-style palace located between the Palazzo Balbi Valier and the Rio San Vio on the Grand Canal, in the sestiere of Dorsoduro, Venice, Italy. The palace was formed from the amalgamation of the former Palazzo Foscari-Loredan with the adjacent Palazzo Grimani. The narrow facade on the Canal has no entrance, but the facade to the north on the Rio, has a single water door, and is connected to the adjacent campo by a bridge. The facade is decorated with two poliforas.

Wikipedia: Palazzo Loredan Cini (EN), Website

27 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 9: Palazzo Barbarigo

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Palazzo BarbarigoTony Hisgett from Birmingham, UK / CC BY 2.0

Palazzo Barbarigo is a palace situated facing the Grand Canal of Venice, Italy. It is not to be confused with the Palazzo Barbarigo Minotto and Palazzo Barbarigo della Terrazza, both also on the Grand Canal, and other palazzi, and several villas, once owned by the Barbarigo family.

Wikipedia: Palazzo Barbarigo (EN)

68 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 10: Chiesa di Saint George

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St George's Church, Venice is an Anglican parish church in Venice, Italy in the Diocese in Europe.

Wikipedia: St George's Church, Venice (EN)

155 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 11: Peggy Guggenheim Collection

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The Peggy Guggenheim Collection is an art museum on the Grand Canal in the Dorsoduro sestiere of Venice, Italy. It is one of the most visited attractions in Venice. The collection is housed in the Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, an 18th-century palace, which was the home of the American heiress Peggy Guggenheim for three decades. She began displaying her private collection of modern artworks to the public seasonally in 1951. After her death in 1979, it passed to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, which opened the collection year-round from 1980.

Wikipedia: Peggy Guggenheim Collection (EN), Website

191 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 12: Chiesa di San Gregorio

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San Gregorio is a former church in Venice, northern Italy, located in the sestiere of Dorsoduro. It is not far from Santa Maria della Salute basilica, behind the Palazzo Genovese.

Wikipedia: San Gregorio, Venice (EN)

60 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 13: Santa Maria della Salute

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Santa Maria della Salute, commonly known simply as the Salute, is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica located at the Punta della Dogana in the Dorsoduro sestiere of the city of Venice, Italy.

Wikipedia: Santa Maria della Salute (EN)

263 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 14: Magazzini del Sale

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The Magazzini del Sale is a building in Venice, located in the Dorsoduro district, along the Fondamenta delle Zattere ai Saloni, and overlooking the Giudecca Canal.

Wikipedia: Magazzini del Sale (IT)

160 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 15: Chiesa dello Spirito Santo

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The Church of the Holy Spirit is a religious building in the city of Venice, located in the Dorsoduro district.

Wikipedia: Chiesa dello Spirito Santo (Venezia) (IT)

948 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 16: Chiesa di Sant'Eufemia

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Sant'Eufemia is a Roman Catholic church located in the island of Giudecca in Venice, Veneto, Italy and dedicated to saint Euphemia.

Wikipedia: Sant'Eufemia, Venice (EN)

442 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 17: Molino Stucky

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The Molino Stucky is a Neo-Gothic building in Venice, on the western end of Giudecca island, near the ancient village Fortuny. It was designed by Ernst Wullekopf and built between 1884 and 1895 by the Swiss businessman Giovanni Stucky, whose father had married into the Italian Forti family and moved to the Veneto. It was first built as a flour mill supplied by boats across the lagoon and also operated as a pasta factory.

Wikipedia: Molino Stucky (EN)

1143 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 18: 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)

997 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 19: 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)

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