Metropolitan Venice
The Metropolitan City of Venice that includes the Venetian Lagoon, a bay of the Adriatic Sea with several islands. In addition to the city of Venice, the province offers several other attractions, including Caorle on the Adriatic Coast with its narrow streets, coloured houses, and cylindrical bell tower, and Jesolo, with its long sandy beach, tourist attractions, and nightlife.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Venice and Chioggia.
Venice
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Venice is a sanctuary on a lagoon that is virtually the same as it was 600 years ago, which adds to the fascinating character. Venice has decayed since its heyday and suffers from overtourism, but the romantic charm remains.
Jesolo
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Jesolo is in the Veneto region of Italy. This coastal town is very popular with foreign tourists and also locals. It has a huge quantity of hotels and shops next to the beach.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Eraclea and Quarto d’Altino.
Eraclea
Eraclea is a town in the province of Venice, Veneto, Italy. SP42 goes through it. It is located on the Adriatic Sea near the coast between the rivers Piave and Livenza and between two famous touristic towns: Caorle and Jesolo.
Quarto d’Altino
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Quarto d'Altino is a town in the Metropolitan City of Venice, Veneto, Italy. The name "Quarto D'Altino" is composed by the prefix "Quarto" because the town was a quarter of a mile from the Roman city Altinum.
Noale
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Noale is a quiet countryside town located between Venice, Treviso, Padova and Castelfranco Veneto. The churches, buildings and palaces of the town centre testifies to Noale’s important past, both during the Middle-Ages than under the Republic of Venice.
Mestre
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Mestre corresponds to the mainland area of Venice, in Italy. Although administratively it is part of Venice, from a traveller's perspective it can be considered to be a distinct area.
Mazzorbo
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Mazzorbo is one of various islands in the northern part of the Lagoon of Venice. Like the other islands in this part of the lagoon, it was the site of one of the earliest settlements in the lagoon which predated the development of Venice.
Sant’Erasmo
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Sant'Erasmo is an island in the Venetian Lagoon lying north of the Lido and northeast of Venice. Its population has declined to about 725 in 2011.
Bibione
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Bibione is a seaside town in Veneto, Italy. It's the fourth seaside town in Italy by number of tourists.
Metropolitan Venice
- Type: metropolitan city of Italy with 853,000 residents
- Description: Italian metropolitan city
- Also known as: “Metropolitan City of Venice”, “Province of Venice”, “Venetia”, and “Venice”
- Neighbors: Padova and Treviso
- Category: province of Italy
- Location: Veneto, Northeast Italy, Italy, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Metropolitan Venice” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مدينة البندقية الحضرية”
- Arabic: “مدينة البندقية الكبرى”
- Asturian: “Ciudá metropolitana de Venecia”
- Basque: “Veneziako Hiri Metropolitanoa”
- Belarusian: “аглямэрацыя Вэнэцыя”
- Belarusian: “Вэнэцыя (аглямэрацыя)”
- Belarusian: “Вэнэцыя”
- Belarusian: “метрапольны горад Венецыя”
- Belarusian: “мэтрапольнае места Вэнэцыя”
- Breton: “Meurgêr Venezia”
- Bulgarian: “Метрополен град Венеция”
- Catalan: “Ciutat metropolitana de Venècia”
- Cebuano: “Kabenesyahan”
- Cebuano: “Kaulohang Benesya”
- Cebuano: “Kauluhang Benesya”
- Chinese: “威尼斯廣域市”
- Czech: “Metropolitní město Benátky”
- Czech: “Metropolitní město Venezia”
- Dutch: “città metropolitana van Venetië”
- Dutch: “Provincie Venetië”
- Dutch: “Venetië”
- Esperanto: “Metropola urbo Venecio”
- Esperanto: “Metropola Urbo Venecio”
- Estonian: “Città metropolitana di Venezia”
- Finnish: “Venetsian metropolikaupunki”
- French: “Province de Venise”
- French: “ville métropolitaine de Venise”
- French: “Ville métropolitaine de Venise”
- Friulian: “Citât metropolitane di Vignesie”
- Galician: “Cidade metropolitana de Venecia”
- German: “Metropolitanstadt Venedig”
- German: “Provinz Venedig”
- Greek: “Μητροπολιτική Πόλη της Βενετίας”
- Hebrew: “עיר מטרופוליטנית ונציה”
- Hungarian: “Velence különleges jogú nagyváros”
- Indonesian: “Kota Metropolitan Venesia”
- Irish: “Ceannchathair na Veinéise”
- Italian: “città metropolitana di Venezia”
- Italian: “Città metropolitana di Venezia”
- Italian: “CMVE”
- Italian: “Provincia di Venezia”
- Italian: “VE”
- Italian: “Venezia”
- Japanese: “ヴェネツィア大都市圏”
- Kinaray-A: “Kabenesyahan”
- Korean: “베네치아 광역시”
- Ladin: “Zità metropolitana de Unieja”
- Latin: “Urbs metropolitana Veneta”
- Latvian: “Venēcijas metropole”
- Ligurian: “çittæ metropolitann-a de Venessia”
- Ligurian: “Çittæ metropolitann-a de Venessia”
- Lombard: “Città metropolitana de Venezia”
- Northern Frisian: “Metropolitanstääd Venedig”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Storbyområdet Venezia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Storbyområdet Venezia”
- Norwegian: “Storbyområdet Venezia”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Ciutat metropolitana de Venècia”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Ciutat Metropolitana de Venècia”
- Pampanga: “Keragúlang Benesia”
- Persian: “کلانشهر ونیز”
- Persian: “منطقه کلانشهری ونیز”
- Polish: “Miasto metropolitalne Wenecja”
- Portuguese: “cidade metropolitana de Veneza”
- Portuguese: “Veneza”
- Romanian: “orașul meropolitan Veneția”
- Russian: “Венеция (метропольный город)”
- Russian: “Венеция”
- Russian: “метропольный город Венеция”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Metropolitanski grad Venecija”
- Slovak: “Benátky”
- Slovenian: “Metropolitansko mesto Benetke”
- Spanish: “città metropolitana di Venezia”
- Spanish: “ciudad metropolitana de Venecia”
- Spanish: “Ciudad metropolitana de Venecia”
- Spanish: “provincia de Venecia”
- Spanish: “Provincia de Venecia”
- Spanish: “provincia di Venezia”
- Swedish: “Venedig”
- Tagalog: “Kabenesyahan”
- Tagalog: “Kalakhang Benesya”
- Tagalog: “Kalakhang Lungsod ng Venecia”
- Turkish: “Venedik Metropolitan Şehri”
- Turkish: “Venedik”
- Ukrainian: “Венеція”
- Urdu: “وینس میٹروپولیٹن شہر”
- Venetian: “Sità metropułitana de Venèsia”
- Vietnamese: “Thành phố đô thị Venezia”
- Welsh: “Dinas Fetropolitan Fenis”
- “città metropolitana di Venezia”
- “ma lili Wenesija”
- “ma tomo suli Wenesija”
- “provincia di Venezia”
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