The parks of Venice

Parks, gardens, and green space in Venice

Sights nearby
Arsenale (exhibition space/Biennale)

Where to eat nearby
**Ristorante Corte Sconta [meal]
*Trattoria Da Remigio [meal]

Hotels nearby
Reid Recommends *Metropole [premier]
Reid Recommends La Residenza [cheap]
Reid Recommends ***Danieli [splurge]
Reid Recommends *Foresteria Valdese [super-cheap]
Reid Recommends Hotel Caneva [super-cheap]

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The Giardini Pubblici in Venice.
The Giardini Pubblici in Venice. Venice isn't much of a city for parkland—real estate has always at an absolute premium here, since every inch of land has had to be created from mudflats and swampy islands.

There is precious little plant life—and even fewer trees—much of it confined to small, private gardens and the outlying islands.

Giardini Pubblici

Also known as the Giardini Biennale (since they sometimes host Biennale art and sculpture exhibits, plus most people who aren't local only ever visit them during the Biennale), these small, formal public gardens are way out near the far end of the Castello neighborhood, past the Arsenale.

They were established during the Napoleonic age and feature wide, gravely paths, benches, and shade trees. It's not much, but it's the best you're going to get in the historic center of Venice.
Largo Martiri d'Italia/Viale Giuseppe Garibaldi/Viale Trento, Castello
Vaporetto: Giardini.

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