The real Venice
Wander among about 2,500 buildings rebuilt in 3D from OpenStreetMap: a first piece of the centre, with more of the city to come.
Instant Venice BETA
Explore or race by bike, on foot or on horseback through the calli of Venice!
Ride through the heart of Venice in 3D, past Piazza San Marco, the Doge’s Palace, the Mercerie and the Rialto bridge, with every calle from OpenStreetMap.
Free · no account · works on PC, tablet and phone
What there is to do
Over the canals
Cross Piazza San Marco to the Doge’s Palace and the Bridge of Sighs, wind through the narrow lanes of the Mercerie and climb the Rialto bridge over the Grand Canal.
A race: San Marco → Rialto
Race from Piazza San Marco under the clock tower, through the narrow shopping lanes of the Mercerie to the Rialto bridge.
This is Venice
Venice is a city built on more than a hundred small islands in a lagoon at the top of the Adriatic, where canals take the place of streets and boats the place of cars. For a thousand years it was the capital of a sea-trading republic, and its palaces, churches and squares still stand much as its merchants left them.
- St Mark’s Square, St Mark’s Basilica and the Doge’s Palace
- The Grand Canal, its gondolas and the Rialto Bridge
- The Carnival, with its masks and costumes
- Glass from Murano, lace from Burano and an evening spritz with cicchetti
Places, elements and landmarks
Piazza San MarcoThe only square in Venice called a piazza, ringed by arcades and opening onto the lagoon.
St Mark’s BasilicaBuilt for the relics of Saint Mark, covered inside with golden mosaics.
Doge’s PalaceThe pink and white Gothic palace from which the doges ruled the Republic of Venice.
Campanile di San MarcoThe bell tower of St Mark’s, which fell down in 1902 and was rebuilt “where it was, as it was”.
Bridge of SighsThe covered stone bridge between the Doge’s Palace and the prisons, built in 1600.
Rialto BridgeThe stone bridge of 1591 over the Grand Canal, with shops along its arch.
Grand CanalThe great S-shaped waterway through the middle of Venice, lined with palaces.
MercerieThe chain of narrow shopping lanes from St Mark’s to the Rialto, the race route in the game.
La FeniceVenice’s opera house, which has risen from its ashes more than once, as its name promises.
Famous art in Venice
Ready to go?
Play Instant VeniceStill in development: expect some rough edges.