{"id":408,"date":"2017-02-21T08:59:10","date_gmt":"2017-02-21T08:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.monasterystays.com\/?p=408"},"modified":"2021-03-11T03:39:27","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T03:39:27","slug":"venice-the-deciphered-code","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monasterystays.com\/blog\/travel-inspiration\/venice-the-deciphered-code\/","title":{"rendered":"Venice – The Deciphered Code"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tips on finding your way around Venice!<\/h2>\n
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Monastery accommodation in Venice<\/span><\/p>\n
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\"Venice<\/a>Venice<\/a> is a unique town for so many reasons. The winding canals and laneways that weave their way through this wondrous location can seem like a maze…<\/p>\n

How do you find your ‘sestiere’<\/i> … via a ‘canal’<\/i> or a ‘calle’<\/i> ? … and just remember, do not to step off a ‘fondamenta’<\/i> or you might get wet!<\/p>\n

Monastery Stays is here to help you decipher the code that is navigation in Venice!<\/p>\n

Venice is a city for walking, so you might find these tips helpful for finding your way around the island.<\/p>\n

As you make your way around the vast number of things to see and do in Venice, having a good quality map (or better still, a smartphone) will go a long way to making the most out of your time, but if in doubt look for one of the many arrows painted and hung on building corners pointing you to Piazza San Marco! You can reset your bearings and head off to explore another captivating ‘campiello’<\/i><\/p>\n

What are the districts of Venice?<\/h3>\n

Venice’s unique cityscape is made up of over 100 small islands connected by over 400 foot bridges, with the Grand Canal intersecting through the middle. So how do you decipher an address with all these islands and bridges…? To start with, there are six districts, or ‘sestiere’<\/i>:<\/p>\n