All inclusive holidays from Glasgow to Venice, Italy

City Breaks to Venice

Venice, Italy

Venice is a magnificent ancient city in northern Italy, and the capital of Italy’s Veneto region. The city is based around a saltwater lagoon and is famous throughout the world for its romantic canals, picturesque bridges, and unique gondola boats. As a holiday destination, Venice offers beautiful churches and palaces, friendly people, great seafood, and a range of holiday and hotel options from budget to luxury.

The city of Venice and the Venetian Lagoon are a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with historic buildings and bridges everywhere you look. The most famous tourist attractions in Venice include the Piazza San Marco and Basilica di San Marco, a beautiful square with an ancient church, the twelfth century Palazzo Ducale, and the fifteenth century Ca’ d’Oro Palace. Many of Venice’s luxury hotels are ancient palaces in fact, so you might even get a chance to stay in one.

Other must-see sights for your vacation in Venice include the two mile Grand Canal, or Canelazzo, and the Bridge of Sighs, immortalised in a poem by Lord Byron. A gondola or vaporetto trip is a particularly pleasant way to explore the Canal on your holiday in Venice, and you could round off your day with a meal in one of Venice’s famous seafood restaurants.