Local suggestions to live Venice at its best / for its best

Goose in Venice

Quirky little places + pretty shops


Second hand shops

L’armadio di coco: pretty vintage clothes and old things for the house

Don’tknowthenameofthissecondhandshop: open only on weekday afternoons (I know!), it has some pretty little things

Clothes & Accessories

Meracu: bags & leather accessories hand made by a lovely young Venetian craftsman crafts lady

Barbieri: scarves, ties and accessories

Patience: young talented tailor shop winks to environmental concern

Charity & vintage shops

They are often on the side of local parishes like at SS. Apostoli or at S. Martino. There is also one here. Otherwise there is a vintage shop here and here.

Antiques

Barbaria de le Tole: few antique and vintage shops one after the other

Naval miniature and painting shop: interesting if you are passionate of old naval accessories, tools and paintings

Bookshops

Acqua alta bookshop: the most beautiful bookshop of the world (according to them and Pinterest)

Libreria Marco polo: independent book shop run by independent book lovers, a spotlight in the Italian scene (seriously, they even got national newspapers attentions!)

Gondola warehouses (squero)

San Trovaso: still in business, you can see them working from Fond.ta Nani while sipping prosecco

Squero Vecio: out of business, now headquarter of a local rowing association

Graphics

Small Caps: posters and paintings

Studio Saor: booklets, calendars and notepads

Hand-craft shops

Crazy4Glass: perfect if you are looking for ironic Murano Glass items

Muranero: how about African styled authentic Murano glass?

Chimera: don’t know much, but they make pretty pottery things