Torre dell’Orologio

Legend has it that as thanks for services rendered, the inventors of this gold-leafed timepiece tracking lunar phases and astrological shifts were blinded so that no city but Venice could boast a similar engineering marvel. Tours of Mauro Codussi’s 1496–99 tower climb up a steep, claustrophobia-triggering four-storey spiral staircase to the terrace, where the Two Moors statues strike the hour on a bell. Three kings and an angel emerge on Epiphany and the Feast of the Assumption. Tour tickets include entrance to the Museo Correr, where you can book your tour. Children under six not permitted.