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Walking in VenicePage 3
ABOVE: Official signs point to the San Tomà traghetto stop, the Rialto Bridge, and the Piazza San Marco--but if you look carefully, you'll notice that the left-pointing arrows were added by vandals. Directional signs
Don't obsess about plotting a route from point A to points B, C, and D: Just follow the arrows to the section of town that you're trying to reach. You can look at your map again when you're closer to our final destination.
Next page: Signs in streets and squares
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Official
directional signs--normally yellow, but sometimes white--are easy to find if you
look up at buildings as you walk down streets or wander around campi
(squares). 
These
signs point to such major destinations as 
Other
signs direct you to 
In
addition to official signs, you'll see many homemade signs that shopkeepers and
residents have painted or tacked up on buildings to help lost tourists. 