{"id":69813,"date":"2026-01-13T08:12:26","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T08:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/book\/venice-for-pleasure-3\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T10:11:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T10:11:03","slug":"venice-for-pleasure-3","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/book\/venice-for-pleasure-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Venice for Pleasure"},"content":{"rendered":"

After 60 years and with over 150,000 copies sold, J. G. Links’ classic remains for many the best book ever written about Venice. Structured as four walks, it takes the visitors from the grandest campi to the tiniest alleyways, with surprises and unexpected delights at every turn. But as well as a wonderful companion in Venice itself, it is also one of the most evocative accounts of the city in English, by a writer who wore his learning like the finest gossamer. In Jan Morris’s words, “None of Venice’s innumerable chroniclers have portrayed the Serenissima’s character with quite such a combination of the scholarly, the informal and the intimate… Over the years, thousands of readers, starting this book, have been relieved to encounter its famously undemanding approach to the city: ‘Generally the first thing to do in Venice is to sit down and have some coffee’. But by the time they get to the end of it, all the same, they will have learnt virtually everything that an educated stranger needs to know about the place, its art and its history – besides being subtly entertained throughout.<\/em>“<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sixtieth anniversary edition (the tenth) of J. G. Links’ classic guidebook to Venice, its art and its history, with four walks and an introduction by Jan Morris. Now in full color.
Foreword by Jan Morris p. xi
\nPreface to the Sixth Edition p. 7
\nPreface to the Tenth Edition p. 9
\nIntroduction p. 12
\nAuthor to reader 12
\nApproaching Venice 16
\nView from the Molo 23
\nThe Doge’s Palace and the Basilica 30
\nSt Mark’s: The Piazza 41
\nA little Venetian history 52
\nView from the Campanile 61
\nWalk 1: The Accademia, the Zattere, the Frari,
\nthe Rialto Bridge p. 65
\nPreface 67
\nPiazza S. Marco to the Accademia 68
\nThe Accademia 79
\nThe Grand Canal seen from the
\nAccademia 88
\nBetween the Accademia and the Zattere 89
\nThe Frari and its neighbourhood 95
\nThe Rialto Bridge to Piazza S. Marco 106
\nWalk 2: The Riva degli Schiavoni,
\nSS. Giovanni e Paolo, The Rialto
\nBridge p. 113
\nThe Scuola di S. Giogio degli Schiavoni
\nand the Arsenal 115
\nView from the Public Gardens 128
\nThe Riva degli Schiavoni to SS. Giovanni
\ne Paolo 134
\nView from the Fondamente Nuove 145
\nBetween the Fondamente Nuove and the
\nRialto Bridge 147
\nWalk 3: The Sestiere di S. Marco p. 155
\nThe Sestiere di S. Marco 157
\nThe Correr Museum 165
\nWalk 4: The Grand Canal and the
\nCanareggio Area p. 169
\nThe Ca’ d’Oro 171
\nNorthern Venice 175
\nThe Canareggio 183
\nThe Fondaco dei Turchi 188
\nFrom the Pescheria 194
\nAround Venice and the Islands of the
\nLagoon p. 197
\nThe Ancient Settlements 199
\nAround Venice 201
\nMurano 207
\nBurano and Torcello 210
\nVenice for Children’s Pleasure
\nand the Delights of the Brenta p. 213
\nChildren in Venice 215
\nExploring the Waterways 224
\nThe Delights of the Brenta 225
\nSolutions 232
\nAppendices
\nA. The Services provided by ACTV, p. 235
\nB. Books about Venice, p. 243
\nGeneral p. 243
\nGuide Books p. 246
\nArt and Topography p. 250
\nC. The Street Signs of Venice, p. 256
\nD. Food and Drink, p. 258
\nAbout J. G. Links p. 262
\nList of Illustrations p. 265
\nIndex p. 267
\nMaps, drawn by M. A. Verity
\nvenice – Key Map, inside front cover
\nwalk 1 – Southern Venice, p. 66
\nwalk 2 – Eastern Venice, p. 114
\nwalk 3 – The Sestiere di S. Marco, p. 156
\naround venice – p. 198<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":69814,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[5523,5508],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-69813","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-art","7":"product_cat-travel","8":"author-by-author-j-g-links","9":"author-introduction-by-jan-morris","10":"publisher-pallas-athene","12":"first","13":"instock","14":"shipping-taxable","15":"purchasable","16":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nVenice for Pleasure - ACC Art Books US<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/book\/venice-for-pleasure-3\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Venice for Pleasure - ACC Art Books US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sixtieth anniversary edition (the tenth) of J. 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