The liveliest part of San Polo is the section including the Rialto Bridge.

Here there are souvenir stalls and, by the Grand Canal, the famous Rialto markets where you can admire the food stalls or stock up for a summer picnic. There is also some rare open space alongside the Grand Canal, where you can sit at an outdoors table among a mixture of tourists, students, and locals, and enjoy a scenic aperitivo.

San Polo highlights and tourist attractions include: Rialto Bridge - Venice's famous shop-lined bridge over the Grand Canal, Rialto markets - historic, colourful and still a good place to buy fruit, veg and fish, Casa di Goldoni - the home of the playwright Goldoni, Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari - large church packed with art, Scuola Grande di San Rocco - filled with masterpieces by Tintoretto.