Tourist Central: San Marco is one of the six sestieri of Venice, and retains its position at the heart of the city. It contains many of the city's most famous landmarks and is usually thriving with tourists.
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Population Centre: Cannaregio is the northernmost of the six historic districts of Venice. It is the second largest sestiere by land area and the largest by population. Today, the areas of the district along the Grand Canal from the train station to the Rialto Bridge are packed with tourists, but the rest of Cannaregio is residential and relatively peaceful.
Contains affordable housing.

The Largest: Castello is physically the largest of the six sestieri and contains many monasteries and remnants of the old dockyards. More land has recently been drained, and the island of Sant'Elena is linked with it.
Contains low cost housing.

Wealth: Dorsoduro is the highest point of the city. In the nineteenth century the Accademia was set up in Dorsoduro and the Ponte dell'Accademia linked it to San Marco, making it an expensive area, popular with foreign residents. The western quarter end and the Giudecca, became industrialised around this time.
Contains high end accomodation and student residences.

Medieval Venice: Santa Croce occupies the north west part of the main islands, and can be divided into two areas: the eastern area being largely mediaeval, and the western - including the main port and the Tronchetto - mostly lying on land reclaimed in the 10th century.

The Oldest: San Polo is the smallest and oldest district. The district has been the site of Venice's main market since 1097, and connected to the eastern bank of the Grande Canal by the Rialto bridge since the thirteenth century. The western part of the quarter is now known for its churches, while the eastern part, sometimes just called the Rialto, is known for its palaces and smaller houses.