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Venice Geography
Venice is in the north east corner of Italy and was once the gateway to the Orient. It is unique in the fact that it was built on wooden stilts driven into the mud banks in the tidal waters of the Adriatic Sea; an incredible feat even today. The city is characterize by many canals and waterways used for transport around the city with the Grand Canal being the most famous.
Venice is divided into six ancient administrative districts or sestrieri: Cannaregio; Castello; San Marco; Dorsoduro; San Polo; and Santa Croce. You can walk around most of the areas crossing canals on using the bridges and taking the waterbuses to get to all the islands. There is a ‘Venice Card’ which covers all the transport as well as admission to most museums.
The only road into Venice is the S11 from Mestre which goes over the causeway to the Trochetto and Piazzale Roma where there are car parks and bus stops. Rail travelers will arrive at Santa Lucia station on the Grand Canal.
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