Ottica Vascellari

San Polo & Santa Croce


Second-generation opticians and first-class stylists, the Vascellari family discern eyewear needs with a glance at your prescription and a long look to assess your face shape and personal style. Angular features demand Vascellari’s architectural eyewear with hand-finished, two-tone laminates, while delicate features are set off with sleek specs of ecofriendly cotton-resin – all for less than mass-market brands.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby San Polo & Santa Croce attractions

1. Chiesa di San Giovanni Elemosinario

0.07 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. Il Gobbo

0.1 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…

3. Chiesa di San Giacomo di Rialto

0.11 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…

4. Fabbriche Nuove

0.12 MILES

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

5. Ponte di Rialto

0.12 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…

6. Ponte de le Tette

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

7. Rialto Market

0.13 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…

8. Pescaria

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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…