This Top 10 Travel Guide to Venice divides this waterborne city into five easily managed central Venice areas. The rest of the Veneto region is divided into three geographical areas: the Northern Lagoon, the Southern Lagoon and Venice Lido, and Padua, Vicenza and Verona. This map shows the location and extent of these areas. Each central Venice area in the guide is colour coded; colour bands on the pages covering each area correspond to the colours shown on this map. Almost every place mentioned in the book has a map reference, which takes you to the large maps on the front and back flaps.