The San Marco region of Venice is perhaps the best known as this region contains the tourist trap St. Mark’s Square. The region of San Marco also contains the island of San Giorgio Maggiore which is best known for the church that was designed by Palladio. Since this region contains some of the best known tourist destinations it is a safe bet that if you ever plan on visiting Venice you are going to be seeing something in this region of the city.
Here is just a brief listing of some of the tourist attractions that this sestieri of Venice has to offer:
- Saint Mark’s Basilica
- Doge’s Palace
- Harry’s Bar
- Palazzo Dandolo
- La Fenice theater
As you can see you can take in much of Venice just by sticking to this one sestieri. A sestieri by the way is the Italian way of saying subdivision. This region contained center of government for what was once the most powerful countries in the entire world. So obviously the history of the area is dense and there is much to see.
Now if you are a tourist this is the place to see. However if you live in Venice I highly doubt you spend too much time in this sestieri unless you have a job that is centered around tourism.
