Our Apartments in Castello area

Venice’s largest sestiere lying to the east of the San Marco and Cannaregio districts and stretching all the way over to the Arsenale, Giardini and beyond.
Stepping away from the vibrancy and energy of the St. Mark’s Square district, Castello gradually transforms into a charming neighbourhood of sleepy campos, laundry gently flapping in the breeze and local businesses catering to a peaceful and very Venetian way of life lived out amongst its quiet backwaters.

Perhaps visit…
• The Church of Santi Giovanni e Paolo (Zanipolo)
• The Scuola Grande di San Marco – Museum of History and Medicine (including displays of ancient texts and medical instruments) set in spectacular surroundings. Reopened in November 2013 after a lengthy restoration and reached via the main entrance on beautiful facade of the Civic Hospital in Campo Santi Giovanni e Paolo
• The Arsenale
• Museo Storico Navale di Venezia (Naval Museum)
• Fondazione Querini Stampalia – Museum
• Palazzo Grimani Museum.
• Scuola di San Giorgio degli Schiavoni (with its paintings by Carpaccio)
• Museo di Dipinti Sacri Byzanti (Collection of Byzantine Icons)
• The Church of ‘La Pieta’ (Vivaldi’s Church)
• The Biennale Pavilions
• 'La Donna Partigiana' on the Riva Dei Partigiana at Giardini - a moving memorial to all the women killed fighting in WW2, a bronze statue of a woman lying beneath the waters of the Bacino, only emerging at the water's edge at low tide.
• The Church of Santi Giovanni e Paolo (Zanipolo)
• Museo di Dipinti Sacri Byzanti (Collection of Byzantine Icons)