With a few euros you can admire Venice from above with a unique and complete view, different from the usual postcard views we are used to. The bell tower of San Giorgio is also an excellent observation point to contemplate Venice at sunset. Here at 75 meters above sea level the view embraces the whole city without the need for special effects. Breathtaking but comfortable panorama: you can also go up by lift. You can see the geometries of the Doge’s Palace (straight north), the skyline of Riva degli Schiavoni (a little to the right), the Lido (strip to the east), the island of Giudecca (on the opposite side), the smoking chimneys of Porto Marghera (same direction), a little further on), the more remote and fascinating islands such as Santa Maria della Grazia (south, south-west), the Punta della Dogana wedge with the waters of the San Marco basin narrowing towards the Grand Canal. The eye can get lost in the labyrinth of canals and canals, roofs, altane and bell towers. Exploring this panorama, on the right day, will take you to admire the Euganean Hills in the distance and the Dolomites, with their peaks overlooking the entire region. The ascent to the top of the bell tower of San Giorgio even for just a few minutes offers one of those experiences, poised between sea, land, air, to be printed well in your memory, not on film, not on flash cards. In the memory.
To get to the island of San Giorgio take vaporetto no. 2 from San Zaccaria and get off at the first stop.
