With beautiful full-color illustrations, this guide offers tourists a rapid but complete overview of the main sites and monuments of Venice.
French edition.
With beautiful full-color illustrations, this guide offers tourists a rapid but complete overview of the main sites and monuments of the city: the magnificent palaces on the Grand Canal, the main commercial artery of Venice, Piazza San Marco with its basilica and Palazzo Ducale, the “sestieri” of San Marco, Castello, Cannaregio, Dorsoduro, San Polo and Santa Croce, each with its own characteristics, and the most important islands of the lagoon: Murano, Burano and Torcello. Along with a detailed map of the city, the book offers information on historical events, traditions and festivals, including the Historic Regata, the Carnival, the Feast of the Redeemer (Festa del Redentore).