venice-unusual things to see
 

planning a third return trip to venice. would like to know of any odd or unusual sights off the beaten path. have seen all the tourist areas. planning on september for 10 days thank you

Are you looking for some day trips out of the city, or just things within the city?

thanks neopatrick i think we want to stay within the area of venice to see all the things we missed on a prior trip any advice would be helpful

Just off the top of my head.....Lunch at Locanda Cipriani's on Torcello, also go to the top of the campanile while on Torcello.....A tour of Francisco Del Deserto......A night on Murano.......a sgroppini comparison.......a night of tango (I have to double check the name of the tango dance studio)...........
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I can never get enough of Venice........

the ONE thing I would want to do when I go back is find the gondola repair shop or where they build them. Someone on Fodors knows where it is, but I don't.

The cemetery island of San Michele.

Day trip to Chioggia for lunch.

Hey Jill;

Squero di San Trovaso is a boat- builder shop, more exactly a gondola repair and construction yard. There are not many left in Venice, and the most famous (and most picturesque) is the Squero di San Trovaso. Directions: Just off the Zattere in Dorsoduro - turn off Zattere at Ponte Lungo, along Fondamenta Nani.

Take the vaporetto to the church of San Giorgio Maggiore, designed by Palladio. You can take an elevator to the top of the campanile and get a lovely view toward San Marco from there. One of my favorite paintings, Tintoretto's Last Supper, still hangs in its original location inside that church, to the right of the main altar.