Secret Venice Lagoon Guide

Let Secret Venice guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar.


Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Venice Lagoon guide book and let our local experts show you 150 well-hidden treasures of an amazing region. Ideal for local inhabitants, curious visitors and armchair travellers alike. The places included in our guides are unusual and unfamiliar, allowing one to step off the beaten track.


Inside the guide you can find:




A circular watertight and fireproof library
A Madonna in a green cloak
The hull of a boat inside a church
A bailing machine from the late 19th century that is still in working order
A pontoon and a swing bridge
The 2nd largest museum in the world devoted to pigs
A shark named Olivia
Old English cannons used as bollards


Far from the crowds and the usual cliches, Venice Lagoon offers countless off-beat experiences and is home to any number of well-hidden treasures that are revealed only to residents and travellers who find their way off the beaten track. An indispensable guide for those who thought they knew Venice Lagoon well or would like to discover the other face of this fascinating region.