Our Apartments in San Marco area

San Marco is probably the best known of all the Venetian sestieri and home to one of the most instantly recognisable open spaces in the world, St. Mark’s Square. An area of almost dual personality with unmissable attractions, hotels and commerce lying just moments away from an altogether different Venice of quiet residential calles, campos and canals tucked away from the tourist crowds.
Endlessly fascinating, with lots to see and do and never, ever boring!

Perhaps visit…
• St Mark’s Square and Basilica
• The Doge’s Palace (Palazzo Ducale)
• The Campanile (Bell Tower)
• The Columns of St Theodore and the winged Lion of St. Mark
• The Orchestras of Caffé Florian and Quadri
• The Clock Tower (Torre dell’Orologio)
• Teatro La Fenice
• The Correr Museum
• Museo della Musica (Music Museum) at the Church of San Maurizio
• Musica a Palazzo
• Scala Contarini del Bovolo
• Palazzo Fortuny (Museum of Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo, famous photographer, painter, stage and textile designer)
• Palazzo Grassi Museum of Modern Art
• The little Island of San Giorgio Maggiore with its imposing Palladio Church and Campanile (and spectacular views) also comes under the sestiere of San Marco and is well worth a special trip.