Overview

Venice is made up of six sestieri (quarters), with the Grand Canal weaving through in an inverted ‘s’. Taking San Marco (SM) as the centre; fanning north to east is Castello; south is Dorsoduro (DD), which includes Giudecca (the isle further south), west is Santa Croce (SC) with train/bus termini Piazzale Roma in the western end, plus San Polo (SP) with the Rialto market, and northwest is resy vibey Cannaregio.