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ChangeBridge of Sighs photo
Find the Bridge of Sighs (just behind the Doge's Palace, visible from the canal). Take a team photo with the bridge clearly in shot.
Checkpoint: Doge's Palace
Navigate to the Doge's Palace next to St. Mark's and check in.
Checkpoint: Piazza San Marco
Navigate to St. Mark's Square (Piazza San Marco) and check in.
Checkpoint: Rialto Bridge
Navigate to the Rialto Bridge over the Grand Canal and check in.
Cicchetti bar
Find a bacaro (cicchetti bar - tiny snacks on bread). Order a few and take a group photo of the spread on the bar.
Doge's Palace pose
In front of the Doge's Palace: take a group photo where everyone strikes a noble Doge pose, hand on chest, gazing at imaginary subjects.
Get lost in the alleys
Venice has hundreds of tiny alleys (calli). Wander into a quiet, narrow one and take a team photo where everyone looks slightly lost in the best way.
Gondola moment
Find gondolas tied along a canal (or floating). Take a team photo where everyone poses as if they are about to climb in. Real gondola ride is a bonus.
Local Veneziano tip
Convince a Venetian to share a tip about the city. Take a photo with your impromptu guide.
Mask hunt
Venice is famous for its Carnival masks. Find a mask shop window with the most elaborate display and take a team photo of it.
Rialto canal shot
On the Rialto Bridge: take a group photo with the Grand Canal visible behind you, gondolas if you can time it.
San Marco basilica pose
On Piazza San Marco: take a group photo with the Basilica's golden mosaics in the background. Everyone strikes a regal medieval pose.
Skyline cheers Venice
Find a canal-side terrace or rooftop bar, raise a Spritz and take a group toast photo. Cin cin!
Spot a Burano colourful house
Take a vaporetto to Burano and find the row of brightly painted fisherman's houses. Photograph a colourful canal-front.
Spot a cicchetti bar (bacaro)
Find a bacaro (Venetian cicchetti bar) with crostini and ombre wine glasses on the counter. Photograph the spread.
Spot a fritole or frittelle
Find a tray of fritole (Venetian doughnut balls with cream or raisins) in a bakery window or on a café tray. Photograph the powdery balls.
Spot a fritti misti or sarde in saor
Find a Venetian classic plate (fritto misto of seafood, sarde in saor sweet-and-sour sardines) in a trattoria or bacaro. Photograph the plate.
Spot a gondola
Find a gondola moored on a canal or in motion, the long black boat with the iron prow. Photograph it.
Spot a Murano glass piece
Find a Murano glass shop with hand-blown vases, chandeliers, fish or millefiori pendants. Photograph the colours.
Spot a Murano glass-blowing demo
Take a vaporetto to Murano and find a glass-blowing workshop with the furnace and glassblowers at work. Photograph the molten glass.
Spot a Rialto market stall
Walk into the Rialto fish or fruit market and find a stall with octopus, sardines or stacked vegetables. Photograph the catch.
Spot a striped-shirt gondolier
Find a gondolier in his uniform: striped Breton shirt, dark trousers, straw hat with a ribbon. Photograph him at the oar.
Spot a vaporetto
Find a vaporetto (water bus) at a stop or in motion on the Grand Canal. Photograph the boat with the canal behind.
Spot a Venetian carnival costume window
Find a costume shop with full Venetian Carnival costumes (cloaks, gowns, tricorn hats) in the window. Photograph the display.