Campo de la Tana

Campo de la Tana sits right beside the Arsenale, Venice's legendary medieval shipyard that once churned out warships at an astonishing pace. You're anchoring just steps from the Biennale gardens, so if you time it right you can catch the world-famous art or architecture exhibitions without fighting the crowds from the main tourist corridors. It's a quieter, more local corner of Venice, away from the San Marco crush, with solid access to the Castello sestiere for wandering.