3-Day Venice Itinerary

Check In & Settle In

Arrive and check into your hotel near San Polo or Cannaregio, then drop your bags and freshen up.

Vaporetto Along the Grand Canal

Ride a vaporetto down the Grand Canal, past centuries of palazzi facades.

Rialto Bridge & Market

Cross the Rialto Bridge and browse the fish and produce stalls of its centuries-old market.

Cicchetti Crawl in Cannaregio

Hop between bacari bars in Cannaregio for cicchetti bites and small glasses of ombra wine.

St Mark's Basilica

Marvel at the gold Byzantine mosaics covering every inch of St Mark's Basilica's domed ceilings.

Doge's Palace & Bridge of Sighs

Walk the opulent chambers of the Doge's Palace and cross the enclosed Bridge of Sighs to the old prisons.

Coffee at Caffe Florian

Sip an espresso at Caffe Florian, one of the oldest coffee houses in the world, beneath the Piazza's arcades.

Sunset Gondola Ride

Glide beneath the Rialto Bridge and past hidden canals on a classic Grand Canal gondola ride at sunset.

Jewish Ghetto of Venice

Walk through the world's first Jewish ghetto, established in 1516, and its tall, tightly-stacked synagogues.

Cannaregio's Quiet Canals

Wander away from the crowds along Cannaregio's residential canals and the Fondamenta della Misericordia.

Cicchetti Lunch at a Bacaro

Stop for baccala mantecato on crostini at a neighbourhood bacaro along the canal.

Dinner Overlooking a Quiet Canal

Dine canal-side away from the tourist crowds at a family-run Cannaregio trattoria.