Venice Culture and Sights

The emblem of a former economic power. This was the commercial centre of the trading metropolis for many centuries: traders from far and wide sold their wares here, and the most important banks and bus...

Gold and silver splendour in St. Mark's Cathedral. The church, which is around 1000 years old and has five domes, has a splendour which bewitches the senses. Its interior features the richly adorned ic...

Venice's most traditional square. On the one hand, the main square in the district of Dorsoduro is a popular campo with a fish and fruit market and everyday life resembling that in a village. On the ot...

Where the heart of Serenissima beat for 1000 years. The palace of palaces, the centre of political and legislative power, the highest symbol of Venetian civilisation and an eye-catching sight of each c...

The history of the sea republic from the point of view of navigation. Highlight is the Bucintoro, the magnificent barque, which the doge used once a year to ritually wed the sea.

Classical modernity from Matisse and Picasso to Klee and Miró. There is no part of classical modernity that Peggy Guggenheim, rich heiress and art enthusiast, did not collect in her Palazzo Venier dei ...

500 years of Venetian painting, with Tizian as a highlight. A visit to this picture gallery is one of the absolute musts for anyone travelling to Venice. With over 800 masterpieces, it is one of the mo...

Delicate artefacts made from glass in ateliers and at the museum. This place, which consists of five islands and has been populated for around 1400 years, is famous for its glass industry. You are urge...

A majestic basilica featuring Titian's masterpiece. It is the second large Gothic mendicant-order church in the city. This is where valuable altar manuscripts from Bartolomeo Vivarini and Giovanni Bell...