Venice: What to See & Do: Family Friendly: Family Activities in Venice

Family Activities in Venice

—Discover a boutique where you can string your own glass-bead necklaces, La Compagnia delle Perle.

—Board the #1 Vaparetto and take it from one end of the Grand Canal to the other. It’s an inexpensive way to view the palazzos, the Rialto market and the rhythm of Venetians’ life from the water. You will see gondoliers as well as fishermen, private teak launches and all of the other boats that ply the city’s main waterway.

— For two great perspectives on the city, climb to the top of the bell tower in Piazza San Marco and then hop a boat over to San Giorgio, the island just facing it, and climb to the top of its bell tower.