Sounds of Venice Treasure Hunt

This Treasure Hunt focuses on the sounds of Venice — both actual and imagined. Starting at the Accademia Bridge and winding up in Piazza San Marco, stroll through the back streets of Venice paying particular attention to the sounds you hear along the way.

Designed by Michael LaPlaca and printed in 2012.

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Palladio Hunts and Puzzles

The focus of this Treasure Hunt are the architectural details of Venice. Follow the walking tours to look for various architectural elements — façades, pediments, doorways, and more. Additional architecture themed puzzles, crossword and sudoku.

Designed by Michael LaPlaca and printed in 2008 with funding from the Arthur L. Loeb Foundation.

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Venetian Hunts and Puzzles

Each hunt in this book has a special theme. It will take you to museums, churches and the Doge's Palace. Additional puzzles, crossword, and a hunt for the most iconic image of Venice's Republic, the Lion of Saint Mark.

Designed by Michael LaPlaca and printed in 2006 with funding from the Arthur L. Loeb Foundation.

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A Mosaic of Venice

The Hunt in this fold-out map of Venice takes you through all of the six sestieri looking for sculptures, reliefs and other architectural elements. Easy to follow photographs.

Designed by Michael LaPlaca and printed in 2004 with funding from the Arthur L. Loeb Foundation.

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I Batocchi di Venezia

Among many of the unnoticed treasures of Venice are its Batocchi, (doorknobs and knockers). These charming 'sculptures in bronze' — large and small, old and new, rare and commonplace — are everywhere. A children's favorite, no reading required.

Text by Bob Guthrie with illustrations by Douglas M. Sardo and printed in 1993.

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The Riddles of Venice

This most beloved of Save Venice Treasure Hunts allows visitors to explore all of Venice’s sestieri.
Six hunts that lead you to discover Venice herself — 'more glorious and at the same time more mysterious than all of her thousand treasures.'

Text and illustrations by Douglas M. Sardo with an introduction by John Julius Norwich and a riddle by Paul Stiga and printed in 1989.

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Other treasure hunts include:

Saints in the Six Sestieri

Design and illustrations by Douglas M. Sardo with walks by Jennifer Lees and printed in 2001.

Treasures Restored

Text by Beatrice & Bob Guthrie with illustrations by Douglas M. Sardo and printed in 1999.

Animal Hunt in Venice

Text by Beatrice Guthrie with illustrations by Douglas M. Sardo and printed in 1991 with funding from Giorgio Armani.

Thirty Lions & a Pig

Text by Beatrice & Bob Guthrie with illustrations by Douglas M. Sardo and printed in 1997 with funding from Piaget.

Venetian Epigraphs

Text by Beatrice & Bob Guthrie with illustrations by Douglas M. Sardo and printed in 1995.