The Grand Canal
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“The noble waterway that begins in its glory at the Salute and ends in its abasement at the railway station.” So wrote Henry James about the most beautiful, the most famous and the most unusual high street in the world.
3.8 kilometres in length, between 30 and 70 meters wide, and with an average depth of 5 meters, the Grand Canal (which is known locally as Il Canalazzo or Il Canalasso) winds its way through the city in the form of an inverted ‘S’. It is lined with 200 palaces, most of which date back to between the 13th and 18th century. The number 1 vaporetto takes forty minutes to make the journey from the railway station to St Mark’s Square (or vice versa). |
The Grand Canal
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