English
The Grand Canal of Venice is the widest and longest in the city and, hence, its name. It´s interesting because its trajectory can be seen in all maps because it delimits to perfection the city in two parts.
The trajectory of the Grand Canal forms an “S” of water and it divides the city but, the curious thing is that despite being so long, it´s nearly four kilometres long, it doesn´t have many bridges that cross it, only four: Ponte de Rialto, which is the first one that was built; Ponte dell´Accademia, which communicates San Vidal and La Carità; Ponte degli Scalzi and, finally, Ponte della Constituzione, which is the newest of them all which has a modern style and unites Piazzale Roma with the train station.
And this way the city of Venice is divided in two big halves. The one that has the Piazza San Marco is the most famous and busiest while the other one is more “popular” although no less beautiful.
On this canal, thousands of boats and vaporettos of all shapes and sizes which serve as taxis, float. This city is one of the ones you cannot miss in Europe for it´s singularity of being on water. Rent apartments in Venice and see what it feels like to live in the city of the canals.
