Venice is a wonderful and mysterious city, slowly leaving under the water. 23 million tourists come to the city with 54 thousand inhabitants every year. Most of them prefer popular routes: to visit the Square and in the San San Marko Cathedral, swim on the gondola along the channels, climb the campaign of the Council of St. Mark, go for a walk along the Grand channel on the river tram. And it is on them that most restaurants and souvenir shops of dubious quality are designed. Today we will tell you where to go and what to do to feel like a real Venetian.
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1. To relax in the romantic garden of Palazzo Sorandzo-Capello
In the area of Santa-Croce, known for his grandiose palazzo (palaces) and churches, the Palazzo Sorange-Kapello is located. Behind the facade of the palace, in which the offices of the city administration are located, one of the most beautiful parks of Venice is hidden. Henry James and Gabriel d’annunzio wrote about him, and all the sculptures decorating him are ancient Roman originals. The garden consists of two parts: a courtyard with fruit trees and statues and a pavilion surrounded by marble columns. You can get into the garden on weekdays, from 10.00 to 17.00, the only condition is not to arrange picnics and not make noise.
2. Go to the Kannaredjo area – for the sake of a Jewish ghetto, synagogue and palaces
Kannaredjo is a quiet area in the northern part of the city where a third of the Venetians live. There are excellent shops, bars and restaurants and very few tourists. The Church of Madonna Dell’orto, where Tintoretto, the Jezuati Church with the paintings of Titian and the Jewish ghetto, is one of the oldest in Europe, is buried in Cannalgio. On its territory there are three ancient synagogues, richly decorated with carved panels and mosaic ornaments in the 18th century fashion. On the territory of the ghetto there are many good restaurants and the famous bakery Volpe (Volpe) with traditional Venetian sweets.
3. Learn about the life of the medieval Venice in the Historical Garden of the Palazzo Gradenigo
In Venice, gardens are still called “green gold” – in a city with a growing population, whose area did not increase for centuries, and the only source of water was rain wells, only the rich could afford the garden. The Palazzo Gradenigo Garden is unique – it was restored in 2001 in the form in which it has been for centuries – with thickets of flowers and medical grasses, small fountains and arbors. In the spring, when Japanese sophoras and wisteria bloom, the ground covers the layer of white petals. Several times a month in the garden and Palazzo lead excursions, talking about medieval Venice. Schedule of excursions and registration – on the Palazzo website.
4. See Santa Maria-dei-Mirakoli, one of the most beautiful churches of the city
The Venetians call Santa Maria-Deasyacoli “carved marble casket” due to the fact that inside and outside the church is lined with pink, blue and white marble, and in shape resembles a medieval box. This beautiful church was built in the 15th century for the miraculous icon of the Virgin Mary, written by Niccolo di Pietro. Inside, the church is as beautiful as outside – walls, choirs and altar are faced with colorful marble. Santa Maria-dei-Mirakoli is open from Monday to Saturday from 10.30 to 16.30, ticket price 3 EUR.
5. visit a concert of classical music in the Renaissance Palazzo
The problem of most concerts of chamber music in Venice is that they are designed for tourists, and their performers are students of the conservatory. The Venetians themselves go to concerts that organize the associations of the city musicians. We advise you to attend concerts of classical music that Societa Veneziana di Concerti organizes at the Opera La Fenica theater and in the building of Skuol Grand Di San Giovanni, decorated with Tintoretto and Titian canvases. The price of a ticket is an average of 20-35 EUR. Also, one cannot fail to mention the mini-concerts of music of the 14-18 centuries conducted by the Association of Scuola Di Musica Antica. Concerts are held on Saturdays, at 17.00 in the Renaissance Palazzo Cuties-Stampali. The cost of the concert is included in the price of a museum ticket (10 EUR).
6. Try the best Venetian snacks with a glass
In Venice, it makes no sense to buy pizza and paste – these are traditional dishes of the south of Italy. It is better to try the traditional Venetian snacks of Chiquetti with a glass of ZekoKko or a sprout in one of the bars that are called in Venice. There are hundreds of them in the city, and every year the best bakars choose among them. Here are the winners and their branded chuctti: Al Merca (meatballs from lamb and sandwiches with tuna and celery),
Il Diavolo E l’Cquasanta (pickled sardines, fried ticks of crabs and cod puree),
Il Bacareto da Lele (mini-sandvichi with bacon and artichokes, sausage and mushrooms),
La Vedova Cannaregio (cod crockers and sardines with Polent),
Osteria al Portego (mini-bufferies with artichoke and pasto, cod Alla-Winventine and stewed caraquatic),
Osteria Enoteca Al Volto (pink shrimp with woodpiles, a salad with peppers and dried tomatoes). One chucti costs 1-3 EUR, a glass of a clearer or a saber-2-3 EUR.
7. Plush into the atmosphere of the city in ancient market squares
The market squares of Venice lie far from tourist paths, markets are noisy in the morning, old people and children walk in the afternoon, and young people gather in the bars in the evening. The farmer market works on Kampo-Santa Margerita in the Dorsoduro area every morning, and in the evening dozens of bars are opened on the square, which can be affordable even to students. On Kampo-san-Barnaba in Dorsoduro is the Museum of Car Leonardo da Vinci, a book market where you can find books of 18-19 centuries, and a good restaurant Ristoteca Oniga. The grocery market works early in the Kampo-Santa-Maria-Formose, and cheese and pruscutto are sold in shops around the perimeter of the area. On the noisy square of Campo San-Giacomo-Dell’orio, old people are sitting on benches under the platanas, there are two inexpensive supermarkets on the corners of the square, and there is an excellent Glato di Natura cafe.
