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Venice

Venice is a coastal city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the region of Veneto, as well as the Metropolitan City of Venice. It is built on a group of 126 islands that are separated by expanses of open water and by canals; portions of the city are linked by 472 bridges. Wikipedia

Population 250,369 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

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Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Vogalonga

    May

    The yearly equivalent of a marathon run on water.

    Official site

  2. Festa del Redentore

    July

    The Festa del Redentore is an event held in Venice the third Sunday of July where fireworks play an important role.

    Wikipedia

  3. Venice Days

    August – September

    The Giornate degli Autori (Italian: [dʒorˈnaːte deʎʎ auˈtoːri]; lit. 'Authors' Days') or simply the Giornate, formerly known in English as Venice Days, is an independent parallel section of the Venice Film Festival.

    Official site Wikipedia

  4. Venice Film Festival

    August – September

    The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival (Italian: Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, lit. 'International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale'; informally Mostra del Cinema di…

    Official site Wikipedia

  5. Regata Storica

    September

    Celebrating a historic event from 1489, the regatta displays almost a hundred varieties of Venetian boats from the city's rich past.

    Official site

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Venice); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Markets

  • Mercatino di San Giobbe

    Opening hours

    10:00-dusk; May Sa-Su, Dec 08, Carnevale

    880 m from the centre

  • Mercato del contadino

    1. Monday: 10:00–19:00
    2. Tuesday: closed
    3. Wednesday: closed
    4. Thursday: closed
    5. Friday: closed
    6. Saturday: closed
    7. Sunday: closed

    10:00–19:00

    1.3 km from the centre

  • Rialto Market

    Mercato di Rialto

    No hours mapped

    630 m from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 96 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

Train stations: Venezia Santa Lucia 520 m, Marittima (cruise terminal) 1.1 km, Tronchetto 1.5 km

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