• Price: FREE
• Duration:

Wandering around the back of the Frari takes you directly to the Campo San Rocco and the school with its breathtaking artworks.

1:50 pm — Scuola Grande di San Rocco & Lunch

• Price: FREE
• Duration: 1 hour and 40 minutes (Opening hours are daily 9.30am – 5.30pm Closed Christmas Day, New Years Day and Easter Day. Admission free)

On the ceilings of the school you can find some of Tintoretto’s mannerist artworks at their very best.

Lunchtime: Now should be a good time to take a rest and grab a bite to eat, depending on the time either before looking around the Frari and Scuola Rosso or just after. Frary’s Restaurant provides a great choice of traditional Italian lunch and a great selection of ethnic dishes, the Greek musaka being a particular favorite. All at a reasonable price and great service. (Closed Tuesday)

Walk to Ponte del Tette

• Price: FREE
• Duration:

Retrace your steps back past the Frari and over the canal and turn left heading for Campo San Ostin. Here you take the right hand exit, along Calle Ca Dona and continue ahead through the maze of narrow lanes and squares. Just before reaching the Rio de San Boldo canal you turn right and then left and cross at the Ponte del Fomer. Once across take the second turning right and straight on to Venice’s seedy bridge.

Ponte del Tette

• Price: FREE
• Duration: 10 minutes

The “Bridge of Tits” was the heart of the red light district in 15th century Venice. The bridge gained this name as the officials were worried about the increase in homosexuality in Venice and so the prostitutes were encouraged to bare their breasts from the bridge and surrounding windows in the hope of converting people.

Walk to the Church of San Cassiano

• Price: FREE
• Duration:

Continuing along the Fondamente de le Tette, into Calle della Regina and around until you once again reach the Rio de San Cassan canal and the church.

Church of San Cassiano

• Price: FREE
• Duration: 20 minutes (Opening hours are Tues – Sat 9am – 12noon and 5pm – 7pm)

The local church of Renaissance artist Tintoretto and is where you can see three examples of his work. San Cassiano is the patron saint of School

Teachers and an 18th century painting by Balestra depicts him being attacked by children. The church also once held a fifteenth century painting by Messina, which later reappeared and now can be viewed in Vienna. There is also a ceiling fresco and alter piece by the eighteenth century artist Giambattista Pittoni.

Walk to Ca Pesaro

• Price: FREE
• Duration:

Once you have had a look around carry on ahead and back over the bridge and back onto the Calle delle Regina about 50 meters further along. Take the next turning left and across the Rio do Torri, turning first right which leads to Ca Pesaro.

Ca Pesaro

• Price: $5.50 (for a single adult)
• Duration: 30 minutes

(Opening hours 9:00 – 14:00 Tues – Sun. Admission €5.50)

The marble Baroque palace on the Grand Canal, since 1897 it has been home to the Museum of Modern Art and Oriental Art. The Museum of Modem Art contains an excellent collection of works by De Chirico, Maitisse, Klee, Kandinsky, Chagall and Klimt. The Oriental collection has over 30,000 artifacts, mainly Japanese including armor, weapons and paintings.

Walk to the Church of San Stae

• Price: FREE
• Duration:

After you leave Ca Pesaro, cross the Rio de la Pergola and the Rio de San Stae canals before reaching the Campo San Stae with its glorious church and views of the Grand Canal.

Church of San Stae

• Price: FREE
• Duration: 10 minutes

A richly decorated 11th century church with the later 17th century facade facing onto the Grand Canal and has examples of work by Torretto, Baratta,Migliori and Amigioni. The ceilings have been decorated by Letterini and a young Tiepolo painted the “Martyrdom of St Bartholomeo”. Next door is the small chapel dedicated to the Goldsmiths Guild and opened in 1709, nowadays it is occasionally used for concerts and exhibitions. The church is also the family tomb to the Mocenigo family who heavily supported the church and whose palace was nearby.

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Galleria dell’ Accadamia

• Price: $6.50 (for a single adult)
• Duration: 30 minutes

(Opening hours 8:15-19:15 Tues – Sun. 8:15 – 14:00 Mon. Admission €6.50, reduced €3.25)

This is one of Italy’s foremost museums and has a great collection of masterpieces, including works by Canaletto, Bellini, Carpaccio and Tiepolo.

Walk to Palazzo Barbargio

• Price: FREE
• Duration:

After taking in the culture of the Accadamia, walk around the outside of the building turning immediately left onto Calle Nov Pistor and walk straight ahead, crossing the Rio San Vio canal and turning left to the Palazzo Barbargio and the edge of the Grand Canal.

Palazzo Barbargio

• Price: FREE
• Duration: 20 minutes

A 16th century palace noted for its inclusion of Mosaic tiles in the 1880’s, which were created by the glass workers of Murano. In its day it was considered garish and out of place with the elegant surrounds of the Grand Canal, today, part of the building houses a showroom to the skills of the Murano glass blowers.

Walk to the Peggy Guggenheim Museum

• Price: FREE
• Duration:

Return to the main road, Calle dei Leoni and proceed for 100 meters where you will reach the Guggenheim on your left, again alongside the waters of the Grand Canal.

The Peggy Guggenheim Museum

• Price: $12.00 (for a single adult)
• Duration: 40 minutes

(Opening hours 10:00-18:00 Weds – Mon, closed Tues. Admission €12, Seniors €10)

Housed in the Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, the philanthropist and wife of the artist Max Ernst, Peggy Guggenheim established the gallery with its substantial collection of modem masters, including works by Picasso, De Chirico, Ernst, Miro, Kandinsky, Duchamp and Dali.

Walk to Basilica Santa Maria della Salute

• Price: FREE
• Duration:

Upon leaving the gallery carry on along the main road, walking parallel with the Grand Canal for approximately 300 meters. You cannot miss the target of your journey as the dome of the Santa Maria della Salute looms up in front of you.

Basilica Santa Maria della Salute

• Price: FREE
• Duration: 30 minutes (Opening hours 9.00 – 12.00 and 13.00 – 17.00 daily. Admission free)

This massive church holds a dominant position alongside the Grand Canal in the Dorsoduro district.

An octagonal church, capped with a massive dome, its iconic shape making it popular with many artists, including Canaletto, JMW Turner, John Singer Sargent and Francesco Guardi. The church contains “The Marriage at Cana” by Tintoretto and a number of pieces by Titian, including the ceiling fresco of David and Goliath. The church also features in paintings by Canaletto and a poem by Jean Cocteau.

Walk to the Church of San Trovaso

• Price: FREE
• Duration: 20 minutes

Having explored the basilica take the Fondantante delle Salute and head south, crossing the canal and joining the Calle dello Squero on the left. This reaches the wide expanses of the Guidecca Canal after 100 meters. Hereyou will find yourself on the wide promenade of the Fondamente Zattere al Sprinto Santo.

This is a pleasant stroll past old warehouses, restaurants, galleries and gorgeous hotels until you reach the turning onto Fondamente Nani, 120 meters past the Church of San Gesuati. Walking along side the Rio de San Trovaso canal you can see the boatyard and the Church of San Trovaso on the opposite bank, which can be reached by crossing over the first bridge, Ponte San Trovaso.

Church of San Trovaso

• Price: FREE
• Duration: 10 minutes

(Opening hours 15:00 – 18:00 Mon – Sat)

The church of San Trovaso, which can be found in the former shipbuilding quarter of Venice, is dedicated to two saints, St Gervase and St Protasius. Uniquely, it has two decorative entrances that are supposedly due to a feud between two families who refused to use the same door. Despite its dour interior, there are a couple of paintings of note, “The Last Supper” by Tintoretto and the “Temptation of St Anthony” by Giambono.

Gondola Boatyard

• Price: FREE
• Duration: 10 minutes

Next door to the church is the only surviving Gondola boatyard, which were once prevalent in the area. Here the elegant craft are still produced and repaired by hand and you can see these magnificent black and gold boats as they are worked upon.

Walk to Zattere

• Price: FREE
• Duration:

Leaving the church through Campo San Trovaso and past the boatyard you keep following the road until you are back on the Zattere promenade once more.

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