Corso del Popolo, the Canal Vena with fishermen's boats, the fish market, Longhena's cathedral and the column with St Mark's lion at Vigo.
An hour north on the Romea and you enter the Venetian lagoon. Chioggia is built on islands, with canals, bridges and narrow streets like Venice, but it's a fishermen's town, lively and without crowds. Here in 1379-1380 the War of Chioggia was fought between Venice and Genoa.
Times are a guide: driving times are worked out without traffic, then come the visits and ten minutes at every stop to park. In summer towards the coast and at rush hour allow extra time.
The mediaeval cathedral burnt down on Christmas night 1623; the new one was entrusted to Baldassarre Longhena, who would later build the Salute in Venice. The first mass was celebrated in 1627, the consecration in 1674.
Free entry, outside service times.
The main street runs right through the town from the cathedral to Piazzetta Vigo, lined with palaces, churches and arcades. Running parallel is the Canal Vena, the canal of the fishermen's boats, crossed by humpback bridges: this is the most photographed Chioggia.
Chioggia has one of the most important fish markets in Italy. The retail market, on the Canal Vena, is a spectacle of stalls, voices and freshly landed Adriatic fish.
Mornings only: check which days.
At the end of the corso, on the lagoon, stands the marble column with the small lion of St Mark, symbol of Venice's long rule, and the Ponte di Vigo, the town's best-known bridge, over the Vena canal.
How long it takes from each town, the drive back included. Tap a town to see the plan from there.
Almost every old town has a limited traffic zone (ZTL) with cameras: park outside and walk in. The fine reaches your home, abroad too. ZTL and car parks town by town
Romagna Transfer picks you up at your hotel, drops you in front of every stop and brings you back: no parking, no ZTL, and the wine is yours to enjoy.
Pomposa Abbey with its 1063 bell tower and 14th-century frescoes, the Este Castle of Mesola and Torre Abate.
6 h 40 from Cesenatico Full day
The plan
The Torre della Finanza in Volano, the motor vessel from Gorino to the mouth of the Po di Goro and the lighthouse, Torre Palù on the canal.
7 h 05 from Cesenatico Full day
The plan
The house museum at Lido di Spina with Fontana and twentieth-century art, then on foot to the cathedral, the Loggia del Grano, the Loggiato dei Cappuccini and the Trepponti at sunset.
5 h 20 from Cesenatico Half day
The planTrips written by our editors from the facts of our monument pages and the official sites. Opening days and hours change: the note under every place tells you what to check before you leave. No prices: you find them on the museums' sites.
