The Antigo Trovatore is located in a strategic position for the tourist, not only due to its proximity to the splendid Saint Mark's Square but also for the convenience it offers for reaching the other numerous monuments and churches of great cultural and artistic interest in the city.

Just 50 metres from the hotel we find the beautiful Church of San Zaccaria, overlooking the square of the same name. The façade, designed by Codussi between 1480 and 1500, breaks with the traditional Venetian Gothic style.
This was visited once a year by the Doges at Easter time in order to commemorate the bequest made by the Benedictine monks in the twelfth century. Inside, on the left hand altar, there is a marvellous painting by Bellini: The Holy Conversation.

Just 5 minutes away on foot we find the square called Santa Maria Formosa, containing the church of the same name.
The square is quite large and spacious and encloses a veritable anthology of architectures: from Palazzo Vitturi (Byzantine architecture from the thirteenth century) to Palazzi Donà (fourteenth century Gothic), Casa Venier (end of fifteenth century), to Palazzo Ruzzini Priuli (sixteenth century Renaissance).
The church of Santa Maria Formosa is another example of architecture designed by Codussi where on the façade, there are neither saints nor prophets, but rather representations of the gentlemen from the Cappello family who financed the construction project.

A short distance away, there is the Library of the Querini Stampalia, a building once belonging to the Querini family.
On the ground floor, we can admire an example of the successful integration of modern art by the architect Carlo Scarpa, who redesigned the entrance between 1959 and 1963.
On the first floor, there is the library, which has always been well frequented by students and intellectuals.
The second floor houses the special gallery dedicated to the minor Venetian paintings and is well known for paintings by Pietro Longhi, who represented scenes of daily Venetian life from the 1700's.

At the end of Calle delle Rasse, in Riva degli Schiavoni (named for the slaves originating from Dalmatia), we can admire the Church of the Pietà, constructed by the architect Massari, dating back to 1700. The church was named "Pietà" because it was constructed near an orphanage where the abandoned children were educated, among the other professions, to become musicians.
During the first half of the 1700's, the priest Antonio Vivaldi, the well known composer and interpreter of Baroque music, taught at the orphanage.
On the outside of the church, near the entrance, we can still read the lapidary stone where the inscription describes the punishment given by the earth and the sky for whoever abandons children.

A few meters away from here, continuing towards the inside and returning towards the hotel, the Greek College and the Greek Church can be visited, which were established by the Greek community from 1526. The church encloses many Byzantine paintings and the Museum of Byzantine Icons, the largest collection of this kind in existence in any western country.

Returning towards the hotel, we can visit the School of San Giorgio degli Schiavoni, which encloses nine masterpieces by Carpaccio among which, the famous Saint George and the dragon.