Venice and Beyond
Description:
This is your week in Italy and making Venice your home base is a step toward understanding what makes Italy so special. After seven days in the land where "si" is heard you may be writing sonnets and performing them in your cubicle to whomever may care to listen. Explore Venice and spend a day in Florence and Rome.
Author: Jennifer
Day 1 - Venice, Florence
When you arrive in Venice and have consulted your map, you may be tempted to drag your luggage to your hotel. If you ignore the rest of my itinerary and spend the rest of your time in your hotel room, then please take my advice this once and higher a water taxi. It is cool, very Venetian, and you will arrive at your hotel in style. Once you start wandering the streets and see some poor soul wrestling a Samsonite over the top of the Rialto Bridge you will understand what I mean. You are checked-in and ready to explore. Your first stop in Venice must be Piazza San Marco. Climb to the top of the Campanile for great views and then visit the Basilica di San Marco and the Galleria of San Marco. Before dinner at La Furatola walk to the Rialto Bridge.
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Basilica di San Marco
Location:
view in google mapsSan Marco 328
Piazza San Marco
30124 Venice, Italy
Phone:
+39 04124138172
Piazzale Michelangelo
Location:
view in google mapsPiazzale Michelangelo
50125 Florence, Italy
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San Marco Campanile
Location:
view in google mapsSan Marco 328
30124 Venice, Italy
Phone:
(+39) 041 241 38173
Basilica di San Marco - Pala d'Oro e Tesoro
Location:
view in google mapsPiazza San Marco
(Basilica S. Marco)
30124 Venice, Italy
Phone:
+39 41 522 52054
Ponte di Rialto
Location:
view in google mapsRuga degli Orefici (Rialto)
30125 Venice, Italy
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La Furatola
Location:
view in google mapsDorsoduro Calle Lunga S. Barnaba 2869/A
30122 Venice, Italy
Phone:
39 41 520 85946
Hotel Rialto
Location:
view in google mapsSan Marco 5149 Ponte Di Rialto
30124 Venice, Italy
Phone:
39 41 52 09 16 6Day 2 - Venice
Your second day starts with a tour of Murano and Venetian glass. In the afternoon if you have time walk along the water toward the Giardini Pubblici to work up an appetite for dinner at Due Colonne.
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Murano
Location:
view in google mapsIsola di Murano
30141 Venice, Italy
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Museo Vetrario - Murano
Location:
view in google mapsFondamenta Giustinian 8
(Settore Vetro antico, Fondamenta)
30141 Venice, Italy
Phone:
+39 41 73 95863
Ercole Moretti
Location:
view in google maps423 0141 Fondame Navagero Murano
30100 Venice, Italy
Phone:
+39 41 73 90834
Museo Correr
Location:
view in google mapsPiazza San Marco 52
(Ala napoleonica)
30124 Venice, Italy
Phone:
+39 41 522 5625 / +39 41 240 52115
Due Colonne
Location:
view in google mapsSan Polo Campo Sant' Agostin 2343
30125 Venice, Italy
Phone:
39 41 524 0685Day 3 - Florence, Rome
Day three is an express tour of Florence. You will have to catch an early train from Venice to Florence to get it all done in Florence. Schedule an entry time at the Galleria degli Uffizi to avoid a longer wait. After the Uffizi visit the Palazzo Vecchio and the Loggia dei Lanzi both in Piazza della Signoria. Your afternoon will begin at the Piazza del Duomo with a visit to the Battistero, the Cathedral, and the Campanile di Giotto. Nearby is the Church Orsanmichele. Before leaving on a train for Rome be sure to visit the Ponte Vecchio. A Eurostar from Florence to Rome will arrive in less than two hours. Once you have checked-in at your hotel go for dinner at the Vecchia Roma da Severino il Pugliese.
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Gallerie degli Uffizi (Uffizi Galleries)
Location:
view in google mapsPiazzale degli Uffizi 6
Off Piazza della Signoria
50122 Florence, Italy
Phone:
055-238-86512
Palazzo Vecchio (Museo)
Location:
view in google mapsPiazza della Signoria
50122 Florence, Italy
Phone:
+39 55 276 82243
Loggia dei Lanzi
Location:
view in google mapspiazza della Signoria
50122 Florence, Italy
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Piazza del Duomo
Location:
view in google mapspiazza del Duomo
50122 Florence, Italy
Phone:
+39 055 2 33205
Battistero
Location:
view in google mapsPiazza San Giovanni
50129 Florence, Italy
Phone:
+39 55 230 28856
Campanile di Giotto
Location:
view in google mapsPiazza Duomo
50122 Florence, Italy
Phone:
+39 55 230 28857
Orsanmichele
Location:
view in google mapsVia Arte della Lana 1
Via de' Calzaiuoli
50122 Florence, Italy
Phone:
055-284-9448
Vecchia Roma da Severino il Pugliese
Location:
view in google maps52/54 Viale Manzoni
00185 Rome, Italy
Phone:
39 6 495 84939
Bled
Location:
view in google maps40 Via Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
00185 Rome, Italy
Phone:
39 67027808Day 4 - Rome
No city in Italy can really be seen in one day and Rome is at the top of this list. I have done Rome in one day many times with friends and family. Stay focused and drink lots of water. You need to see as much of this city as you can in the time that you have. Rome is my favorite big city in Italy and it is chock full of things to see. From your hotel take the Metro to Piazza di Spagna. From there work your way to the Fontana di Trevi. As you navigate the streets toward the Panteon, stop and see Sant’Ignazio di Loyola and Santa Maria Sopra Minerva. Marvel at the Panteon, built nearly a millennium before the Battistero in Florence, with techniques that were far beyond those available to the Florentines in the Middle Ages. Your next stop is my favorite piazza on the Italian peninsula, Piazza Navona. Near the piazza is another church well worth visiting, San Luigi dei Francesi. On the way to visit the Piazza del Campidoglio try to find the Fontana delle Tartarughe. Between the Campidoglio and the Coliseum is the Foro Romano. Time permitting, walk along the Tiber River to St. Peter’s Basilica, otherwise take a cab or take the Metro. After you have visited St. Peter’s you can catch a Metro to get back to Termini, collect your luggage and catch a Eurostar back to Venice.
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Piazza di Spagna
Location:
view in google mapspiazza di Spagna
00187 Rome, Italy
Phone:
+39 6 48 8991 (Tourist Information)2
Trevi Fountain (Fontana dei Trevi)
Location:
view in google mapspiazza di Trevi
Piazza di Trevi
00187 Rome, Italy
Phone:
+39 06 060 608(Tourist Information)3
Fontana delle Tartarughe
Location:
view in google mapspiazza Mattei
00186 Rome, Italy
Phone:
+39 6 48 8991 (Tourist Information)4
San Luigi dei Francesi
Location:
view in google mapsVia Santa Giovanna d'Arco 5
00186 Rome, Italy
Phone:
+39 6 68 82715
Piazza Navona
Location:
view in google mapspiazza Navona
00186 Rome, Italy
Phone:
+39 06 060 608(Tourist Information)6
Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi
Location:
view in google mapspiazza Navona
00186 Rome, Italy
Phone:
+39 06 060 608(Tourist Information)7
Sant'Ignazio di Loyola
Location:
view in google maps8a Via del Caravita
00186 Rome, Italy
Phone:
+39 6 679 44068
The Pantheon
Location:
view in google mapspiazza della Rotonda
Piazza della Rotonda
00186 Rome, Italy
Phone:
+39 6 6830 02309
Santa Maria Sopra Minerva
Location:
view in google mapsPiazza della Minerva 42
00186 Rome, Italy
Phone:
+39 6 699 033910
Piazza del Campidoglio
Location:
view in google mapspiazza del Campidoglio
00186 Rome, Italy
Phone:
+39 06 060 608(Tourist Information)11
The Colosseum (Colosseo)
Location:
view in google mapsPiazza del Colosseo
Piazzale del Colosseo, Via dei Fori Imperiali
00184 Rome, Italy
Phone:
+39 6 700 4261 / +39 6 700 546912
Basilica di San Pietro (St. Peter's Basilica)
Location:
view in google mapspiazza San Pietro
Piazza San Pietro
00193 Rome, Italy
Phone:
+39 (0)6 48 8991 (Tourist Information)Day 5 - Venice
After your two day excursion to Florence and Rome you are most likely in need of an easy day. To recuperate your energy take a short boat ride over to visit the Chiesa di S. Giorgio Maggiore. Near Piazza San Marco and your hotel you can visit the Palazzo Ducale and see the Ponte dei Sospiri. For dinner try Da Remigio. Whenever I go to Venice I always have pasta al nero seppia, at least once.
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Chiesa di S. Giorgio Maggiore
Location:
view in google mapsIsola di San Giorgio Maggiore
30133 Venice, Italy
Phone:
+39 41 528 99002
Bridge of Sighs (Ponte dei Sospiri)
Location:
view in google mapsSan Marco
30124 Venice, Italy
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Doge's Palace (Palazzo Ducale)
Location:
view in google mapsSan Marco 1
Entrance for the public: Porta del Frumento, Piazzetta San Marco
30124 Venice, Italy
Phone:
+39 041 271 59114
Da Remigio
Location:
view in google mapsCastello Ponte dei Greci 3416
30131 Venice, Italy
Phone:
39 41 523 0089Day 6 - Venice
In the morning visit the Galleria dell’Accademia Museum. For the afternoon visit the Chiesa di San Salvador, Piazza San Polo, and the Chiesa di S. Nicola da Tolentino. For dinner try the Osteria Alla Patatina.
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San Polo
Location:
view in google mapsCampo San Polo
30123 Venice, Italy
Phone:
+39 (0)41 529 8711 (Tourist Information)2
Chiesa di San Salvador
Location:
view in google mapsSestiere di S.Marco 4835
Campo San Salvador (just south from the Rialto bridge on Via 2 Aprile)
30124 Venice, Italy
Phone:
041-523-67173
Chiesa di S.Nicola da Tolentino
Location:
view in google mapsCampo dei Tolentini
30124 Venice, Italy
Phone:
+39 (0)41 529 8711 (Le Informazioni Turistiche)4
Galleria dell'Accademia
Location:
view in google mapsDorsoduro 1050
30121 Venice, Italy
Phone:
+39 41 522 22475
Alla Patatina
Location:
view in google maps2742 Sestiere San Polo
30123 Venice, Italy
Phone:
39 41 523 7238Day 7 - Venice
For you last day in Venice you will undoubtedly go to Piazza San Marco for last minute photos. Before you leave today go over to visit to out-of-the-way churches, Santa Maria dei Derelitti and San Francesco della Vigna. Also, near Piazza San Marco is another church worth visiting, Santa Maria del Giglio. If you have time left in the day visit the Palazzo Labia.
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Palazzo Labia - Salone del Tiepolo
Location:
view in google maps275 Campo San Geremia
30131 Venice, Italy
Phone:
+39 41 524 28122
San Francesco della Vigna
Location:
view in google maps2786 Castello
Campo San Francesco
30122 Venice, Italy
Phone:
+39 41 529 8711 (Le Informazioni Turistiche)3
Santa Maria dei Derelitti
Location:
view in google mapsSalizzada Santi Giovanni e Paolo
30123 Venice, Italy
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Santa Maria del Giglio o Zobenigo
Location:
view in google mapsCampo Santa Maria Del Giglio O Zobenigo
30124 Venice, Italy
Phone:
+39 41 522 11885
Antica Bessetta
Location:
view in google mapsSanta Croce 1395
30121 Venice, Italy
Phone:
39 41 72 1687