Another MUST DO on our list. See our detailed reviews on the hotel and restaurant experiences. Doing anything here - earlier in the morning, will free up your queue waits and more enjoyable with less crowds. Key - do just before high season in March / April and avoid Italian summer heat. Lots of walking.

The church of John & Paul is on the Main island of Venice but almost on the opposite side of the island from Saint Marks. It is a nice walk to get there. The church is beautiful with many burial sites of former Doges of Venice. The Piazza around the church is also very nice with a few good restaurants.... More

Okay, so you have to pay to get in, and its on the upper part of Cannaregio - but it is well worth the trek and the entrance fee. This imposing building is one of the remaining churches in the renaissance style and has, I think, 25 funeral monuments to the Dogi of Venice. It is the Westminster Abbey of... More

Beautiful church out of the touristic fuzz. Amazing chapels and sacristy. Have some sweet delitght in Rosa Salva Pastry just across the Square, delicious!,

Only 2.5 Euros to get in to this magnificent building, right next to the equally impressive hospital. Only 10 mins away from Piazza San Marco yet much quieter and less tourists. The architecture is stunning and it is a must see. It was cold inside (we went in January) so wrap up well if going in the winter.

I see this church is popular, but I found it rather worldly and overwhelming with immense marble monuments to the great of Venice. However, I did find some more subtle beauty in the Polyptych of St Vincent Ferrier in a side chapel, and the icon of Madonna della Pace, one of the most antique pieces of Byzantine painting on wood... More

This church and it's square is relatively out of the tourist track and this contribute to make it most appealing. One can easily go from there to get the boat to Murano but first make sure to have some cappuccino and pastries at the local pasticceria.

The place , a great example of gothic art , holds some of the most important and beautiful masterpieces from venetian renassaince and the Doge's Tombs are magnificent .

Huge church. Most interesting were the lavish monuments to numerous doges. It looked like one tried to out-do the next one. also, be sure to walk around the area.