Map of Venice

An orientation for visitors arriving for the first time.

You are planning your first trip to Venice? If so, this introductory guide will make your task easier.

As you can see from the Google satellite map below, Venice it is an island city.

The historic center is a tightly integrated set of 117 small islands that are linked by more than 410 Bridges. Every time you cross a bridge, you are entering another island.

The entire center of the city only covers about 725 hectares, which is a bit 'more than twice the size of Central Park in New York or London's Hampstead Heath.
In the satellite photo, the Old Town is connected to the mainland by Mestre Liberty Bridge, a long causeway was built in the early 19th century. You can also see the Marco Polo airport of Venice on the top of Lagoon, about 6 km from the city center.
The Liberty Bridge introduces the road traffic in Piazzale Roma, the only point where they can get the car, and the parking of Tronchetto Island.

The railway line that runs alongside the road and ends at Saint Lucia Railway Station that is visible where the road curves to the Tronchetto Island.

Other important islands near the old town are the Giudecca, separate from the old town by the Giudecca Canal which is also used by cruise ships, St. Michael, in which island is the cemetery of Venice, and the glass island of Murano.
Right to the east of the old town, it is the Lido of Venice, a long, narrow strip of land that separates the Lagoon around Venice from the Adriatic Sea.
Cruise ships and ferries entering and leaving the lagoon through Bocca di Porto of Lido, which separates the Venetian Lido with the other beach of Punta Sabbioni.
Now that you have a Venice overview of geography, enlarge the map by clicking the +
Here's what you'll see:

To the left margin of the plant is located on the island of Tronchetto car park, the Maritime cruise terminal station, the bus terminal of Piazzale Roma (at the end of Liberty Bridge), and on the right, the Railway Station Saint Lucia.

From Piazzale Roma and the train station, start the Grand Canal through the city towards the St. Mark's Basin, where St. Mark Square is visible under the word Venice. (You can zoom the map to see better.)
You will also notice the word Sestiere on the map. Venice Central is divided into six the districts: Cannaregio, Castello, Dorsoduro, San Polo, Santa Croce and Saint Mark.
The names of Sestieri have to know above all to avoid getting lost: if the hotel confirmation is, for example, the Hotel San Moise, identified by address St. Mark 2058 hotel, you'll have a rough idea of the hotel's location within the city, but following signs of Venicewiki.org [org] you will easily find what you are looking for.
Venicewiki.org accompany you in all the places known and even lesser known ones as it is written by the Venetians who know both places that the millennial history that distinguishes them.
Our guide will lead you to discover campo and Campielli, Bridge and routes, Monuments and Churches, but also Shops, Restaurants & trattorias, Osterie e bacari to the premises where you eat the typical cicchetti and every Venetian specialties.