Museum in Venice
The Gallerie dell’Accademia is Venice’s main art museum, covering Venetian painting from the 14th to the 18th century. Entry is paid. Bellini, Carpaccio, Giorgione, Titian, Tintoretto, and Veronese are all here. The museum tells the complete story of Venetian art in one building. Budget travelers pay the ticket and see how Venice became the color capital of the art world.
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Other places worth the walk, and what each one costs.
The Frari in Venice is a Gothic brick basilica built by Franciscan friars beginning in 1338, its construction spanning over a century and producing one of the largest churches in Venice. It contains Titian's Assumption of the Virgin (1518) above the main altar, widely considered one of the defining paintings of the Venetian Renaissance, and his tomb.
Every house on Burano must be repainted every two years, and residents need government approval before choosing a new color, which must differ from every adjacent building.
Campo Santa Margherita is a large, lively square in Dorsoduro where Venetian students and locals gather in the evenings, surrounded by cheap bars, pizza-by-the-slice shops, and a daily fish market. Free.
One of Venice's largest and liveliest squares, ringed by cafes and the Church of Santo Stefano. Free to enjoy at any hour, it sits on the main walking route between the Accademia Bridge and San Marco and makes a good people-watching rest stop.
Venice's largest sestiere stretches from the tourist crush near San Marco into quiet residential neighborhoods. Free to wander, the eastern end around Via Garibaldi feels like a different city entirely, with local bars, laundry lines, and almost no visitors.
Dorsoduro is the quietest and most artistic sestiere (district) of Venice, home to the Gallerie dell'Accademia, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, and the Punta della Dogana contemporary art space. Free to walk.
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