Giardino Groggia

The Giardini di Villa Groggia of Venice. (Photo by Valery Toth)

A small locals' park at the edge of Venice

In the hinterlands along the very northern edge of Cannaregio, this small Romantic-style park of statues, laurel, and palm trees once housed an archery field in the 1500s.

Today it draws locals for its ludoteca (small children's play center), pool, and tiny 19th-century theater called the Teatrino di Villa Groggia.

Tips & links

Details

Parco di Villa Groggia
Fondamenta Riformati 3161 (Cannaregio)
Vaporetto: Sant'Alvise
tel. +39-041-719-580 Open daily
(Ludoteca La Cicala e La Formica communal toy chest open Sun–Fri 2pm–6:30pm)
Free

Nearby sights, dining, hotels

Sights nearby
★ Jewish Ghetto (neighborhood/synagogues)
Giardini Savorgnan (park)
★★★ Grand Canal (canal)
★★ Ca d'Oro (palace/museum)

Where to eat nearby
Brek [light meal]
Trattoria Cea [meal]
★ Pizzeria Ae Oche [light meal]

Hotels nearby
Eurostars Residenza Cannaregio [moderate]
Apartment Calle della Rotonda Venezia [moderate]
Hotel Locanda del Ghetto [cheap]
RR Bernardi-Semenzato [cheap]
RR Ariel Silva [cheap]

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Venice links & resources

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Tourist info
Turismovenezia.it

Other useful sites
Agendavenezia.org [events]
Veneziaeventi.com [events]
Veneziadavivere.com [events]
Veniceforvisitors.com [guidesite]
Venezia.net [guidesite/events]
Veneziatoday.it [news/events]

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Public transit
Actv.it (vaporetto [public "water buses"]; traghetti; land buses)
Motoscafivenezia.it (water taxis)
Alilaguna.it (airport ferry)

Maps
Amazon.com (print maps)
Maps.venicexplorer.net (address locator)
Smu.insula.it (route finder)

Venice airports
Veniceairport.it (Venice Marco Polo airport)
Trevisoairport.it (Treviso airport ~30 min. away; used by some low-cost airlines)

Airport transfers: By sea (to downtown Venice)
Alilaguna.it (public ferry: €15)
Viator.com (shared boat: €30; private boat: from €34)
Motoscafivenezia.it (water taxi: €100)

Airport transfers: By land (to Piazzale Roma)
Atvo.it (shuttle bus: €6)
Actv.it (city bus: €6)

Venice rail station
Venezia Santa Lucia: Grandistazioni.it, Fondamenta S. Lucia (in the NW corner of the city)
Vaproetto to San Marco: 1, 2, N

Driving/parking
Asmvenezia.it (Piazzale Rome garage: most central, €23–29; S. Giuliano lot: farthest, €12)
Veniceparking.it (Tronchetto garage: fairly central, €21)

Car resources
Emergency service/tow: tel. 803-116
Highway agency: Autostrade.it (traffic info, serivce areas, toll calculator, weather)
Italian automotive club (~AAA): Aci.it
ZTLs: Ztl-italia.blogspot.com (lightly outdated, but handy, links to cities' traffic-free zones)