The Royal Gardens in Venice, located just off St Mark\u2019s Square, were created under Napoleonic and Austrian rule in the early 19th century<\/p>\n
Empress Elizabeth of Austria \u2013 Sissi \u2013 is said to have loved the Gardens very much.<\/p>\n
After an extensive restoration, promoted and curated by the non-profit Venice Gardens Foundation<\/a>, the Royal Gardens reopened now to the public<\/p>\n The 5000-sq metres gardens, surrounded by canals and the Basin of St. Mark, are overlooked by the Correr Museum<\/a>, the imperial chambers of the Royal Palace<\/a>, the Archaeological Museum<\/a> and the Marciana Library<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Royal Gardens provide Venetians and visitors alike a place of peaceful respite, with shaded benches. You can have a coffee or a cocktail in the Coffee House Pavilion<\/a>, and admire the greenhouse<\/a> and the restored wooden drawbridge<\/a>, which on special occasion will link the gardens directly with St Mark\u2019s Square.\u00a0This spring, visit the gardens in bloom!<\/p>\n The Royal Gardens of Venice are a National Heritage Site, and given their important historic and environmental value, they are protected by Legislative Decree 42\/2004. Visitors are reminded that they must respect the site and maintain suitable decorum<\/a>.<\/p>\n