Venice attracts romantics from all over the world, but not many people imagine that this Italian city was not immediately built on the banks of the canals, like Amsterdam, for example. Venice slowly but surely went under water for over a thousand years due to negative anthropogenic impact. Today, only the historical part of the city is dotted with canals, and industry and industry are developed in the new areas.
Venice is located on the Adriatic coast in the northeastern part of Italy, about 270 kilometers from Milan, and the journey to the birthplace of Romeo and Juliet, the city of Verona, will take about an hour and a half by car (120 kilometers). Venice is also the center of the important Italian region of Veneto and the province of Venice.
Venice was once the capital of the developed Venetian Republic - the richest state that could afford to wage wars even with the Ottoman Empire.
The most convenient type of communication with Venice is air transport, because not far from the city there is a large international airport named after Marco Polo, a world famous Venetian merchant. Also, almost all of Italy with Venice is connected by rail, and travelers arriving by train get directly to the city center with its many canals, old houses and crowds of tourists.
Where is Venice and how to get there from Russia
Aircraft from many cities of Russia arrive at the Marco Polo International Airport. As a rule, these are charter tourist flights. Regular flights from Russia leave from Moscow (Sheremetyevo, terminal D) and St. Petersburg (Pulkovo-2). The flight time from the cities of Central Russia will take no more than 3.5 hours. The rest of the charter flights arrive at the same airport.
Travel time from the air harbor to the city center will be about 20-30 minutes by bus. You will have to pay about six euros for a ticket. The bus service is very developed, and the average interval of public transport to and from the airport does not exceed half an hour.
Where is the historic center of Venice
The historic core of Venice, whose canals and bridges attract tourists from all over the world, is located on 108 islands, separated by more than 150 channels and canals, over which at least 400 bridges are thrown.
Venice is still going under water, which threatens the gradual destruction of architectural monuments. To prevent this, a plan was developed in Italy to enclose the city with protective dams.
The romantic center of Venice is located on the shores of the Venetian Lagoon. Travelers should familiarize themselves in advance with the routes for the movement of pleasure craft along the canals. The most popular is the route number 1, which runs along the Grand Canal, passing along which you can see the most beautiful places of the city.
You should definitely go to the legendary Bridge of Sighs. The bridge is located in the most beautiful quarter around the Palace Canal. The bridge itself is not very remarkable, but it can serve as an excellent reference point in order to get to one of the oldest and most developed quarters of Venice.
