Venice, worth knowing.

Fun facts about Venice

1. 1Murano glass has a fiery backstory: in 1291 Venice's Great Council moved the glass furnaces out of the city to Murano to cut the risk of fire. Glassmaking has stayed on the island ever since.Source: Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia; Wikipedia
2. 2A gondola is made of 280 hand-crafted pieces from eight different kinds of wood, and it's built slightly lopsided on purpose: the asymmetry lets a single oar steer it.Source: Comitato Giovani, Italian National Commission for UNESCO; Wikipedia
3. 3The stone Rialto Bridge you see today was finished in 1591, designed by Antonio da Ponte to replace earlier wooden bridges. It still carries rows of little shops under its arcades.Source: Italia.it; Wikipedia
4. 4The Grand Canal snakes through the heart of Venice, yet only four bridges cross it. Until 1854, the Rialto was the only one.Source: Italia.it; Venezia Autentica
5. 5Venice is split into six districts called sestieri, three on each side of the Grand Canal, and each one keeps its own house numbers. Handy to know when you're hunting for an address!Source: Italy Magazine; History Walks Venice

Things to do in Venice

• ◦Hop over to Burano, the lagoon island where the houses are painted in a patchwork of bright colours. Then see centuries of lace at the Lace Museum, once home to the island's lace school.Source: Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia; Italy Magazine
• ◦Venice's market moved to Rialto back in 1097. Today you can browse the Pescaria fish market under its arched porticoes and the colourful Erbaria fruit and vegetable stalls next door.Source: ATVO; Wikipedia
• ◦Wander Dorsoduro, whose name means 'hard back'. Stroll the Zattere waterfront along the Giudecca Canal, then see modern art in Peggy Guggenheim's former Grand Canal home.Source: Peggy Guggenheim Collection; Visitvenezia.eu
• ◦On Murano, visit the Glass Museum, open since 1861 in a palace that was once the residence of the bishops of Torcello, and trace centuries of glassmaking.Source: Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia; Wikipedia
• ◦Cross the Grand Canal by traghetto, a plain, no-frills gondola rowed by two oarsmen that ferries people from bank to bank. Venetians traditionally ride it standing up.Source: Europe for Visitors; Venezia Autentica
• ◦Ride vaporetto Line 1, Venice's water bus, the length of the Grand Canal. It zigzags past palazzi and stops at Rialto and Accademia on its way to the Lido.Source: Europe for Visitors; Wikipedia

Questions to bring to Venice

From Sojourn's journeys. Ask one over a long dinner or on a slow walk, and let the place do some of the work.

Going together

• When do you feel most like yourself?
• What does rest actually look like for you?
• What is one thing you wish we did more of?

Going solo

• What is the first thing this place is showing you that you didn't expect?
• What does this version of you know that the home version tends to forget?

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