Beneath us on the east side is the Ducal Palace, and we look right into the courtyard and on to the prison roof.

Farther away are the green trees of the Giardini Pubblici, the leaning tower of S.
Pietro di Castello, and S.Nicholas of the Lido.

In the south-east are the Lido's various hotels and the islands of S.Lazzaro (with the campanile) and S.Servolo.In the south is the Grand Canal with a Guardi pattern of gondolas upon it, criss-crossing like flies; then S.
Giorgio's lovely island and the Giudecca, and beyond these various islands of the lagoon: La Grazia, S.Clemente, and, in the far distance, Malamocco.

In the south-west the Custom House pushes its nose into the water, with the vast white mountain of the Salute behind it.

In the west is the Piazza, immediately below, with its myriad tables and chairs; then the backs of the S.Moise statues; and farther away the Frari and its campanile, the huge telegraph-wire carriers of the harbour; across the water Fusina, and beyond in the far distance the jagged Euganean hills.
At sunset the landscape is sharpened and brought nearer.