Accademia Art Galleries, Rialto Market, Venice Casino and much more!
In 1980 he opened in the Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, the Peggy Guggenheim under the management of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Peggy Guggenheim had given both the palace that the collection.
Peggy Guggenheim was instrumental in the development of art of the twentieth century, the collection has become one of the largest museums of modern art in the world.
Address: Peggy Guggenheim Collection - 30124 - Venice - Italy
E-mail: info@guggenheim-venice.it
The Collection is housed since 1922 in Piazza San Marco, in the spaces of the Napoleonic Wing and part of New Procuratie.
The Correr Museum offers several fascinating insight into the Art and History of Venice.
Address: Museo Correr - 30124 - Venice - Italy
E-mail: info@fmcvenezia.it
The monumental complex of the Art Galleries in Accademia now occupies the prestigious center of the Scuola Grande di Santa Maria della Carita, one of the oldest secular brotherhoods in the city. They are an integral part also the homonymous church of Santa Maria and the monastery of the Lateran Canons, built by Andrea Palladio.
The museum hosts the largest collection of Venetian paintings, from the fourteenth century Byzantine and Gothic to Renaissance artists, Bellini, Carpaccio, Giorgione, Veronese, Tintoretto and Titian to reach Giambattista Tiepolo and the eighteenth-century landscape painters, Canaletto, Guardi, Bellotto, Longhi. Artists who influenced the whole history of European painting.
Address: Gallerie Accademia - 30124 - Venice - Italy
If you want to taste the real popular Venetian atmosphere absolutely you must visit the Rialto Market, one of the oldest markets of Venice.
The Rialto Market is located next to the Rialto Bridge, in the heart of the historic center of Venice, and extends between Campo de la Pescaria and the beautiful San Giacometo Field. It hosts the traditional fish market and the fruit and vegetable market. A single market of its kind, where a lively crowd of citizens, curious, shopkeepers and tourists flock to buy or just browse through the thousands of voices that animate this picturesque Venetian market and the many colors and fragrances of the products.
A historical place for Venetians, true staple of local food it needs to prepare typical Venetian dishes. Quality fruits and vegetables and fresh fish of the lagoon and surrounding waters are a real guarantee to the Rialto Market. The market is crowded from early in the morning. Unique is the crossroads of people that lasts all morning.
Opening hours of Rialto Market:
Fish market: Tuesday to Saturday, from 7.30 to 12.00.
Fruit and vegetable market: from Monday to Saturday, from 7,30 and 13,30.
Address: Mercato di Rialto - 30124 - Venice - Italy
The thrill of the game in a unique location
The Venice Casino is the home of Italy’s oldest game in the world. Inaugurated in 1638, over the years he has maintained unchanged its charm: the arcades today dedicated to Black Jack, French Roulette, poker texas holdem and many other board games are entrusted to the best professionals.
For more casual entertainment, however, always with the privilege of a unique setting, there are over 600 slot machines.
Address: Casino di Venezia - 30124 - Venice - Italy
A break in one of the most picturesque scenery in the world. A restaurant or rather a cafe, remained true to himself over the centuries and that always attracts leading personalities (from Stendhal to Woody Allen, passing by Wagner and Proust, to name a few) but who found the stimulus for renew, so that each guest can experience the feeling of not being alone in the presence of a great past, but in a modern, alive and updated to the quality criteria, of goodness and wholesomeness of proposals.
From April to late October, the atmosphere is enlivened by the Italian orchestra 121 St. Mark’s Band.
Address: Gran Caffé Quadri - 30124 - Venice - Italy
E-mail: info@caffequadri.it