Enchanting Venice: Top Things to Do, See & Eat with Teens, Venice, Italy

Once you’ve been Venice, Italy, you laugh at all those places that tout themselves as “the Venice of X” because they have a few canals. There is only one Venice. And it was one of the places we most wanted to visit with Teen Traveler before she finishes high school. We spent four days there last summer and it didn’t disappoint.

Here are some of the best things we found to see, eat and do in Venice with teenagers. There are also plenty of tips on what to do and what to avoid when trying to see this unique city with kids, toddlers and preschoolers. I hope they’ll help you navigate the crazy crowds and labyrinthine streets and have your own amazing visit.

It’s on Giudecca, across the lagoon from the city’s main cluster of islands, and I wondered how his would work out. But being able to escape the crowds of central Venice every afternoon for a refreshing swim was more than worth the trade-off of following a water-shuttle schedule.

The Molino Stucky is in a former pasta factory that looks like a medieval castle from the outside. It has high ceilings, large exposed ceiling beams and big windows to let in lots of light. We liked the look and feel very much.

A wall display outside the breakfast room tells the history of the factory and the Stucky family, which conveys a lot about Venice’s history, too. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).