The fish sellers arrive as early as 5.30 am to prep their stalls. The Rialto Market still is a trading place, mostly for fresh fish, vegetables and fruits. Though both the scenes with the falling house and Gettler at the famous market had been filmed in broad daylight, we highly recommend to get up early. Rialto was one of the first places to be populated in old Venice and soon became the city’s most important trading hub.

Look out for vaporetto lines 1 and 2 to navigate along Canal Grande and ask for directions when bording: “Piazzale Roma” or “Ferrovia” brings you north, “San Marco” brings you south and directly to San Marco Square. The Canal Grande meanders through in a reversed s-bend.

To the north is quiet Cannaregio, to the east is dynamic Castello and to the west the trendy students quarter of Dorsoduro.

Some minutes to the south is touristy San Marco with the most famous landmarks, sights and most of the Bond locations. The bigger lanes are named “calle”, the smaller one – passageway underneath houses – are called “sotoportego”.īut if you ever get lazy or lost, Rialto is a good hub for orientation. Small “nizioletti”, street signs, help with navigating, adressing landmarks, campos and streets. You are best off exploring the whole town on foot. So don’t glue your head to a smartphone looking for directions – but wonder, if the next turn will bring you to a new campo, the small town squares, or a dead end in front of a water canal. »La Serenissima«, as Venice is called, wants you to get lost between its labyrinthine alleys and piazzas. More than 100 islands are combined through water canals and bridges. Rialto is right in the heart of Venice’ main island – and helps you perfectly to navigate the city. Also filmed at Rialto Mercado: The scene with Gettler watching Bond and Vesper sail through Venice and silently contacting the latter. If you fancy a walk, head north from Marcus Square to the Bridge and then just stay on the pavement with the Canal Grande to your right. All major vaporetti lines – the famous Venice water buses – stop at Mercato di Rialto or the nearby Rialto Bridge. The famous market at San Polo has a vaporetto stop and a few meters downstream from there you have the best option to take in the scene.

Right behind is the Lion Morosini Palace, but more famous is a spot on the other side of the Canal: Mercato di Rialto. Situated next to Sotoportego del Remer at Canal Grande. The real one is a narrow house with carmine red paint and white windows in the Cannaregio area. The house wasn’t actually sinking – the climax in “Casino Royale” had been filmed with a mix of Pinewood sets and clever CGI. Watery Grave: The sinking house in Venice

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