Insight Guides Explore Venice (Travel Guide eBook)

Insight Guides

Description

Insight Explore Guides: pocket-sized books to inspire your on-foot exploration of top international destinations.

Experience the best of Venice with this indispensably practical Insight Explore Guide. From making sure you don't miss out on must-see attractions like St Mark's Square and the Rialto bridge, to discovering hidden gems, including the less-travelled and more authentic backwaters of Dorsoduro, the easy-to-follow, ready-made walking routes will help you plan your trip, save you time, and enhance your exploration of this unique city.

- Practical, pocket-sized and packed with inspirational insider information, this will make the ideal on-the-move companion to your trip to Venice
- Enjoy over 14 irresistible Best Routes to walk, from the Grand Canal to the outyling islands of Murano, Burano and Torcello
- Features concise insider information about landscape, history, food and drink, and entertainment options
- Discover your destination's must-see sights and hand-picked hidden gems
- Directory section provides invaluable insight into top accommodation, restaurant and nightlife options by area, along with an overview of language, books and films
- Inspirational colour photography throughout

About Insight Guides: Insight Guides is a pioneer of full-colour guide books, with almost 50 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides with user-friendly, modern design. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps as well as phrase books, picture-packed eBooks and apps to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.

Sujets

• Travel
• Italy
• My Last Duchess
• Europe

Informations

• Publié par: Apa Publications
• Date de parution: 01 janvier 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 2
• EAN13: 9781789193121
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

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How To Use This E-Book

This Explore Guide has been produced by the editors of Insight Guides, whose books have set the standard for visual travel guides since 1970. With top- quality photography and authoritative recommendations, these guidebooks bring you the very best routes and itineraries in the world’s most exciting destinations.
Best Routes
The routes in this book provide something to suit all budgets, tastes and trip lengths. As well as covering the destination’s many classic attractions, the itineraries track lesser-known sights, and there are also ex cursions for those who want to extend their visit outside the city. The routes embrace a range of interests, so whether you are an art fan, a gourmet, a history buff or have kids to entertain, you will find an option to suit.
We recommend reading the whole of a route before setting out. This should help you to familiarise yourself with it and enable you to plan where to stop for refreshments – options are shown in the ‘Food and Drink’ box at the end of each tour.
Introduction
The routes are set in context by this introductory section, giving an overview of the destination to set the scene, plus background information on food and drink, shopping and more, while a succinct history timeline highlights the key events over the centuries.
Directory
Also supporting the routes is a Directory chapter, with a clearly organised A–Z of practical information, our pick of where to stay while you are there and select restaurant listings; these eateries complement the more low-key cafés and restaurants that feature within the routes and are intended to offer a wider choice for evening dining. Also included here are some nightlife listings, plus a handy language guide and our recommendations for books and films about the destination.
Getting around the e-book
In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.
Maps
All key attractions and sights mentioned in the text are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map] just tap this to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.
Images
You’ll find lots of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of the destination. Simply double-tap on an image to see it full-screen.
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Table of Contents
Recommended Routes For...
Architecture fans
Art buffs
Children
Film fans
Foodies
Music lovers
Romantics
Shoppers
Explore Venice
Navigating the city
Pounding the streets
Neighbourhoods
Castello, San Polo and Santa Croce
Cannaregio and Dorsoduro
Islands of the lagoon
Venice in Peril
The Venetians
Food and Drink
Venetian cuisine
Culinary melting pot
Eclectic tastes
Fish dishes
Desserts
Table tips
Where to eat
Styles of restaurant
Drinks
Wine
Cocktails
Where to drink
Shopping
Masks and costumes
Textiles
Marbled paper, books and prints
Murano glass
Designer goods
Carnival
Carnival history
Carnival capers
Carnival today
Entertainment
Classical music
Confraternity concerts
Church concerts
Concerts in palaces
Open-air performances
Listings and bookings
History: Key Dates
First settlements
Height of the Republic
Under occupation
20th century to the present
Piazza San Marco
St Mark’s Basilica
Myriad mosaics
Museo di San Marco
The altarpiece and other treasures
The Campanile
Acqua alta
Correr Museum
Venetian art
Marciana Library
Lunch break
Palazzo Ducale
Palace interior
Bridge of Sighs
The Secret Itinerary
The Piazzetta
Torre dell’ Orologio
Vaporetto down the Grand Canal
Towards the station
Fondaco dei Turchi to the Pescheria
Pescheria and Erberia
Around the Rialto
Rialto Bridge to Ca’ Foscari
Ca’ Rezzonico to the Accademia
Palazzo Grassi and the Accademia
Palazzo Barbaro to San Zaccaria
Peggy Guggenheim Collection and Palazzo Dario
Palazzo Salviati to Palazzo Pisani-Gritti
Grand finale
The Accademia
Byzantine style
Venetian Renaissance
Bellini family
Titian, Veronese and Tintoretto
Tiepolo
Canaletto
Ceremonial art
Convent chapel
The Sestiere of San Marco
Around La Fenice
Campo San Fantin
Campo Santa Maria del Giglio
Campo San Maurizio
Campo Santo Stefano
Campo Sant’Angelo
Museo Fortuny
Campo Manin
Scala Contarini
Back to San Marco
Western Castello
The Molo
Riva degli Schiavoni
San Zaccaria
Scuola di San Giorgio degli Schiavoni
Santa Maria Formosa
Campo San Zanipolo
Scuola Grande di San Marco
Eastern Castello
The Arsenale
Naval History Museum
Around Via Garibaldi
The island of San Pietro
La Biennale
Dorsoduro
The Zattere
Punta della Dogana
Santa Maria della Salute
The Guggenheim
Campo San Vio
Western Dorsoduro
The Carmini and San Sebastiano
San Giorgio Maggiore and the Giudecca
San Giorgio Maggiore
Fondazione Cini
The Giudecca
The Zitelle
Casa de Maria
Il Redentore
Molino Stucky
San Polo and Santa Croce
Scuola di San Rocco
The Frari Church
The interior
Scuola di San Giovanni Evangelista
Santa Croce
Palazzo Mocenigo
Campo San Polo
Highlights
Mask shops
Casa Goldoni
The Rialto
Rialto Markets
Beyond the Rialto
San Silvestro
San Giovanni and San Giacomo
Rialto Bridge
The Right Bank
Cannaregio
Lista di Spagna
The Ghetto
Jewish Museum
Fondamenta degli Ormesini
Tintoretto’s neighbourhood
Tintoretto’s House
Towards Madonna dell’Orto
Ca’ d’Oro
The Gesuiti
Santa Maria dei Miracoli
Murano, Burano and Torcello
Murano
SS Maria e Donato
Fondamenta Longa
Fondamenta dei Vetrai
Burano
Lace and linen
Mazzorbo
Torcello
Santa Maria dell’Assunta
Other highlights
The Lido
San Nicolò
Jewish Cemeteries
The Seaside
Lungomare G. Marconi
Lido Palazzi
Venice in a Day
Grand Canal and Rialto
Rialto markets
Rialto Bridge
Fondaco dei Tedeschi
San Marco
San Salvadore
Piazza San Marco
Basilica San Marco
Saving San Marco
Palazzo Ducale
The Molo and Bridge of Sighs
Castello
San Zaccaria
Mask-makers
Gondola workshops
San Polo
Scuola Grande di San Rocco
Dorsoduro
Campo di Santa Margherita
Accommodation
San Marco
Castello
Dorsoduro
Cannaregio, San Polo and Santa Croce
The Giudecca
Murano, Burano and Torcello
The Lido
Restaurants
San Marco
Castello
Dorsoduro
The Giudecca
San Polo, Santa Croce and the Rialto
Cannaregio
The Islands
The Lido
Nightlife
San Marco
Castello
San Polo
Dorsoduro
Cannaregio
Giudecca
A-Z
A
Age restrictions
B
Budgeting for your trip
C
Climate
Clothing
Crime and safety
Cruise Venice
Customs and entry requirements
D
Disabled travellers
Driving
E
Electricity
Embassies and consulates
Emergencies
Experiences
F
Festivals and events
G
Guides and tours
H
Health and medical care
I
Internet
M
Media and listings
Print media
Listings magazines
Television and radio
Money
O
Opening hours
P
Police
Post offices
Public holidays
R
Religion
S
Safety
Smoking
T
Telephones
Time zone
Tipping
Toilets
Tourist information
Tourism passes
Transport
From the airport to Venice
Getting around Venice
W
Websites
Y
Youth hostels
Language
Useful phrases
General
At a bar/restaurant
Numbers
Getting around
Online
Social media
Books and Film
Books
Film


Recommended Routes For...




Architecture fans
Highlights include St Mark’s Basilica ( route 1 ), Grand Canal palaces ( route 2 ), the Gesuati ( route 7 ), San Giorgio Maggiore and Il Redentore ( route 8 ) and the Gothic Frari ( route 9 ).
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Art buffs
Don’t miss the Accademia ( route 3 ), the Guggenheim and Punta della Dogana ( route 7 ), maste