5-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.

Vaporetto to Murano

Take the vaporetto across the lagoon to Murano, famed for centuries of glassblowing tradition.

Glassblowing Demonstration

Watch master glassblowers shape molten glass into sculptures at a Murano furnace.

Burano's Rainbow Houses

Wander Burano's brightly painted fishermen's houses and browse handmade lace shops.

Return Lagoon Crossing

Ride the vaporetto back across the lagoon as the light turns gold over the water.

Gallerie dell'Accademia

See Venetian Renaissance masterworks by Titian and Bellini inside the Gallerie dell'Accademia.

Peggy Guggenheim Collection

Wander the modern art collection housed in Peggy Guggenheim's unfinished palazzo on the Grand Canal.

Dorsoduro's Student Streets

Explore Dorsoduro's laid-back, art-school atmosphere along Zattere's sunny promenade.

Dinner in Dorsoduro

Enjoy fresh seafood pasta at a trattoria tucked into Dorsoduro's quiet squares.