Self-guided walking tour

Venice Walking Tour: Castello – Arsenal, Biennale Gardens and Quiet Corners (about 1.5 hours, 6 stops)

6 stops in walking order through Venice, from Arsenale di Venezia to Chiesa di San Zaccaria: 5.0 km on foot, about 54 min of walking, 1 h 40 min in total with the story and a look around at each stop. Walking times come from the routed walking path, not a straight line. It is the route of “Castello: Arsenal, Biennale Gardens and Quiet Corners”, a ready-made tour in the Guided Tours app.

Total: 1 h 40 min
Distance: 5.0 km
Walking: 54 min
Stops: 6

The stops, in walking order

Arsenale di Venezia
The Venetian Arsenal is a historic complex of shipyards and armories whose production supported the naval power of the Venetian Republic.
8 min walk · 640 m
Via Giuseppe Garibaldi
A broad, straight Castello street created by filling a canal for public strolling.
9 min walk · 740 m
Basilica di San Pietro di Castello
San Pietro di Castello is a Roman Catholic minor basilica and former cathedral church of Venice, with a present building dating from the 16th century on a site occupied since at least the 7th century.
12 min walk · 950 m
Giardini Napoleonici
A public park created from marshland under Napoleon and designed by Giannantonio Selva.
7 min walk · 610 m
Parco delle Rimembranze
A wooded public park on Sant’Elena, created as a memorial to soldiers who died during the Second World War.
19 min walk · 2.1 km
Chiesa di San Zaccaria
San Zaccaria is a large Venetian church built between 1458 and 1515, combining late Gothic forms with early Renaissance design.