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In today's video, we'll show you the beautiful and famous city of Venice located in Italy.
We visited the main city of Venice as well as the islands of Burano and Murano.
Venice is comprised of 118 small islands. All islands are located in Venetian lagoon.
From Florence, we took a high speed train operated by Trenitalia railway company to reach Venice.
This train was covered for us since we had Eurail pass.
If you need more information on Eurail pass, then you can refer to our video link in the description below
There are about 22 to 30 million tourists visit Venice annually.
There are more than 400 bridges and 177 canals in Venice.
We entered Venice from Santa Lucia railway station.
Venice has inherited its name from the Veneti people who inhabited the islands in tenth century.
Venice has been renowned as a trade and shipping hub for centuries.
Part of Venice has also been declared as a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Like it was in the past, there is no use of vehicles for transportation in the islands.
A unique thing in the islands of Venice is that the residents travel everywhere by foot or boats.
Therefore Venice is the largest urban area in Europe which is car-free.
The ancient city of Venice is also located in this area.
Once you get down at Santa Lucia station, the only ways to reach other islands are by ferries and by foot.
We bought a day-pass from the Vaporetto waterbus terminal which was close to the station.
This pass was valid for 24 hours and cost 20 Euro per person.
The public waterbus service in Venice is called "Vaporetto" which operates as per a set timetable.
You can save a lot if you use public waterbus service instead private boats.
The routemap and timetable is available at waterbus stations.
You can also use Google maps for waterbus timings and routes.
Fondaco houses are a type of buildings which is special but can be seen frequently.
These have been used by merchants of Venice in the past as their stores and residences.
Bottom floor of these buildings have been designed to facilitate loading and unloading of goods directly from the ships.
Rialto bridge which you see here is built in 1591. Mostly stones have been used for construction.
The length of the bridge is 31 meters and the width is 22 meters.
Grand Canal is the main waterway in Venice.
You can see a number of ancient mansions, churches and buildings of historical value when you traverse through Grand Canal.
You can explore centuries old buildings in Venice such as Saint Mark's Basilica, Doge's Palace, San Giorgio church and Venetian Arsenal.
A lot of structures in Venice have been built as per Venetian Gothic architecture.
We went to one of the main islands in Venice called "Burano" by waterbus. Burano is less crowded.
It is one hour journey by waterbus from main Venetian islands. It is covered by day-pass.
In this fishing village of Burano, you can see beautifully painted houses in bright colours.
Burano has been famous for lace works in sixteenth century.
Then we went to Murano island which has been world famous for "Murano Glass".
Since 13th century, Murano's glassmakers have been able lead high-quality glassmaking for centuries by preserving their trade secrets.
Some companies that own historical glass factories in Murano are some of the well known glass brands in today's world.
You can easily reach Burano and Murano islands if you visit Venice.
They are also less crowded compared to main Venetian islands.
We hope you enjoyed this video. We appreciate your comments.
We have also visited the gorgeous village of Giethoorn which is called as "Venice of Netherlands".
Please click the link above if you wish to watch the video on Giethoorn.
See you in the next video. Cheers!
