Two Walks Through Santa Croce
Santa Croce is a quiet district in the northwestern part of the city. Its name is associated with a now-demolished church and monastery in this area. The old site is now partly occupied by the Giardino Papadopoli. The district boasts one of the most charming campos in the city, as well as a fabulous museum located on the Grand Canal.
More than 16,000 explorers have followed these two routes through its back streets.
Tolentino Walk
5 000 + explorers • 1.6 km • 20 points of interest
An easy, leg-stretching route that begins among Gothic palazzi and ends near the railway bridge. What you’ll discover:
- San Nicolo Tolentino: cannonball in the façade, baroque drama inside.
- The crypt of San Simeone Piccolo — a frescoed warren of tunnels below the church.
- Two hidden gardens and the relief of Saint Ermolaus praised by Ruskin.
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Turchi Walk
12 700 + explorers • 1.8 km • 24 points of interest
From the 12th-century church of San Stae to the Natural History Museum, this walk ties art, trade, and domestic Venice together. What you’ll discover:
- Ca’ Pesaro — Venice’s International Gallery of Modern Art (Klimt, Chagall, Kandinsky, Klee) in a Longhena palazzo
- Fondaco dei Turchi — Natural History Museum in the former Turkish merchants’ headquarters, a 13th-century Venetian-Byzantine palazzo
- Palazzo Mocenigo — costume and perfume museum with 20 rooms of 17th-18th century Venetian noble life
- Campo San Giacomo dall’Orio — one of Venice’s most authentic squares with a ‘suburban’ feeling and local community life
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Three walks in different districts of the city, yours free!
Sample Turchi Guide map
Directions and points of interest given in the whole map collection. All streets shown on maps. Actual maps in high resolution.
