How to see Venice – in just 24 hours

Here’s a short epicurean guide for day cruise passengers, or eager explorers who want to make a quick tour of the city of Venice.

7:30 to 9:00

Hopping the bus for a vaporetto transfer to the city centre, I put my suitcase at La Palazzina Veneziana an hour later, a charming little hotel that will do the trick for one night. The nine o’clock strike rings in the chapel of San Geremia.

9:00 to 12:00

Stop at the Torrefazione Cannaregio for a duo cappuccino-cornetto  oh so Italian terrace. It was here that the heart of Venice came alive: old men playing cards, lovers sipping espresso, toddlers bickering on their way to class. 

Later, my footsteps will follow one another according to the ocher, salmon, peach, crimson and brown facades; the colors lining the channels of the Jewish ghetto multiply to the delight of my hyperactive camera, which will sketch some of my favorite shots of this day. 

I emerge a few hours later on the Grand Canal, not without stopping at…