Please, look at the map. Our first walking tour begins from the Venetian Arsenal and includes many of the Venice tourist attractions. Follow the blue arrow direction on the map. This walking tour has its end at the Rialto Bridge.
The letter "A" is our starting point, but we live in the point "G". So, before we start our walking tour we should move from the "G" point to the "A" point. We use the green direction for this purpose. While we walking along the green line to the point "A" we use not only feet but Vaporetto water bus also, we use it from the Rialto Market stop (red circle at the top) until the San Marco Vallaresso stop (red circle at the bottom).
The church of Sant'Aponal is found beside the house where we lived. |
Vegetable stall near the Rialto Market vaporetto station. |
Rialto Market vaporetto station. |
Buildings opposite the Rialto Market vaporetto station. |
Vaporetto bus number VE 7688 is floating by Grand Canal. |
Rialto Bridge is in the rays of morning sun. |
We have just passed the Rialto Bridge. |
Hotel Locanda Ovidius. |
Series of gondolas on the Grand Canal. |
Gondola is passing by our vaporetto bus. |
Construction barge with a crane on the Grand Canal. |
Grand Canal in the full beauty. |
Rialto Bridge. |
Aman Canal Grande Venice Resort. |
Aman Canal Grande Venice Resort and the Rialto Bridge. |
Actv 5 (Number 1) has arrived on the S. Angelo vaporetto station. |
Buildings near the S. Toma vaporetto station. |
S. Toma vaporetto station. |
Gondola Service at S. Toma vaporetto station. |
Ca' Rezzonico is a palazzo on the Grand Canal in the Dorsoduro sestiere. |
Ca' Rezzonico building. |
Small wooden bridge near the Ca' Rezzonico. |
Accademia Bridge is an elegant wooden bridge over the Grand Canal. |
Hotel Palazzo Stern. |
Buildings between Ca' Cerchieri Piano Nobile and Accademia vaporetto station. |
Ca' Cerchieri Terrace. |
Accademia vaporetto station. |
Gallerie dell'Accademia. |
Palazzo Da Mula Morosini. |
Paintings on the wall of Palazzo Da Mula Morosini. |
Peggy Guggenheim Collection. |
Two storey building between the Palazzo Dario and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection. |
Palazzo Dario is under reconstruction in 2015. |
Giglio vaporetto station. |
The Grand Canal view from the Giglio vaporetto station. |
Peggy Guggenheim Collection and Palazzo Da Mula Morosini. |
Palazzo Salviati. |
Dome of Santa Maria della Salute. |
Santa Maria della Salute. |
Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute. |
Gondolas docked in front of the Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute. |
Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute is an awesome building. |
View of the Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute from the vaporetto bus. |
View of the Salute from the water. |
The Fondamenta Salute road. |
San Marco Campanile seen from St Mark's Square. |
St Mark's Square. |
San Marco Campanile. |
Pigeons and walking tourists on the St Mark's Square. |
Piazza San Marco often known in English as St Mark's Square. |
St Mark's Square is full of the tourists even early in the morning. |
Bell tower of the St Mark's Basilica. |
Base of the bell tower of the St Mark's Basilica. |
St Mark's Clocktower. |
Porta della Carta “Paper Gate”. |
Procuratie Vecchie view from the St Mark's Square. |
Saint Mark's Basilica and the Porta della Carta (Paper Gate). |
St Mark's Campanile is one of the most recognizable symbols of the city. |
St Mark's Clocktower and Basilica. |
San Giorgio Maggiore is a 16th-century Benedictine church on the island of the same name. |
Gondolas docked in front of the Doge's Palace. |
Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana is a library and Renaissance building. |
Doge's Palace. |
The most top part of the St Mark's Campanile. |
Column of St Mark “A winged lion”. |
Clock Tower is an early renaissance building. |
Marble statues of the winged lion and the doge Francesco Foscari above the Paper Gate. |
Queue of tourists in the Saint Mark's Basilica in the July morning. |
Clock Tower. |
Procuratie Vecchie. |
Main view of the inner interior of the Saint Mark's Basilica. |
Ceiling of the Saint Mark's Basilica. |
Saint Mark's Basilica inside. |
Luxurious inner interior of the Saint Mark's Basilica. |
Tourists admire the majestic beauty of the inner interior of the Saint Mark's Basilica. |
Overview of mosaics inside the Saint Mark's Basilica. |
Vendors set up a stall on the St Mark's Square to sell colorful masks. |
San Giorgio Maggiore. |
San Giorgio Maggiore island. |
The Bridge of Sighs in July 2015. |
The Bridge of Sighs. |
The Bridge of Sighs is iconic white-stone enclosed bridge. |
Riva degli Schiavoni is a water front in Venice. |
Doge's Palace view from Riva degli Schiavoni. |
The Rio del Vin is a Venetian canal in the Castello district. |
Victor Emmanuel II Monument. |
The Venice on this statue bares one breast and holds a flag close to her body. |
The Rio del Greci “Greeks channel” is a Venetian canal in the Castello district. |
San Giorgio Maggiore view from the bridge over the Rio del Greci. |
Tourists want to take pictures of the women clothed in the Venetian carnival costumes. |
Steps of the short stairway are covered with the green moss. |
Hotel Gabrielli. |
Ordinary street of the Castello district. |
We are at the Venetian Arsenal now, this is the point "B" on our map. |
Venetian Arsenal is a complex of former shipyards and armories clustered together in the city. |
Rio de l'Arsenal is a Venetian canal in the Castello district. |
Venetian Arsenal. |
View of the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal. |
Naval History Museum of Venice. |
Bridge before the entrance to the Venetian Arsenal. |
Hotel la Residenza. |
Entrance to the “San Giovanni in Bragora” church. |
Tympanum over the main door of the San Giovanni in Bragora church. |
Choir of the “San Giovanni in Bragora” church. |
Inner interior of the “San Giovanni in Bragora” church. |
Woman sculpture in the bright rays of the sun in the “San Giovanni in Bragora” church. |
Funerary monument of John the Merciful inside the “San Giovanni in Bragora” church. |
Ceiling inside the “San Giovanni in Bragora” church. |
Chapel of the Virgin “La cappella della beata vergine addolorata” is adorned on the top by the skull. |
San Giovanni in Bragora is the church where Antonio Vivaldi was baptised in 1678. |
One of the tiny Venetian canals in the Castello district. |
This statue was created from the white transparent cloth. |
This transparent statue was installed on the wall of one of the buildings in the Castello district. |
One of the Venetian canals between the San Giovanni in Bragora and Santa Maria Formosa churches. |
Tiny bridges were scattered here, there and everywhere in the Castello district. |
Bridge of San Lorenzo was built over the Rio de San Lorenzo canal. |
Hotel Scandinavia. |
Few tiny bridges over the Rio de Santa Maria Formosa canal on the background. |
Entrance to the Santa Maria Formosa church. |
Bell tower of the Santa Maria Formosa church. |
Public square on the northern side of the Santa Maria Formosa church. |
Inner interior of the Santa Maria Formosa church. |
Santa Maria Formosa church was erected in 1492 under the design by Renaissance architect Mauro Codussi. |
Interior of the Santa Maria Formosa church is very bright. |
Chaotic organization of the Acqua Alta library is part of what makes it memorable. |
The Rio de San Giovanni Laterano canal connects with the Rio Tetta canal in this place. |
An amazing building between the Rio de San Giovanni Laterano and Rio Tetta canals. |
Basilica di San Giovanni e Paolo is a church in the Castello district. |
Basilica di San Giovanni e Paolo is known in the Venetian dialect as San Zanipolo. |
So, we have reached San Zanipolo, and it is the “D” point in this walking tour. |
Equestrian statue of Bartolomeo Colleoni. |
Calle Larga Giacinto Gallina bridge is located in front of San Zanipolo. |
Scuola Grande di San Marco faces the Campo San Giovanni e Paolo, one of the largest squares in the city. |
One of the largest churches in the city, San Giovanni e Paolo has the status of a minor basilica. |
Facade of San Giovanni e Paolo. |
Scuola Grande di San Marco is a building in which the hospital is located. |
Equestrian statue of Bartolomeo Colleoni is a Renaissance sculpture in Campo Santi Giovanni e Paolo. |
Interior of the Scuola Grande di San Marco. |
Commemorative plaque on the wall of the Campo San Giovanni e Paolo church. |
Interior of the Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo. |
Equestrian statue in Santi Giovanni e Paolo. |
Medieval and Renaissance wall tombs in Santi Giovanni e Paolo. |
Santi Giovanni e Paolo was built to hold large congregations. |
Statues in Santi Giovanni e Paolo. |
Rio dei Mendicanti is a Venice canal forming the boundary between the district of Cannaregio and Castello. |
Intersection of the The Rio de Ca'Widmann and Rio de Miracole canals, the view from GPS point: 45.43985, 12.33947. |
Bridge over the Rio de Miracole canal. |
Santa Maria dei Miracoli is a church in the district of Cannaregio. |
Santa Maria dei Miracoli is in the point “E” in our walking tour. |
Inscription reads “Campiello Santa Maria Nova”. |
Campiello Santa Maria Nova. |
Campiello Santa Maria Nova has large windows and interesting architecture. |
In the middle of the Campo San Bartolomeo is a statue of the playwright Carlo Goldoni. |
Campo San Bartolomeo is a nice square close to the famous Rialto Bridge. |
Street Salizzada Pio X is adjacent to the Rialto Bridge. |
Riva del Ferro lies between the Rialto vaporetto station and the Rialto Bridge. |
View of the Grand Canal from the Riva del Ferro. |
We are walking to the top of the Rialto Bridge. |
Rialto Bridge is in the point “F” in our walking tour. |
View from the Rialto Bridge on the Ruga dei Oresi street. |
View from the Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal. |
San Giacomo di Rialto public square. |
San Giacomo di Rialto is a church in the district of San Polo. |
There are plenty of fruits and vegetables in the Rialto market. |
I have never seen the locals buying fruits in the Rialto market. |
Rialto market is a lovely small fruit and vegetable marketplace. |
Melons and peaches in the Rialto market. |
This is the Chiesa di S. Aponallinare, the place where our first walking tour was finished at the point “G”. |