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» Other Location Reviews » more VENICE VACATIONS Attractions & ReviewsVENICE VACATIONS - Ponte dei Sospiri ReviewsThe Bridge of Sighs or Ponte dei Sospiri  When under the bridge in a gondola, when you go into the Doge palace you can go across this bridge it leads to the prison thats why its call the bridge of Sighs. I paid 11 or 12 euro for the palace... Robin Trower said it best.  The Bridge of Sighs. (Ponte de sospiri) Called that since the little window onthe bridge is the last time prisoners saw the outside before crossing the bridge from the court house to the prison... The bridge and its surroundings  It's one of those little architectural details that make you feel the place you're visiting. Opposite to it is the shore that faces the third venecian island, so not only the bridge is nice... Bridge of History The only fully covered bridge in Venice. You can take a tour and see this in person, but I saw it from a gondola ride underneath it. Fascinating! Our gondola driver/guide told us about it. It was...
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