🛶 Grand Canal, Venice
Venice, Italy
Best time: April–May and September–October, avoiding summer crowds and winter flooding
A city built on 118 islands, its S-shaped Grand Canal lined with Gothic and Renaissance palaces. Napoleon called St Mark's Square the finest drawing room in Europe.
Good to know
- Day-trippers must pay an online access fee on certain days; check before you go.
- Vaporetto line 1 along the whole Grand Canal is the cheapest canal cruise.
