On the guide you'll find all the information to enjoy your holiday in Venice. On the first pages you'll find all the suggestions to get in Venice andvisit the city:

BEFORE YOU LEAVE
BY PLANE
The Venice airport (“Marco Polo”) provides both national and international connections. It is 13 Km from the city centre and is linked to Venice by buses and motor-boats [...] You may also land at the Treviso airport (“Angeli”), which is 30 Km far from Venice and linked to it by the ATVO buses service. This could be a valid alternative to the Venice ...
BY CAR
You can easily get to Venice through motorway (A4 from Trieste and Turin, A27 from Belluno, and A13 from Bologna) and road links (highways SS.309 Romea from the Adriatic coast, SS.14 from Trieste, SS.13 from Treviso, and SS.11 from Padua). Once you’ve reached the lagoon take the Ponte della Libertà, the...

ROUTES ACTV
Mobility in Venice - a lagoon island city shaped like a big fish - has two transport system: the first is waterborne, consisting of canali, or canals, and rii, the larger water courses;the second is pedestrian, and consist of calli (alleys), ponti (bridges), campi (square), salizzade (main pedestrian streets), rughe (small long alleys), fondamenta and rive (canal - and wharf-side paths). The separation of these two networks...

free download now

The Guide is divided into "sestieri". Each of them has a large explicative chapter where you can find a detailed decription of all the monuments that you can find in that "sestiere".s

THE SESTIERES
The city is divided into areas called SESTIERES (not the usual “quarters”) because they are 6, indeed: San Marco, Castello, Cannaregio, S. Croce, S. Polo e Dorsoduro...

SAN POLO and SANTA CROCE
Although devoid of the vast and famous views in which the other sestieres abound, these areas are as worth visiting. The islet called Rivoaltus (Rialto) was actually one of the first settlements of fishermen and merchants from which the city originated...

PONTE DI RIALTO AND THE MARKET
The most famous Venetian monument was built towards the end of the 16th century but the first bridge crossing the Grand Canal (from the Fondamenta del Vin to the Fondamenta del Ferro, as today’s bridge) was probably built on barges around the 12th century and two wooden bridges...

free download now

In depth information

Whenever you download the new guide (you'll be informed by e-mail) you'll find in depth information about:

the GONDOLA
The gondola is the only boat in the world which, being just 11 metres long and weighing more than 600 kilograms, can be steered with agility and easyness by just one person and with only one oar and it has become, for millions of tourists, the very symbol of Venice.
...

free download now

VENICE CUISINE
TRAVELLING IN THE TASTE
Venice is not only the Venetian symbol of Culture and Arts, but also the one of gastronomy. Venice cuisine comes from rural origins, but the trades with Far and Middle East, during the golden Age of the Repubblica have enriched the variety of its recipes. It can be said that Venice Republic played an important role for the enrichment not only in local cuisine but even in the european one, because after the fall of Byzantium..
[...]
HORS D’OEUVRE AND “CICHETI”
Sarde in saor:
Saor is a method of preservation used for the fish. It is a sauce made with vinegar and other ingredients used not only for the fish but also for the vegetable and the meat. Sarde in saor consists on fried sardines marinated with.....

free download now