Movie Tour: Venice on the Silver Screen
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Movie Tour: Venice on the Silver Screen
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19 Dec
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14 Jan
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30 Jan
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Highlights
Back in the 80s some film historians found out that Venice had already appeared in more than 380.000 films: feature films, short documentaries, cult and blockbuster movies. Thanks to its special and unique urban landscape, the city is often woven into the thread of the story, being too distinctive to fade into the background. Its canals, alleyways, and unusual architecture make Venice extremely cinematic. This is the reason why several films have cast the city as one of the main characters. Discover the main film locations of one of the world’s most photogenic cities through the eyes of great film directors for a glimpse of Venice's celluloid charisma. Enjoy the atmosphere of some the most iconic movies shot here ("The Tourist", Everyone says I love you", "The talented Mr. Ripley", "Spiderman: far from home", "Indiana Jones and the last Crusade", "Othello", "Casanova", "Moonraker", "The Young Pope", and many others) walk with us to discover the most magnificent movie set in the world.
Itinerary
Stazione di Venezia Santa Lucia(Pass by)
Admission Ticket FreeThis railway station is the obvious starting point of several movies, from the dramatic "The Anonymous Venetian" (1970) to the romantic-adventurous "The Tourist (2010)", but particularly unforgettable as the place where the most bizzarre gondolier in the movie history (the italian actor Alberto Sordi) "hooks" foreign tourists in "Venice, the moon and you" (1958).In Campo Del Ghetto Apartment
15 minsAdmission Ticket FreeIn this large "campo" in the Jewish Ghetto Luchino Visconti sets the beginning of the passion between the countess Livia Serpieri (Alida Valli) and the Austrian lieutenant Franz Mahler (Farley Granger) in "Senso" ( 1954).Chiesa di San Stae (Eustachio)
10 minsAdmission Ticket FreeThe funeral boats in the final scenes of "Don't look back now" (1973) moored in front of this church, overlooking the Grand Canal with its imposing Baroque facade.Grand Canal
15 minsAdmission Ticket FreeIn 1896 Alexandre Promio boarded a gondola and made the first rundown in the history of cinema, filming boats and men at work. Since then, the Grand Canal and its over 170 buildings have appeared in dozens of films: from "the talented Mr. Ripley (1999), in which Ripley's Venetian apartment is actually the fusion of two buildings overlooking the canal, to "the merchant of Venice" (2004) starring Al Pacino.Mercati di Rialto
15 minsAdmission Ticket FreeThe scene of "The Tourist" (2010) in which Johnny Depp launches himself from a terrace onto a stall was shot at the Rialto fish market. On the other side of the canal you will find the location of the palace collapsing in another James Bond movie, "Casino royale" (2006), which of course was just a movie fiction.Chiesa di Santa Maria dei Miracoli
15 minsAdmission Ticket FreeThis small and beautiful chuch is adorned with polychrome marble and it was chosen by Orson Welles for the wedding of Otello and Desdemona in "Othello" (1952). The flower shop (we will not see it, it was fictional!) where Licia Maglietta works in "Bread and Tulips" (1999) is located in the "campo" just few steps behind the church.Scuola Grande di San Marco
15 minsAdmission Ticket FreeThis one of the location of the series "the new Pope" (2019), directed by Paolo Sorrentino, starring Jude Law.Ca' Rezzonico
15 minsAdmission Ticket FreeThis palace, currently a civic museum is the fictional Drax's office in James Bond movie "Moonraker" (1979).Teatro La Fenice
15 minsAdmission Ticket FreeThe movie "Senso" (1954) begins during a performance of "Il Trovatore" staged at "La Fenice", showing this theater in all its splendor before the devastating fire in 1996. The current building was rebuilt (also thanks to this sequence) and reopened in 2003. Ironically the name "the phoenix" (La Fenice) derives from the fact that the theater had already been partially destroyed by a fire in 1836 and then had "risen" again.Scala Contarini del Bovolo
15 minsAdmission Ticket FreeAccording to a legend, this is the house of Desdemona. In "Othello" (1952), Orson Welles chooses the palace as the home of Brabanzio (not in Venice, but in Cyprus) and gives it a renewed (and deserved) popularity.Campo Santa Maria Formosa
15 minsAdmission Ticket FreeThis "campo" has been "destroyed" during the shooting of "Spiderman: far from home" (2019), starring Tom Holland. Do not worry, the devastation was just fictional and we will admire this beatiful corner of Venice in all its original beauty.Campo San Barnaba
15 minsAdmission Ticket FreeIn the basements of the San Barnaba church, Indiana Jones finds the "X that (never) indicates the place to dig" in "Indiana Jones and the last crusade" (1989). In "Summer Time" (1955), Jane Hudson (Katharine Hepburn) is an American tourist on vacation in Venice and wanders around the city with her camera, accidentally falling into the San Barnaba canal . This location was also chosen for the remake of "The Italian Job" (2003).The Gritti Palace, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Venice
15 minsAdmission Ticket FreeAfter being the Doge Gritti's family palace and the residence of the Vatican ambassadors, this building was transformed into a luxury hotel: among its most famous guests John Ruskin, Ernest Hemingway and Somerset Maugham. More recently Woody Allen chose this hotel for several scenes in "Everyone says I Love You" (1996), starring Julia Roberts.Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute
10 minsAdmission Ticket FreeIn this church the "Illuminati" sect gahter in "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" (2001), although the room that appears is the Painted Hall of the Old Royal Naval College, in London. It is also the church that can be seen behind Ripley in his dialogue with Dickie's father in "the Talented Mr. Ripley" (1999), a conversation that takes place on the terrace of the Hotel Westin Europa & Regina on the other side of the canal.Piscina Sant'Agnese
15 minsAdmission Ticket FreeThis is the location where Julia Roberts used to jog in Woody Allen's "Everyone says I love you" (1996) and where Katherine Hepburn freshens up during her torrid venetian "Summer Time" (1955)Hotel Danieli, Venice
5 minsAdmission Ticket FreeThis very luxurious hotel, in addition to hosting Wolfgang Goethe, Richard Wagner and Honoré de Balzac and being the stage of the tumultuous relationship between George Sand and Alfred de Musset, was used by Vittorio de Sica in his last movie, "The Journey (1974), starring Sophia Loren and Richard Burton; it also appears in "Moonraker" (1979) as it was the hotel of Holly Goodhead) . It is also the hotel where Raniero Cotti Borroni (Carlo Verdone) and Fosca (Veronica Pivetti) spend theirfirst tragicomic wedding night in "Viaggi di Nozze" (1995).Doge's Palace
10 minsAdmission Ticket FreeJames Bond's gondola-hovercraft in "Moonraker" (1979) is certainly the most unique form of transport that has ever crossed San Marco square. And it is not the only time that James Bond wanders around here. Iin Casino Royale (2006), Bond's hotel has an enviable view right on San Marco square. Orson Welles also chose the side facade south of the basilica for a dramatic dialogue between Brabanzio and Othello (Othello, 1952). On the the final scene of "the Talented Mr. Ripley" (1999) takes place at the tables of one of the cafès in the "Piazza". Paolo Sorrentino shot some scenes of the series "the Young Pope", with Jude Law and Diane Keaton in this square, too.
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Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
On certain dates, most travelers staying outside of Venice who are planning to visit for the day will be required to pay a €5 access fee. For further details (including exemptions) and to learn what days this fee is applicable, please visit: https://cda.ve.it
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Fondamenta Santa Lucia, Venice, Italy 30121
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deTourist Venice Valerio Coppo
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