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San Giorgio Maggiore
Palladio's white church on its own island facing St Mark's, with a bell tower that has the best view in Venice.
- Open
- Every day
- Price
- Free for the church; paid for the bell tower
- Time Needed
- 1 hour
- Address
- Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore, 30133 VeniceDirections
- Getting There
- Water bus 2 to San Giorgio, one stop from San Zaccaria.
Why Go
Andrea Palladio designed the church in the 1560s, and Tintoretto's Last Supper hangs inside. A lift climbs the bell tower to a view straight across the water to the Doge's Palace and the domes of St Mark's.
It's far less crowded than the Campanile.
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