Venice, view of the Ca’ Pesaro Museum on the Grand Canal. Photo © Riccardo Bianchini / Inexhibit.
OK, Venice is a museum in itself. But it is also one of the most lively cultural hotspots in the world, with outstanding museums and exhibitions. From the Venice Biennale to the Doge’s palace, from Venetian hand-blown glass to the many art masterpieces on show in fascinating historical palaces, Venice has all a curious traveler looks for.
Yet, its uniqueness makes Venice a city that requires the traveler to adapt to its peculiarities. For example, there are only two ways to move from one point to another: on foot or by water bus (which the locals call Vaporetto). Since the water bus single-ride ticket is very expensive, we suggest you buy a daily pass to save some money, if you plan to stay in Venice for more than one day. If, otherwise, you’d prefer to move on foot, take with you comfortable shoes, Venice’s historic center is relatively small but plenty of steep footbridges, indeed.
If you are booking a hotel in Venice, be careful with the address. Apart from a few exceptions such as via Garibaldi and piazza San Marco, in central Venice there is no such thing as vie (streets) and piazze, there are calli, salizade, or fondamente (streets) and campi or corti (squares) instead. If your hotel is located on a “via” or a “piazza” it is probably situated in Mestre or on the Lido island, which is not a bad thing per se but you have to be aware you’ll not stay in the historical center.
Another suggestion is to also visit the less-famous districts of the city, such as the eastern part of Dorsoduro with the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, and Castello where the Venice Biennale (of Art or Architecture) takes place each year from late April to late November.
Finally, it is worth mentioning that Venice is surrounded by hundreds of fascinating islands. Some of them, such as Murano and (even more) Burano, really deserve a visit; though about half a day is required to visit the latter from central Venice.

Arsenale of Venice

Ca’ Pesaro International Gallery of Modern Art, Venice

Giardini della Biennale

Jewish Museum and synagogues, Venetian Ghetto, Venice

Murano Glass Museum, Venice

Palazzo Fortuny, Venice

Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice

Venice Natural History Museum

David Adjaye’s Black Timber Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2023

Trajectories of Elements – The exhibition of Japan at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2021

Philippine Pavilion – Venice Architecture Biennale 2021

The Garden of Privatised Delights – UK Pavilion, Venice Architecture Biennale 2021

The Venice Architecture Biennale 2021 main exhibition by Hakim Sarkis

The Giardini exhibition – 58th Venice Art Biennale 2019

Central Pavilion at Giardini | 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale

Pavilion of Switzerland | 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale

Core Exhibition at Arsenale | Venice Architecture Biennale 2018

Eero Lundén, Another Generosity – Nordic Pavilion | 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale

Atelier Bow-Wow, Architectural Ethnography | Japan at the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale

Building a Future Countryside | China at the 16th Venice Biennale 2018

Caruso St John, Island | UK at the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale

German Pavilion – Unbuilding Walls | 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale

U.S. Pavilion – Dimensions of Citizenship | 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale

Lebanese Pavilion | Venice Architecture Biennale 2018

Encore Heureux, Infinite Places | France at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2018

Wendelien Van Oldenborgh, Olanda | Dutch Pavilion – Venice Art Biennale 2017

Tracey Moffatt – My Horizon | Australia at the Venice Art Biennale 2017

Theatrum Orbis – Russian Pavilion | Venice Art Biennale 2017

BUXI/Continuum – Pavilion of China | Venice Art Biennale 2017

Takahiro Iwasaki – Pavilion of Japan | Venice Art Biennale 2017

‘Faust’ by Anne Imhof | Germany at the Venice Art Biennale 2017

Phyllida Barlow – Folly | UK at the Venice Art Biennale 2017

Mark Bradford – The United States at the 2017 Venice Art Biennale

Making Heimat, Pavilion of Germany | Venice Architecture Biennale 2016

Poéticas desde la frontera – Argentina at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2016

Pavilion of France – Venice Architecture Biennale 2016

Makoko Floating School II by Kunlé Adeyemi – NLÉ

The pavilion of Austria at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2016

15th Venice Architecture Biennale | Peru

15th Venice Architecture Biennale | Thailand Pavilion

15th Venice Architecture Biennale | Poland

Spain | 15th Venice Architecture Biennale

British Pavilion – Venice Architecture Biennale 2016

Denmark’s Architectural Wunderkammer – 15th Venice Architecture Biennale

Taking Care. Italy at the 15th Venice Architecture Biennale

EN: art of nexus – Japan at the 15th Venice Architecture Biennale

LifeObject – Israel at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2016

Pavilion of the People’s Republic of China – Venice Architecture Biennale 2016

BLUE: The Netherlands at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2016

Two Arsenals, One Vessel. Turkey at the 15th Venice Architecture Biennale

Christian Kerez investigates architecture’s limits | Switzerland -15th Biennale

The Pool – Australia at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2016

12 proposals to regenerate Detroit – US Pavilion | 15th Venice Architecture Biennale

15th Venice Architecture Biennale – Aravena’s exhibition part 2: Arsenale

15th Venice Architecture Biennale | Pavilion of Ireland

15th Venice Architecture Biennale | Nordic Countries pavilion

15th Venice Architecture Biennale, Reporting from the front – p.1 Giardini

Xu Bing, The Phoenix & Liu Jiakun, With the Wind | 56th Venice Art Biennale

Design looks ahead: 9 stories from Veneto

Venice | Alper Derinboğaz – Modalities of spontaneous

China | 14th Venice Architecture Biennale

Austria | 14th Venice Architecture Biennale

France | 14th Venice Architecture Biennale

Hungary | 14th Venice Architecture Biennale

Daniel Libeskind – Sonnets in Babylon

Serbia | 14th Venice Architecture Biennale

14th Venice Architecture Biennale | part 1

Istanbul | The Yenikapi Project by Peter Eisenman

Bahrain | 14th Venice Architecture Biennale

Japan | 14th Venice Architecture Biennale

Pavilions | 14th Architecture Biennale

Denmark | 14th Architecture Biennale

Dominican Republic | 14th Venice Architecture Biennale

Canada | 14th Venice Architecture Biennale

Belgium – 14th Architecture biennale

Germany | 14th Architecture biennale

British pavilion | 14th Architecture Biennale

Indonesia | 14th Architecture Biennale

Spain | 14th Architecture Biennale

Israel | 14th Architecture Biennale

USA | 14th Architecture Biennale

Kosovo | 14th Architecture Biennale
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