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Named for the Corfu-born owners of the land at the time, the park was converted from the site of the demolished convent of Santa Croce.
The gravel paths swirling around stands of cypress, cedar, fruit trees, elm, oleander, mulberries, laurel, and rare flowers hosted soirées for nobles and notables in the middle of the 19th century.
Sadly, a third of the park was destroyed in 1933 to make room for the Rio Nuovo canal (and the Papadopoli Hotel, which inherited the "exotic plants" portion of the gardens) as part of a civic makeover of the neighborhood when they were building Piazzale Roma and the Ponte della Libertà bridge from the mainland.
It remains an oasis of calm and quiet in the otherwise busy main arrival area of Venice—even if it has become lightly run down in recent years.
However, after a gate-top statue crashed to the ground during a May, 2012, eathquake (and a few arrests of locals using the park to sell marajuana), the city decided to rehabilite Giardini Papadopoli, with plans to rescue it from its impending seediness by fixing up the walls, gates, and paving.
Giardini Papadopoli
Fondamenta Papadopoli/Fondamenta de la Croce (Santa Croce)
Vaporetto: Piazzale Roma
Open daily
Free
Sights nearby
★★★Grand Canal (sight)
S. Simeone (church)
★★ Scuola Grande di San Rocco (paintings)
★ I Frari (church)
Where to eat nearby
★ Pizzeria Ae Oche (meal)
★★ Cantina Do Spade (meal/snack)
★ Vini da Pinto (meal)
★★★ Cantina Do Mori (snack)
Hotels nearby
Hotel Papadopoli Venezia - MGallery Collection (permier)
Ca' dei Polo (cheap–moderate)
Hotel Gardena (moderate)
Cool Apartments Venice (moderate)
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