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Fondaco dei Turchi is one of the most beautiful buildings on Canal Grande. It was erected in the first half of the 13th century by Giacomo Palmieri. This building was bought by the Venetian Republic twice, in 1381 and in 1621, after it was owned by several Venetian families. Venetian Republic conceded it to the Turkish merchants. They kept it as their dwelling and commercial headquarters until 1838. Home of the Correr Civic Museum since 1922 (nowadays on Piazza San Marco), today the building houses the Natural History Museum which is to be fully opened for the public in years to come. Rright now just room with dinosaurs' skeletons and aquarium can be visited.
Best view on Fondaco dei Turchi is from Pontile di San Marcuola. Leave a Comment Address: Fondaco dei Turchi, San PoloDirections: The nearest vaporetto stations to Fondaco dei Turchi are "San Stae" & "Riva di Biasio". Open: Tuesday – Friday 9 – 13 (entrance 9 – 12:30); Saturday and Sunday 9 – 16 (entrance 9 – 15:30); closed on Mondays and on 25th December, 1st January, 1st MayWebsite: http://www.museiciviciveneziani.it/frame.asp?musid=5&sezione=musei
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“The most beautiful street in the world” – Phillippe De Commynes, Charles 8 of France, Ambassador in 1495…..
If only all of the streets in the World were a ‘Canalazzo’, a perfect slide through canal and palazzo, a waterway through 120 palaces and 15 churches, this world would have been a more magnificent splendour.
This waterway is about 5 meters deep and 30 to 70 meters wide, 21.5 miles long from the heart of the city Piazzale Roma to St. Mark’s Square.
To view this canal one should take a waterbus or vaporetto.
No. 1 stops at every stage
No. 82 stops at the station, Rialto and St. Mark’s Square. Leave a Comment
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Everything is transformed from the moment you step out from Piazzale Roma and onto Venetian splendor. Stop and cast your eyes for the first time onto the Grand Canal.
This is the mainstreet of Venice, the Grand Canal. It is the largest of the more than one hundred canals that link over one hundred islands to make up what we know as Venice. Artists throughout the ages have tried to capture the Grand Canal's splendor and awe-inspiring nature.
However, for the less than artistic, we can still enjoy its beauty without aid of a pencil, watercolor, or camera. Simply sit back and let someone do the work for you while you take in scenes of the grand palazzos that line the canal or examine the three bridges that span its waters. Whatever your choice, do ride the entire length of the Grand Canal at different times of the day. You will certainly get a different feel for it at any given time.
I highly recommend the taking the "slow" vaporetto so that you can absorb in all the greatness and intricacies that the Grand Canal offers. However, there is also the route of the gondola...this will give you a different perspective of the Canal. Leave a Comment Directions: The Grand Canal
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To every Venice trip, belongs as absolute must, the trip with the vaporetto on the Canal Grande.
So, everyone can learn to know the city, from its best sides.
Magnificent palazzi lines the shore of Venice's rush-hour vein and the numerous stops offer the opportunity, to view in silence, the buildings, from the boat. Leave a Comment
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The Grand Canal winds its way through the heart of Venice for 3.5km. It has been described as the "finest street in the world" - it is spectacular to travel down, and is lined by fabulous old buildings (some a little worse for wear these days!).
One of the great things to do when you visit Venice is to jump onto the No. 1 vaporetto and take a cruise along the Grand Canal. It gives you a taste of what it is like to live in this amazing city, and is the perfect place to start taking your soon to be hundreds of photos!! Leave a Comment
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The Canal Grande is the main waterway through the centre of Venice. The canal is almost 3800M long and its width varies between 30M and 70M. The canal in its S-form follows the old riverbed and divides the heart of the city in two parts. Only at three places you can cross the Canal Grande by bridge. At other places you have to cross the canal by boat, the traghetto.
Along the Canal Grande are the most wonderful palazzo's. The best way to have a look at all those beautiful buildings is by taking the vaporetto, the waterbus. The vaporetto nr. 1 from the Piazzale Roma to Piazza Marco is the most slow one to have a good look and to see the entire canal in one ride. Leave a Comment
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Venice from the Grand Canal is beautiful.
Once early in the morning, just after sunrise, hop on the vaporetto water "bus" at the Santa Lucia train station and cruise slowly down the whole Grand Canal. If you have lots of time and patience take the #1 (stops everywhere) or for a quicker tour, take the 82 (express).
Repeat after dark.
The trick is making sure you are first in line so that you can sit in the front.
I think it is worth letting one bus go if the waiting line is long so that you are first in line for the next one (you're starting at the station) and can pick your favorite seat in the front of the boat.
Cheap date, beautiful ride, and beats getting ripped off by the gondolas. Leave a Comment Address: Start out at Santa Lucia station & take VaporettoDirections: Take the 82 vaporetto to Santa Lucia station, then wait to board first on that next #1 or #82 bound all the way to Lido, or get off earlier at San Marco.
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Now here is something you should not miss : a ride on vaporetto line 1 (or 82 during summer) at night.
Why? Because that's when you will see the inside of the palaces around the Canal. You will see how richly they are decorated and why they are called 'palazzo'.
Dont do it too late in the summertime though. Try to do it as close as sunset as you can so most of them will still be lit. If you are in Venice during the Carnivale, I can only assume that they must be lit all night long! Leave a Comment Address: Grand CanalDirections: Board at Ferrovia and have fun! (my pic is a night shot from Rialto and is not what you'll see from the vaporetto!)
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The Canal Grande is the main water road in Venice and one of the symbol of the town. It crossing the city from its north-westernly corner up to the south-easternly one. It begins near Piazzale Roma, the entrance point to the city from mainland and leads to Piazza San Marco and to the lagoon, in front of the isle of Giudecca. On both sides of the canal there were many watermills powered by tides, the wool and silk factories, the old dockyards of the Republic. By the years the sides of Canal Grande became a residential area and on its sides had been built the palaces of the most important noble families in Venice. Leave a Comment
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The first thing you should do on any visit to Venice is take a trip up the Grand Canal on any of the local water taxis that ply it's snaking inverted s-shaped length. Take a trip when you arrive, and then take several more trips, in both directions, at night, at sunset, and first thing in the morning. You'll see something different each time, and the water taxis give relatively cheap entertainment in an expensive city. You can ride out on a gondola too, if you feel like splashing out.
There are beautiful buildings stretching out all along the Grand Canal, but the key sight on the journey from the Stazione to the Plaza San Marco is the Rialto bridge, striding the Canal Grande about half way up its length. This magnificent and famous bridge was originally nothing more than a floating pontoon, set down in the 12th century to serve the market on the east bank. The current stone bridge dates from 1591, and was considered such an outrageous design at the time, that it was thought it could never last very long. And yet here it still is. Leave a Comment
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