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Foto: Wolfgang Voigt, Frankfurt am Main

Lido: Bar im Flughafen Giovanni Nicelli (17) und Giancarlo De Carlos Blue Moon (18) • Lido: Airport and Giancarlo De Carlo’s Blue Moon

T he programme presented here comprises very perso- 10 p.m. – After dinner, one should walk to Campo di San
Giacometto. Those who like it a bit quieter should best go
nal recommendations of an ar chitecture enthusiast –
including a few suggestions for your visit to Venice on the to Bar Ancora (8). Night owls may continue on to Caffè
occasion of the Ar chitecture Biennale. Things you should Ros so (9) at Campo Santa Margherita. Every one else goes
definitely bring? – Comfortable shoes and two day-tickets to bed. The Bauer (10) as well as the Da nieli (11) are the
for the Vaporetto, the Venetian water bus. classics of Venetian hotels, but also de mand stiff prices.
A recent addition is Hotel Palazzina G (12) furnished by
Saturday: Arsenale and Museums Phi lippe Starck.

9 a .m. – The first way leads to the P alazzo L oredan Sunday: Giardini, Lido and Modernism
dell´Ambascitore on the Canal Grande. On the first days of
the Biennale, the late Gothic palace is open to all German 9 a.m. – For my liking, I prefer to stay the night in one of
ar chitects daily from 9.00 a.m. to 10.00 p.m. ‘Be rüh rungs - the countless ho liday apartments. You can have break -
punkte’ (1) is the title of the joint initiative of FSB, Gira and fast in the Birreria Forst (13), a sandwich bar on Calle de
Keuco. le Ras se.

10 a.m. – On the first day, the main exhibition on the Ar - 10 a.m. – The Vaporetto takes us to the Giardini (14) for
se nale premises (2) is part of our agenda. The visit to the the second part of the Biennale exhibition. In the public
ship yard with its hug e halls, which partly dates from the park laid out under Napoleon, the participating countries
Midd le Ages, is an experience even without the exhibition. present themselves in their own pavilions. After a round
tour, we enjoy a snack on the terrace of the In Paradiso
2 p.m. – In the afternoon, the Vaporetto gives us a lift back (15) at the entrance to the Giardini.
to the centre of Venice. Palazzo Grassi (3) as well as Punta
della D ogana ( 4) accommodate the art c ollection of 2 p.m. – In the afternoon, we make a quick side-trip to
French billionaire, François Pinault. The art collector com- the San Michele Cemetery Island (16). The latest exten-
missioned Tadao Ando with the c onversion of the t wo sion of the facility, the so-called House of the Dead, was
historic buildings into public museums. In my opinion, the conceived by David Chipperfield. Subsequently, the tour
most amiable art museum of the city, the Peggy Gug gen - continues via the Vaporetto to the Lido di Venezia. Here,
heim Collection (5), is located only a few hundred metres a visit to the Giovanni Nicelli airport (17), which was con-
from Punta della Dogana structed in the 1920s, is a must, a gem of Classic modern
architecture. After the visit, a walk to the Blue Moon (18)
6 p.m. – Before dinner, we still have some time lef t for a is worthwhile, an unconventional mixture of beach bar,
visit to the Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia viewing t ower and am phitheatre impl emented in th e
(6), the architecture school in the western part of the city. 1990s according to plans by Giancarlo De Carlo.
The small entrance courtyard is a work by Carlo Scarpa.
6 p.m. – The gateway to Venice is Piazzale Roma. Starting
8 p.m. – There are hundreds of restaurants in Venice. 90 at the railway station, the Ponte della Costituzione (19)
percent of them seem to be ‘tourist traps’. My recommen- designed by Santiago Calatrava leads to a square, which
dation: once you found a restaurant, where you felt perfect- is primarily dominated b y the Autorimessa Comunale
ly well and at ease , sto p lo oking f or an other on e. Per - (20) constructed in the 1930s in the classic modern style.
sonally, I suggest the Al Nono (7). It is the last station of our short tour of Venice.