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

Banco n° 10: very pretty dresses hand-made by the inmates

Barbieri: scarves, ties and accessories

Patience: young talented tailor shop winks to environmental concern

Charity shops

They are often on the side of local parishes like at SS. Apostoli or at S. Martino

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?

Oi Va Voi: a serigraphic studio that organise workshops too

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



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