Gmeiner

San Polo & Santa Croce


Gabriele Gmeiner honed her shoemaking craft at Hermès and John Lobb, and today jet-setters fly to Venice just for her ultra-sleek Oxfords with hidden ‘bent’ seams and her minutely hand-stiched brogues, made to measure for men and women (around €3000, including a hand-carved wooden last).


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby San Polo & Santa Croce attractions

1. Chiesa di San Giovanni Elemosinario

0.08 MILES

Hunkering modestly behind T-shirt kiosks is this soaring brick church, built by Scarpagnino after a disastrous fire in 1514 destroyed much of the Rialto…

2. Ponte de le Tette

0.1 MILES

‘Tits Bridge’ got its name in the late 15th century, when neighbourhood prostitutes were encouraged to display their wares in windows instead of taking…

3. Il Gobbo

0.11 MILES

Rubbed for luck for centuries, this 1541 statue is now protected by an iron railing. Il Gobbo (The Hunchback) served as a podium for official…

4. Pescaria

0.11 MILES

Slinging fresh fish daily for 700 years and still going strong, Venetian fishmongers are more vital to local cuisine than any single chef. Glistening fish…

5. Rialto Market

0.12 MILES

Venice’s main market has been whetting appetites for seven centuries, with fruit and vegetable stands abutting the rather more pungent Pescaria. To see it…

6. Fabbriche Nuove

0.12 MILES

Flanking the Grand Canal, this porticoed complex was designed by Jacopo Sansovino in the mid-16th century.

7. Chiesa di San Giacomo di Rialto

0.12 MILES

Steps away from the Rialto Bridge, the most distinctive feature of 12th-century St James' Church is the 15th-century clock set into the facade facing the…

8. Ponte di Rialto

0.14 MILES

A superb feat of engineering, Antonio da Ponte’s 1592 Istrian stone span took three years and 250,000 gold ducats to construct. Adorned with stone reliefs…