Art and culture – sightseeing

Just a 5 minute walk…

• Grand Canal 0.0 miles
• Bridge of Sighs 0.1 miles
• Saint Mark's Square - Saint Mark's Basilica and Saint Mark's Bell Tower 0.1miles
• Doges Palace 0.1 miles
• Correr Museum  0.3 miles
• Ca Rezzonico Venetian 18th Century Museum 0.3 miles

A 15 minute stroll in town...

• Academia of Fine Arts and Gallery 0.8 miles
• Peggy Guggenheim Collection 1 miles. On display at the museum until 15 May, 2011 is the temporary exhibition THE VORTICISTS: Rebel Artists in London and New York, 1914-1918, the first exhibition in Italy dedicated to Vorticism, Britain's contribution to the visual avant-gardes. Inspired by the artwork of movement is Executive Chef Gian Nicola Colucci's special menu Vortices. Culinary Rebels, available at Restaurant Terrazza Danieli until 15 May. This temporary exhibit will be followed by ILEANA SONNABEND. AN ITALIAN PORTRAIT from 29 May until 2 October 2011, an exhibition which looks at the Italian component of the Sonnabend collection.
• Santa Maria della Salute Basilica 1.1 mile - across the Grand Canal
• Fortuny Museum  1.2 miles
• Rialto Bridge  1.1 miles
• Scuola Grande di S.Rocco (St. Roch School) 1.2 miles
• Frari Church 2.0 miles
• Ca' Pesaro Modern Art Museum 1.0 miles
• Ca d'Oro Museum 1.0 miles

Going a little further and taking a vaporetto (around 30 minues)

• Redeemer Church 0.5 miles
• Giorgio Cini Foundation 0.5 miles
• San Giorgio Maggiore Church 0.3 miles
• Museum of the Jewish Community – Synagogue and Jewish Neighborhood  2.0 miles
• Glass Museum and Murano Island 3.1 miles
• Burano Island  3.5 miles
• Torcello Island 4.0 miles

Sports and entertainment

• La Fenice Theatre 0.1 miles
• Casino of Venice 0.6 miles
• Venice Biennale 1.0 miles. This year the International Biennale of Contemporary Art will take place from 4 June to 27 November 2011. The 54th edition is entitled ILLUMInations.
• International Film Festival 1.9 miles. The 68th Venice International Film Festival takes place from 31 August to 11 September 2011.
• Venice Golf Club “Gli Alberoni” 5.0 miles
• Lido Beach 1.9 miles

Nearby destinations – day trip

• Treviso 18.6 miles
• Padova 24.2 miles. The city’s Botanical Garden is part of the World Heritage Sites List and definitely worth a visit.  
• Asolo 42.9 miles
• Vicenza  47.2 miles The Palladian Villas are one of Veneto’s best examples of Architecture and were rightly nominated World Heritage Site in 1994
• Trieste 49.7 miles
• Verona 62.1 miles. This city is famous for Shakespeare drama Romeo and Juliet, but it is also part of the UNESCO list of World Heritage
• Dolomiti (Alps Range) 55.9 miles. These magnificent mountains were inscribed in the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites in 2009. More information about the Dolomites