Venice

Travel tips for Venice (4)

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  Doge's Palace, Venice

  The Gothic palace of the Doges, the rulers of the Venetian Republic for nearly a thousand years, beside St Mark's Basilica.

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  Grand Canal by vaporetto, Venice

  The best way to see Venice's main waterway is from vaporetto line 1, the slow water bus that stops at every landing between Piazzale Roma a…

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  St Mark's Basilica and Square, Venice

  St Mark's Basilica, the cathedral of Venice, glitters inside with more than 8,000 square metres of gold mosaics.

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  Locanda Antico Fiore, Venice

  A small, romantic hotel in an old Venetian palazzo in the San Marco district, close to the Grand Canal.