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Planning a Tour Around Venice, Italy
Author: WebMarTeam  | Posted: 22-07-2008 | Comments: 0 | Views: 48 | Rating: (61)  (?) 
Are you planning a journey in Venice?
On aboutvenice.org you can find all the informations you need to visit the lagoon city!!!
Before leaving, find out how to reach the city and how to move in Venice, search the hotels or the lodgings you prefer, take note of all the places where you can find some helpful advice about the city, like for example where to eat, to go for shopping or what to do in the evening.
If this your first time in Venice and you arrive at the airport, by visiting aboutvenice.org you can also find the possibility to book your round displacement from the airport to the centre of the city without any stress!!!
Besides these useful advices, on aboutvenice.org you will be able to enjoy our on-line booking system of museums and monuments that will enable you not to queue up and to have this way a more relaxing holiday!!!
By means of aboutvenice.org you can buy the MUSEUM PASS, an inclusive ticket valid in all the city's Museums and in those linked to them. The validity of this special ticket is even six months!!!
(with the Museum Pass you can enter: Palazzo Ducale, Museo Correr, National Archaeological Museum, Monumental Rooms of the Nazional Library Marciana, Ca' Rezzonico - Museum of the Venetian Settecento, Museum of Palazzo Mocenigo and Center for the Studies of History of Fabric and Costum, House of Carlo Goldoni, Ca' Pesaro, MuseumFortuny, Glass Museum - Murano, Museum of Merletto - Burano. whether you are in Venice)
With the MUSEUM PASS you can enter Palazzo Ducale, the symbol of Venice and a masterpiece of venetian gothic style, which is placed in the magnificent square of San Marco. The secret itineraries of Palazzo Ducale are not accessible with the standard ticket. These itineraries include rooms and places not accessible during an ordinary visit but they offer n interessant and suggestive approach to the most interessant and the secretest rooms of the palace.
If you are in San Marco, then you can't miss the Torre dei Mori (Tower of Mori) and the Torre dell'Orologio (Tower of the Clock), one of the most famous architectural feature of Venice.
The tower is a masterpiece of technique and engineering, which has always marked the life, the history and the passing of time of Venice since 500 years.
Lovers of History of Art should not miss the Galleries of the Academy, where there is a great collection of venetian paintings from the XIV to the XVIII century, in which it is possible to look at the works of the most important italian artists such as Bellini, Giorgione, Carpaccio, Tiziano, Tintoretto, Veronese and Tiepolo.
The Galleries also preserve other art forms, such as sculptures and drawings. Among them, there is the famous VITRUVIAN MAN by Leonardo da Vinci.
The Ca' d'Oro is one of the most beautiful venetian palaces, which is located in the Cannaregio's "sestiere" and facing the Canal Grande. Here, there is the art collection that belonged to the Baron Giorgio Franchetti, who gave it to the state.
He also bought this building in 1894, hence the name Giorgio Franchetti's Gallery.
Once you are in Venice you can't help but walk around the Canal Grande!!!
On aboutvenice.org you can find a lot of different solutions to satisfy every wish: from the boat trip along the Canal Grande in order to admire the most beautiful palaces and churches of the Lagoon, to the tour conceived only for those who stay in Venice only one day.
You can't lose the chance to go for a boat trip in the lagoon isles, such as Murano, where you will be able to admire the old art of glass-making; Burano, the isle of fishermans with its thousand colours; and Torcello, the "sestiero" where it is still possible to breathe the enchanted athmosphere of the ancient Venice.
Aboutvenice.org also allows you to choose between mini-cruises on the Canal Grande and romantic boat trips in "gondola" with tha accompaniment of serenade for the most sentimentals.
The range of the walking tour is very wide: starting from the most traditional one, that of San Marco's square which includes the whole tour to the castles sestiero, to the walk in the art and craft quarters of the ancient Venice.
Discover Venice between present and past! With this tour you can visit San Marco Square, the famous Ponte dei Sospiri (the Bridge of Sighs), the Gran Canale and Rialto.
For lovers of photography there is also the Venice Photography Walking Tour or tours for venetians and not for visitors.
Venice, the charming city, the city of lovers is waiting for you.
Look up avoutvenice.org and organise your special holiday...everything is within a click!!!
Come to visit aboutvenice.org and discover all the secrets about one of the most beautiful city in the world:
http://www.aboutvenice.org
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