Venice city centre holiday apartment

Nearest Airport: Venice airport at 15 Kilometres

Nearest Ferry: Venice ferry port at 1 Kilometres

Nearest Train: Venice train station at 2 Kilometres

Nearest Beach: beach at 5 Metres

Car: not necessary

Giudecca is only a short gondola ride from San Marco and in the 18th century was Venice’ “garden of delights”. Alongside noble residences (such as Palazzo Vendramin, Palazzo Dandolo, Palazzo Barbaro Nani) there were modest “pavilions” for shorter stays, called “casini”. Today the Giudecca is much changed, but some of the gardens which were the favourite summer retreats of the Venetian noble families still exist. There were convents, Academies, like the Academy of Philosophy, the Convito dei Nobili and, above all, parks, orchards and vineyards where the city dwellers, normally confined to narrow alleys and small courtyards, could enjoy fresh air and open spaces, as well as the then famous “vin salso”, called in this way because of its characteristic salty after-taste, due to the vicinity of the lagoon. Famous amongst the sites of interest on the Giudecca are; Palladio's Church of Redentore, built in thanksgiving for the end of the plague in the 16.

marks the location of the property in Venice