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Venice Sightseeing Tours
The Real Venice
Venice is world-famous for its canals. It is built on an archipelago of 118 islands formed by about 150 canals in a shallow lagoon. The islands on which the city is built are connected by about 400 bridges. In the old center, the canals serve the function of roads, and every form of transport is on water or on foot. In the 19th century a causeway to the mainland brought a railway station to Venice, and an automobile causeway and parking lot was added in the 20th century. Beyond these land entrances at the northern edge of the city, transportation within the city remains, as it was in centuries past, entirely on water or on foot.
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Venice is world-famous for its canals. It is built on an archipelago of 118 islands formed by about 150 canals in a shallow lagoon. The islands on which the city is built are connected by about 400 bridges. In the old center, the canals serve the function of roads, and every form of transport is on water or on foot. In the 19th century a causeway to the mainland brought a railway station to Venice, and an automobile causeway and parking lot was added in the 20th century. Beyond these land entrances at the northern edge of the city, transportation within the city remains, as it was in centuries past, entirely on water or on foot.
Venice is Europe's largest urban carfree area, unique in Europe in remaining a sizable functioning city in the 21st century entirely without motorcars or trucks.
Sightseeing Tours in Venice and the region of Veneto
John Ruskin visited Venice for the first time in 1835. The city – popularized by his writings -becamea must for British and American tourists who armed with The Stones of Venice began arriving in great numbers.
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Scheduled Group Walking Tours
Walking tour from the populare St. Mark's and the Basilica, to a journey through the labyrinth of the Hidden Venice.
Private Guided Tours
Over the centuries the great masters of Venetian painting adorned the city with wonderful works imbued with light and colour, a quality that has distinguished the Venetian school of painting since its origins.
Day Trips from Venice
Important towns in Veneto include Verona, Padua, Treviso, Belluno, Rovigo and Vicenza. This region is very rich in cultural and historic treasures. Its architectural heritage includes the unique buildings and bridges of Venice, and many of Palladio's villas.