Burano
Venezia Murano Burano (Venezia Insulare), Venice, Italy
Burano looks like someone spilled a paint factory into the Venetian lagoon.
Caffè Florian
57 San Marco, Venezia Murano Burano (Venezia Insulare), Venice, 30124, Italy
Caffè Florian has been serving coffee in Piazza San Marco since December 29, 1720, making it, by its own reckoning, the oldest coffeehouse in continuous operation in the world.
Gallerie dell'Accademia
Campo de la Carità, Venezia Murano Burano (Venezia Insulare), Venice, 30123, Italy
If you want to understand why Venetian painting changed the world, this is where you come.
Harry's Bar
1323 San Marco, Venezia Murano Burano (Venezia Insulare), Venice, 30124, Italy
The most famous bar in Venice was bankrolled by a drunk American.
Jewish Ghetto
Venezia Murano Burano (Venezia Insulare), Venice, Italy
This is where the word "ghetto" was born.
Libreria Acqua Alta
Calle Longa Santa Maria Formosa, Venezia Murano Burano (Venezia Insulare), Venice, 30122, Italy
The self-proclaimed "most beautiful bookshop in the world" stores its inventory in bathtubs, gondolas, and waterproof bins — because when your shop floods regularly with lagoon water, conventional shelving is just a slow way to make papier-mâché.
Murano
Venezia Murano Burano (Venezia Insulare), Venice, Italy
In 1291, the Venetian Republic ordered every glassmaker in the city to pack up their furnaces and move to the island of Murano.
Peggy Guggenheim Collection
701 Dorsoduro, Venezia Murano Burano (Venezia Insulare), Venice, 30123, Italy
Peggy Guggenheim lived in Venice for thirty years in a palazzo that was never finished — the Palazzo Venier dei Leoni was started in 1749 but only the ground floor was ever built, making it the lowest building on the Grand Canal.
Piazza San Marco
Piazza San Marco, Venice
Napoleon called it "the drawing room of Europe," and for once, the little emperor wasn't exaggerating.
Squero di San Trovaso
Dorsoduro 1097, Venice
In the 16th century, ten thousand gondolas navigated Venice's canals.
Teatro La Fenice
Campo San Fantin, San Marco 1965, Venice
Venice's opera house is named "The Phoenix" because it keeps burning down and rising from the ashes — which is either poetic or a sign of terrible fire safety, depending on your perspective.
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