Hop on hop off cruise venicer r even though there are about 97 other cities or towns named venice in the world the italian venezia is and will always be a unique cityr r built on an archipelago of 118 small islands in 800 ac venice today is an extraordinary mixture of artistic and cultural influences which reach the city by land and most of all by sear r this particular city is crossed by 150 canals and connected by over 400 bridges for this reason it can only be visited on foot or by boa