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Why This Angle Works Better Than Anywhere Else in the CityMost of Venice’s famous viewpoints put you among the buildings

Starting Point: San Zaccaria (Vaporetto Lines 1, 4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2)Begin at the San Zaccaria vaporetto stop, just past the

If Dorsoduro is Venice’s art-and-elegance side, Castello is its working memory — the sestiere that quietly ran the Venetian Republic

Everyone who comes to Dorsoduro sees the same three names: the Guggenheim, the Accademia, Ca’ Rezzonico. They deserve their fame.

People ask me all the time which spots actually deliver that feeling — the one they came to Venice hoping

I get asked constantly for a route people can follow on their own — something specific enough to hand someone

After nearly thirty years of walking every sestiere of this city with visitors from around the world, I still find

I tell almost every guest the same thing on their first morning in Cannaregio: put the phone away, don’t open

Most of what gets written about Venice, including some of what I’ve written myself, treats a neighborhood like a checklist:

I’ve written elsewhere on this site about Venice’s bridges in general — the sheer number of them, their engineering history,

July is Venice at its most theatrical. The light stays gold until almost 9 PM, the Grand Canal fills with

Guests often ask me for a version of Cannaregio that fits into a single morning or afternoon — maybe they’ve

I’ve guided guests through Venice for close to thirty years, and there’s a particular kind of satisfaction in watching someone’s

Most visitors to Venice never make it north of the Strada Nova. They arrive at Santa Lucia station, wheel their

Most cities preserve their history behind glass — in museum cases, roped-off rooms, plaques on buildings that used to be

In almost every city I’ve ever visited, walking is how you get to the thing you came to see. You