There is no doubt that if there is a city known for its canals, it is Venice , a beauty located on a group of islands that extends in a marshy lagoon in the Adriatic Sea to the northeast of Italy. One of the most beautiful, romantic and special places that you can visit in the whole world. A charming city that thanks to its attractive canals becomes a fascinating destination for all those who visit Europe in general and Italy in particular.
The Grand Canal in Venice is like the great avenue of a city, as if they were the Champs Elysees in Paris or the Gran Vía in Madrid. The main artery that moves the city and the best thing you can do is board a vaporetto (traditional boat) or a gondola, which is smaller than the previous one. You will find a multitude of boats of all types and sizes while you are taking a leisurely walk.
From that main channel you can access many others that will take you throughout the city, which has no less than 150 and has 400 bridges that run through each of its 118 small islands. While you are strolling along the Grand Canal, you can see great architectural masterpieces that are interspersed with old buildings and houses and medieval markets.
Along the way you will come across famous palaces such as the Rincón Palazzo Grimani and San Luca, as well as many squares, churches and monasteries, almost all of them with public access so I recommend that you go early because there are many things you can see at the time you take a most romantic walk. Around San Marco Square you will find the main points of interest and you will feel as if you were in one of the many movies that you have seen so many times where this famous channel started.