AI MORI D ORIENTE VENICE DRIVER

Getting off the ferry at the Orto (Madonna dell’Orto dock/lines 4.2 – 5.2 and Alilaguna orange from the Marco Polo VCE airport) continue down Calle Larga Piave to Fondamenta della Madonna dell’Orto. After the bridge, turn right, continue down the first street on your left, Calle del Forno, and, you’ll find the hotel at the end. Continue on Rio Terrà del Cristo, on your right, and then straight down Rio Terrà Farsetti to the wooden bridge. Marcuola/Casino’ dock (line 1) cross the Campo facing the church and turn left behind the church. For further information on public transportation, visit the actv website ( Getting off the ferry at the S. Lucia Venice station.įrom any of the ACTV ferries you take (1 – 4.2 – 5.2) the hotel is only a 7-minute walk away from the recommended stop. (For further information on public transportation visit the actv website If you arrive by train, water taxis or the ACTV public ferries stops for lines 1 – 4.2 – 5.2 are right outside the S. The hotel is at the end of the Calle, on the left. Turn right along the Fondamenta, and left at the first bridge you meet continuing down Calle Loredan. For further information on public transportation visit the actv website ( Getting off the ferry at the S. By sea:Įxit the airport and follow the signs for Darsena on the left (5 minute walk) where you can take a water taxi or Alilaguna ferry (orange).įrom the Treviso Antonio Canova airport (TSF) you can take the ATVO bus to Venice-Piazzale Roma where you can continue by ferry (lines 1 – 4.2 – 5.2).įrom any of the ACTV ferries you take (1 – 4.2 – 5.2) the hotel is only a 7-minute walk away from the recommended stop. Take an ATVO taxi or bus or ACTV bus 5 to Piazzale Roma where you can continue by ferry (lines 1 – 4.2 – 5.2). His head, recently damaged by vandals, was found and restored.įrom Venice Marco Polo airport (VCE) you can reach the city center by land with taxi or bus, or by sea in a water taxi or Alilaguna ferry. Probably a descendant of the three Rioba brothers, he represented the popular discontent, tormenting the Venetian Republic authorities with his satire. With his unmistakable iron nose, Venetian icon, “ Sior Antonio Rioba” stands at the corner of Campo dei Mori.

AI MORI D ORIENTE VENICE DRIVER

It’s said that he was a camel driver who settled in Venice after suffering from a broken heart.

On the Fondamenta dei Mori, near the Sotoportego del Porton dei Mori near Tintoretto’s birthplace, another merchant in Oriental garb observes us behind impenetrable eyes.

Their Mastelli nickname probably originates from the fact that these items were their trade tools. Various alluring interpretations, as is the rule for Venetian circumstances, lurk around the identity of the characters sculpted on the palazzos in Campo dei Mori.Ī camel adorns the Palazzo Mastelli or “del cammello”, probably built by the three trade brothers Afani, Rioba and Sand.

Ai mori d oriente venice