Directions in Venice il social delle 10 per prepararsi al WSE English Venice Tour del 7/6/14. TIPS Sometimes, a sign may have arrows in two directions. This simply means that you can get to the destination by parallel routes. (But watch out for the occasional yellow sign thats been tampered with: An extra arrowhead may be legitimate, but it could be a prank to confuse tourists. When in doubt, ignore add-ons.) VISUAL CUES: Venice is filled with visual cues that can help lost tourists find themselves, if only they know where to look. By looking around the square, you can can see a number of signs on the walls of the buildings. OFFICIAL AND UNOFFICIAL Official directional signs--normally yellow, but sometimes white--are easy to find if you look up at buildings as you walk down streets or wander around campi (squares). In addition to official signs, youll see many homemade signs that shopkeepers and residents have painted or tacked up on buildings to help lost tourists. SPECIFIC STREETS If youre looking for specific streets after leaving the square, youll also see signs, but you need to be careful and distinguish between variations on the street name (e.g. calle for street, sotoportego for tunnel or covered street, rio terà for street built on a filled-in canal, ramo for a small branch of a street, etc.) TWO STREETS ONE NAME... Its also worth noting that some streets in different parts of Venice have the same name, and in at least one case that we know of, two parallel streets (the two Calli delle Oche near the Campo San Giacomo dallOrio) share a name. This can be useful to know when youre looking for a specific address.
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