The Venice sightseeing map shows all tourist places and points of interest of Venice. This tourist attractions map of Venice will allow you to easily plan your visits of landmarks of Venice in Italy. The Venice tourist map is downloadable in PDF, printable and free.

Venice is one of the most important tourist destinations in the world, due to the city being one of the world greatest and most beautiful cities of art. Venice city has an average of 50,000 tourists a day (2007 estimate as its shown in Venice tourist map). In 2006, Venice was the world 28th most internationally visited city, with 2.927 million international arrivals that year.

Tourism has been a major sector of Venetian industry since the 18th century, when it was a major center for the Grand Tour, due to its beautiful cityscape, uniqueness, and rich musical and artistic cultural heritage. In the 19th century, it became a fashionable centre for the rich and famous, often staying or dining at luxury establishments such as the Danieli Hotel and the Caffè Florian as its mentioned in Venice tourist map.

Venice continued being a fashionable city in vogue right into the early 20th century. In the 1980s, the Carnival of Venice was revived and the city has become a major centre of international conferences and festivals, such as the prestigious Venice Biennale and the Venice Film Festival as you can see in Venice tourist map, which attract tourists from all over the world for their theatrical, cultural, cinematic, artistic, and musical productions

The Venice attractions map shows the main monuments, museums and parks of Venice. This tourist places map of Venice will allow you to easily plan your visits of tourist attractions of Venice in Italy. The Venice attractions map is downloadable in PDF, printable and free.

There are numerous attractions in Venice, such as St Mark Basilica, the Grand Canal, and the Piazza San Marco as you can see in Venice attractions map. The Lido di Venezia is also a popular international luxury destination, attracting thousands of actors, critics, celebrities, and mainly people in the cinematic industry. The city also relies heavily on the cruise business. A trip to Venice would not be complete without hopping aboard a vaporetto for the ride across the lagoon to Murano, home of Venice fabled glass workers.

Certainly Venice best-known church and attraction, and one of the most easily recognized in the world, St. Mark Basilica (Basilica di San Marco) as its mentioned in Venice attractions map was originally the Doge private chapel, decorated with Byzantine art treasures that are part of the booty brought back by Venetian ships after the fall of Constantinople. More than its architectural grace, St. Mark Square (Piazza San Marco) is loved as Venice living room, the place everybody gathers, strolls, drinks coffee, stops to chat, meets friends and tour guides, or just passes through on the way to work or play.

Sweeping through the heart of Venice in a giant reverse S curve, the Grand Canal is the principal boulevard through the city and best attraction of Venice, connecting Piazza San Marco, Rialto Bridge, and the arrival points of the rail station and bridge from the mainland as its shown in Venice attractions map. Only four bridges cross its 3.8-kilometer length, but stripped-down gondolas called traghetti shuttle back and forth at several points between bridges. The Grand Canal was the address of choice for anyone who claimed any influence in Venice. Once the only bridge across the Grand Canal, Rialto Bridge marks the spot of the island first settlement, called Rivus Altus (high bank).