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Its quite an involved journey to reach Chioggia from Venice but interesting to see the places passed en route. From central Venice, take the #1 vaporetto to the Lido. (During summer, you can also take the #82.) When you reach the Lido, buy a ticket for the #11 bus. Check the schedules and board a bus that goes all the way to Pellestrina - the bus has to go on a ferry too! Buses run every 30 mins or so from the Lido. Then at the end of the thin strip of the island of Pellestrina, transfer from the bus to a ferry for the 25-minute boat ride to Chioggia. The ferries are timed to co-incide with the buses. Theme: Bus
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Just to the right of the Vigo Column is the Vigo Bridge. This bridge forms the balcony of the town and the most artistic of the eight bridges crossing Chioggia's Vena canal - it is the equivalent of Venice's Rialto Bridge. It ws built in 1685 to replace a bridge of wood on which harsh fights occurred during the war of Chioggia (1379 -1380). Originally a masonry bridge, it was adorned with marble from Istra in 1762. In the past, a light used to be placed on it as an orientation signal for the mariners.
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Its not hard to find the fish market - the smell will draw you to it!. Located by the main Canal running through Chioggia - entrance is through this archway. Full of local colour - we manged to catch it just before they were closing up for the morning and we saw an impressive selection of fish.
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As you arrive at Chioggia via the ferry one of the first things to see is the Vigo Column.This column was discoverd in 1763, during the excavations for the reconstruction of the bell and clock tower of the Old City Hall. Carved in greek marble, its holds a Byzantine capital of the 12th century, with lion of St. Mark on the top, which is popularly called "the Cat". The then mayor G. Mussato had it placed in its present site in 1786.
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There are four chanels inside the city area and among them Canale Vena is the most attractive. It goes right throughout the central part of the city, parallel with Corso del Popolo, and ends by Ponte Vigo. The chanel is full of very pitoresque local styled boats, coloured in vivid colours. Canale Vena reminds me alot on chanals I have seen in Burano. Leave a Comment
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The church of San Domenico Confessore is the only important sight of Chioggia which is situated out of Corso del Popolo. It sits on its own island, called Isola del Cantien, situated on the top of Canale San Domenico.
The church contains one of the Chioggia's greates treasures, "St. Paul" by Carpaccio his last recorded painting. There are also works by Tintoretto and Bassano inside the church. Along with valuable works of art church contains numerous "tolele", naive art made by the locals.
According to the church guide, venerated wooden crucifix is the oldest in the world. That reminded me on the same statments I could hear in some other places, I wonder how many "the oldest" could excist? Leave a Comment Address: Isola del Cantien
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Corso del Popolo is the heart of Chioggia and to locals it has the same meaning as Piazza San Marco for the Venetians. In the sunday morning it is very vivid place, overcrowded by the both locals and visitors. Locals who attended sunday's mass, meeting friends or chatting in one of the numerous cafe bars. For the visitors it is sights from where they start exploring this small but very cute place. Leave a Comment
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Corso del Popolo ends with Piazzetta Vigo, probably the most attractive spot in whole of Chioggia. There is small but magnificent marble bridge which looks alike to smaller version of Rialto in Venice. From Ponte Vigo burst perfect view at the whole of Chioggia lagoon and Canale Vena on the other side. Don't miss it. Leave a Comment
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Get cheap flights to Chioggia. Airports in the area include Venice Marco Polo (VCE). Check flights to Chioggia when you want to visit these nearby places: Pellestrina, Lido, Campagna Lupia and Camponogara.
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