What to see in Venice: 10 unmissable places
The top 3 according to 20 votes from people: Grand Canal · St Mark's Square · Rialto Bridge. (Updated Mar 22, 2026.)
From St Mark's Square to the lagoon islands, the stops that guides and travellers consider essential in Venice.
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Top 10
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1
Grand Canal
Almost 4 km of palaces, best seen from vaporetto line 1.
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St Mark's Square
Venice's only 'piazza', with the Procuratie and Caffè Florian, open since 1720.
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Rialto Bridge
The oldest bridge over the Grand Canal, in stone since 1591, next to the Rialto market.
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St Mark's Campanile
Bell tower nearly 99 m tall with lagoon views, rebuilt after collapsing in 1902.
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Santa Maria della Salute
Baroque church at the mouth of the Grand Canal, built after the 1630 plague.
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Murano
Island of blown glass, with its furnaces and the Glass Museum.
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St Mark's Basilica
Over 8,000 m² of golden mosaics and the jewel-encrusted Pala d'Oro.
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Doge's Palace and Bridge of Sighs
The doges' Venetian Gothic palace; the visit crosses the Bridge of Sighs to the prisons.
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Burano
Island of colourful houses and lace, with the Lace Museum.
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10
Jewish Ghetto
The world's first ghetto, established in 1516 in Cannaregio, with five synagogues.
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Peggy Guggenheim Collection
Modern art in Palazzo Venier dei Leoni on the Grand Canal.
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Acqua Alta bookshop
Bookshop in the Castello district where books are stored in gondolas and tubs to save them from high water.
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13
Gallerie dell'Accademia
The largest collection of Venetian painting, from Bellini to Titian and Tintoretto.
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Comments (2)
Venezia di sera, senza turisti, è un'altra città.
Burano con le case colorate, da non perdere.