Some of the oldest, most beautiful, and most magical churches are out in the lagoon - the two ancient churches on Torcello and Santi Maria e Donato on Murano are among my all time favorites. This photo of Santa Fosca was taken from the Torcello campanile - one of three campanili in Venice that you can go into and up for an aerial view. And this particular one does not have an elevator/lift like the ones in San Marco and San Giorgio Maggiore do! It's not a bad climb though - you climb on ramps rather than stairs.
Churches on the Lagoon Islands
Santa Maria Assunta (Torcello)
Santa Fosca (Torcello)
San Pietro Martire (Murano)
Santa Maria degli Angeli (Murano)
Santa Maria e Donato (Murano)
Santa Chiara (former church, now a glass factory)
San Martino (Burano)
Santa Maria delle Grazie (Burano)
Santa Caterina (Mazzorbo)
San Francesco del Deserto
San Lazzaro degli Armeni
San Clemente
San Servolo
Sacca Sessola
Santa Maria delle Grazie (Isola di SM delle Grazie)
Cristo Re (Isola di Sant’Erasmo)
Sant’Eurosia alle Vignole (Isola delle Vignole)
Santa Maria della Vittoria (Lido)
Santa Maria Elisabetta (Lido)
San Nicolo del Lido (Lido)
Sant’ Antonio (Lido)
Sant’ Ignazio (Lido)
Santa Maria Assunta (Malamocco)
Santa Maria della Salute Alberoni (Alberoni)
I've only been in five of these (see italics). The list came from the Patriarch of Venice website.
