---
title: "Venice - Hotel Petrarca"
description: "Minutes from the hotel the artistic and natural wonders of Venice and Riviera del Brenta, Padua Vicenza, Euganei Collie, Verona and Lake Garda"
url: "https://www.hotelpetrarca.it/en/hotel-en/surroundings/324-venice"
date: "2026-05-09T20:17:49+00:00"
language: "en-GB"
---

## Venice

#### You can reach the lagoon city with only 40 minutes by train; the railway station “Terme Euganee Abano Montegrotto” is only 2 km from our hotel.

With its canals, alleys and passageways, Venice has fascinated entire generations around the world for centuries.

Here follows Venice’s **top attractions:**

**Basilica of San Marco**: it overlooks one of the most beautiful squares in the world, a real marble salon, the city center for centuries.

Next to both the Basilica and the **Doge's Palace**, all the most important religious and civil ceremonies have always been held there and now the Piazza San Marco is considered the **city's main symbol** and **tourist attraction**.

**St. Mark's Campanile** (Bell Tower): in front of the Basilica we find that which the Venetians call the "Master of the house", moreover, the famous bell tower of San Marco.

It is **97 meters high** and on top is a golden statue of the Archangel Gabriel. The statue is 3 meters high and has big wings that, when pushed by the wind, make it rotate.

For the Venetians, when the angel is facing the Basilica, it is a sign that there will be high water.

The **Rialto Bridge**: it is the most famous of the bridges that cross the Grand Canal (the other two are the Accademia Bridge and the Scalzi).

The **Bridge of Sights**: the name is an invention of Romantic literature; legend says that from this bridge one could hear the sighs of the condemned as they were being led to prison.

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