6 Hidden Gems in Venice Most People Walk Right Past
6 landmarks with verified facts and stories
Chiesa di San Zaccaria
Campo San Zaccaria, Venezia Murano Burano (Venezia Insulare), Venice, 30122, Italy
Most visitors walk right past San Zaccaria on their way between St.
Chiesa di Santo Stefano
2958 San Marco, Venezia Murano Burano (Venezia Insulare), Venice, 30124, Italy
Venice has four leaning bell towers, and Santo Stefano's is the most dramatic — tilting over two metres off-centre, visible from the campo below at an angle that makes tourists instinctively step back.
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.
Palazzo Contarini del Bovolo
Calle dei Cristi, Venezia Murano Burano (Venezia Insulare), Venice, 30125, Italy
Hidden down a narrow alley near Campo Manin, this palazzo has one of the most unexpected architectural flourishes in Venice: a massive external spiral staircase that corkscrews up the outside of the building like a stone snail shell.
Squero di San Trovaso
Dorsoduro 1097, Venice
In the 16th century, ten thousand gondolas navigated Venice's canals.
Torcello
Isola di Torcello, Venice
Venice began here, on this eerily quiet island at the northern edge of the lagoon.
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