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Grand Canal
Venice's main street, a great S of water lined with palaces, best seen from a seat at the front of water bus line 1.
- Open
- Water buses run through the day and into the night
- Price
- A water bus ticket or pass
- Time Needed
- 1 hour
- Address
- Grand Canal, VeniceDirections
- Getting There
- Board line 1 at Ferrovia (the station) or Piazzale Roma.
Why Go
About 4 kilometers long, the canal winds from the railway station to St Mark's past more than 170 palaces built over six centuries. Water bus line 1 stops at almost every landing and takes about 45 minutes end to end.
Four bridges cross it; elsewhere, traghetti, plain gondolas rowed standing up, ferry people across for a couple of euros.
Tips
- Ride it again after dark, when the palaces are lit from inside.
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