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Tuck in to a huge fresh fruit salad smothered with yogurt or a tramezzino sandwich in this quiet side-alley café. The coffee’s good too.

This stylish café can be found in a quiet historic square surrounded by graceful palaces. The place to be seen, sipping tea amid potted palms and cane chairs.

This 1831 Neo-Classical coffee house was long known as the “café without doors” because it never closed. Liberals of the 19th century would meet and argue here, though today, after a renovation, it’s rather quiet.

One of the many camping grounds at Punta Sabbioni on the sea-side of Venice. One of the many camping grounds at Punta Sabbioni on the sea-side of Venice.

This delightful square faces the Grand Canal and took its name from the local oarmakers. It boasts several Byzantine features, notably the wellhead of Verona stone and pointed ogee arches from a 13th-century palace.

Only 2 km (1 mile) from the airport (bus No. 15), this spacious camp site has a swimming pool, internet point, pizzeria and shops. Tent-less visitors sleep in cabins. Closed December to February.

Popular three-star venue for campers and backpackers (in a caravan), right on the lagoon edge. Well connected via bus No. 11 from Mestre railway station or the Alilaguna ferry from the Zattere in Venice. Open year-round.

In this odd funnel-shaped square your attention is drawn to three statues of Arabian-style “Moors” – but neither North African nor Muslim, they hailed from Morea in Greece. Rioba, Sandi and Afani Mastelli were medieval traders who made their home in the family palace around the corner. Next to the bridge over Rio della Sensa is a doorway marked No. 3399, once the residence of the renowned 16th-century artist Tintoretto (see Jacopo Tintoretto)