Guided Tour of Venice Wonders: Correr Museum & Empress Sisi Apartments

Highlights

• Expert Local Guide
• Correr Museum & Sisi Apartments
• City of Bridges

What's included

Itinerary

1. 1

   Piazza San Marco

   Pass by

   the larges among the city's squares, famous throughout the world for its majesty and architectural grandeur

2. 2

   Campo Santa Maria Formosa

   30min

   one of the widest Venice camps where is located the famou Santa Maria Formosa Church and ancient buildings that surround it

3. 3

   Fondamenta Nove

   30min

   a long promenade from where you will enjoy an amazing view on the Venetian lagoon

4. 4

   Campo Santi Giovanni e Paolo

   30min

   an important monumental area in Venice which collects 3 famous attractions: -The Church, Scuola Grande di San Marco -The Majestic Hospital -The Church of Santi Apostoli with the Tiepolo painting : "the eyes of St Lucia"

5. 5

   Museo Correr

   1h 30min

   Unparalleled in Italy, this gallery houses an intriguing array of artwork and other objects that depict the art and heritage of the Venetians. Collections of navigation tools, costumes and other objects are testimony to the dominance that the Venetians exerted over the seas. The museum houses historical memorabilia demonstrating he richness of Venice society over the last 500 years. Of particular interest are the landscape rooms with marvellous paintings of old views of the city, reproduced many times over by collectors from around the world. Finally on this visit you arrive at the part of the museum dedicated to the ancient rulers of Venice, the Doges. Then on to the apartments of the Empress Sissi, the neoclassic halls with sculptures by Antonio Canova and the Pinacoteca the galley that houses artworks by famous master like Bellini, Lotto, Carpaccio, Cosmè Tura, Antonello da Messina and many others.

Before you go

Location