Venice Hotels

Venice Hotels

Hotels in the city of Venice are often required by people who need accommodation in the city of Venice. Some need accommodation that can offer easy access to the canals. Some may want a hotel as they are on a vacation in the city. Some may want to go to the city as they are on a sports, or entertainment visit, some may be on a work or study visit. Some may want a luxury or cheap hotel. Some may want a large or small hotel. Some may want a hotel where they can see the famous historic areas.

Venice (Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venesia or Venexia) is a city in northern Italy, the capital of the region Veneto. Venice has been known as the "La Dominante", "Serenissima", "Queen of the Adriatic", "City of Water", "City of Bridges", "City of Izzudean" and "The City of Light". It is considered by many to be one of the most beautiful cities in the world.

The city stretches across 118 small islands in the marshy Venetian Lagoon along the Adriatic Sea in northeast Italy. The saltwater lagoon stretches along the shoreline between the mouths of the Po (south) and the Piave (north) Rivers.

The Venetian Republic was a major maritime power during the Middle Ages and Renaissance, and a staging area for the Crusades and the Battle of Lepanto, as well as a very important center of commerce (especially silk, grain and spice trade) and art in the 13th century up to the end of the 17th century.

The classical Venetian boat is the gondola, although it is now mostly used for tourists, or for weddings, funerals, or other ceremonies. Most Venetians now travel by motorised waterbuses (vaporetti) which ply regular routes along the major canals and between the city's islands. The city also has many private boats. The only gondolas still in common use by Venetians are the traghetti, foot passenger ferries crossing the Grand Canal at certain points without bridges. Visitors can also take the watertaxis between areas of the city.

The Grand Canal (Italian: Canal Grande, Venetian: Cana?asso) is the most important canal in Venice, Italy. It forms one of the major water-traffic corridors in the city. Public transport is provided by water buses and private water taxis, but many tourists visit it by gondola. At one end the canal leads into the lagoon near Santa Lucia railway station and the other end leads into Saint Mark Basin: in between it makes a large S-shape through the central districts ("sestieri") of Venice. It is 3800 m long, 30-90 m wide, with an average depth of five meters. The Grand Canal banks are lined with Amongst the many are the Palazzi Barbaro, Ca' Rezzonico, Ca' d'Oro, Palazzo Dario, Ca' Foscari, Palazzo Barbarigo and to Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, housing the Peggy Guggenheim Collection. The churches along the canal include the basilica of Santa Maria della Salute. Centuries-old tradition such as the Historical Regatta are perpetuated every year along the Canal.

Venice is served by the newly rebuilt Marco Polo International Airport, or Aeroporto di Venezia Marco Polo, named in honor of its famous citizen. The airport is on the mainland and was rebuilt away from the coast; however, the water taxis or Alilaguna waterbuses to Venice are only a seven-minute walk from the terminals.

The Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute (Basilica of St Mary of Health/Salvation), commonly known simply as the Salute, is a famous church in Venice, placed scenically at a narrow finger of land which lies between the Grand Canal and the Bacino di San Marco on the lagoon, visible as one enters the Piazza San Marco from the water. While it has the status of a minor basilica, its decorative and distinctive profile and location make it among the most photographed churches in Italy.

Landmarks

Sestieri ; The sestieri are the primary traditional divisions of Venice. The city is divided into the six districts of Cannaregio, San Polo, Dorsoduro (including the Giudecca), Santa Croce, San Marco (including San Giorgio Maggiore), and Castello (including San Pietro di Castello and Sant'Elena). At the front of the Gondolas that work in the city there is a large piece of metal intended as a likeness of the Doge's hat. On this sit six notches pointing forwards and one pointing backwards. Each of these represent one of the Sestieri (the one which points backwards represents the Giudecca).

Museums have included ; Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Casa Goldoni a Palazzo Centano, Galleria Giorgio Franchetti alla Ca' d'Oro, Galleria Internazionale d'Arte Moderna, Gallerie dell'Accademia, Galleria di Palazzo Cini, Museo Correr, Museo d'Arte Erotica, Museo d'Arte Orientale, Museo del Ghetto, Museo del Merletto di Burano, Museo del Settecento veneziano (Ca' Rezzonico), Museo del Vetro di Murano, Museo dell'Istituto Ellenico, Museo della Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Museo della Scuola Dalmata dei SS. Giorgio e Trifone, Museo di Storia Naturale, Museo di Torcello, Museo Diocesano di Arte sacra, Museo Ebraico, Museo Marciano, Museo parrocchiale San Pietro Martire, Museo Storico Navale, Palazzo Fortuny, Palazzo Ducale, Palazzo Grassi, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Pinacoteca e Museo di S. Lazzaro degli Armeni, , Pinacoteca Manfrediniana, Scuola Grande dei Carmini, Scuola Grande di San Giovanni Evangelista, Scuola Grande di San Marco, Scuola Grande di San Rocco

Piazzas and campi ; St Mark's Square, Campo San Polo

Palaces and palazzi ;

Doge's Palace, Palazzo Grassi, Ca' d'Oro, Ca' Rezzonico, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Palazzo Contarini del Bovolo, Fondaco dei Turchi, Palazzo Labia, Scuola Grande di San Marco, Palazzo Malipiero, Palazzo Foscari

Churches ; Basilica di San Marco, Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute, Other churches

Other buildings ; Accademia, The Arsenal, La Fenice opera house, La Torre dell'Orologio (St Mark's Clock)

Bridges ; Rialto Bridge, The Bridge of Sighs, Accademia Bridge, Scalzi Bridge, Ponte della Costituzione

Surroundings ; The Venetian Lagoon
Islands: Burano, Lazzaretto Vecchio, Lido, Mazzorbo, Murano, Mioldalni, Isola di La Grazia, San Michele, Isola Di San Secondo, Sacca Sessola, Sant'Erasmo, Isola Di San Clemente, San Francesco nel Deserto, San Giorgio in Alga, San Giorgio Maggiore, San Lazzaro degli Armeni, San Servolo, Santo Spirito, Torcello, Vignole, Giudecca