ARIA Pilgrim Guide

0: ARIA Company

The most plausible location of ARIA Company.

This is the Arsenale Vaporetto spot which is attached to a concrete platform sticking into the sea - a feature of ARIA Company.



Blog reference: The hunt for ARIA Company

1: Himeya Company

The Himeya building is derived from the Danielli Hotel in real life.



Blog Reference: The hunt for Himeya

2: Rialto Bridge

A landmark that is featured multiple times in ARIA.



Blog Reference: Random Landmarks

3: Parked Gondolas

Blog Reference: Random Landmarks

4: Amano Art Reference

Blog Reference: Random Landmarks

5: Piazza San Marco

Piazza San Marco, one of the best known landmarks of Venice, and visited countlessly in the voyage of AD2301.


Blog Reference: Random Landmarks

6: Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore

ARIA has shown this island many times during time-filling use of scenery as well as a general backdrop.



Blog Reference: Random Landmarks

7: Bridge of Sighs

Seen in ARIA multiple times, it also causes Alice to nearly fall backwards at one point!



Blog Reference: Random Landmarks

8: View across the Lagoon

This is where I slept during my stay in Venice.  The view reminded me of a scene in ARIA.



Blog Reference: Random Landmarks

9: San Marco's Campanile

This bell tower featured prominently in ARIA the OVA ~ ARIETTA.



Blog Reference: San Marco's Campanile

10: Ponte della Liberta

The causeway linking Venice with the mainland.



Blog Reference: The Hill of Hope

11: Line of trees

Something similar seen during Alice's graduation episode (Origination ep09).



Blog Reference: The Hill of Hope

12: Palazzo Contarini del Bovolo

The location where the art for Aria the Animation's ED "Rainbow" was drawn.  It is also used in an episode of Aria.




Blog Reference: Palazzo Contarini del Bovolo

13: Reference in Mazzorbo

During Akari's trip to Burano in The Origination, a scene is played which bears resemblance to Mazzorbo.



Blog Reference: Burano, the lace Island

14: Burano

While this is not the exact location of the shot in ARIA, a typical Burano canal scene can be seen from here.



Blog Reference: Burano, the lace Island

15: Bridge Restoration

During my trip to Venice in April 2008, the bridge here was being dug up in the exact same style as seen in ARIA.



Blog Reference: Restoration and Accademia Bridge

16: Chisea di Santa Maria della Salute

This church named to commemorate the tragic bubonic plague features multiple times in ARIA, such as The Origination ep03



Blog Reference: Restoration and Accademia Bridge

17: Ca d'Oro

While I do not have reference pictures, this place is seen in The Origination Ep03.

18: Accademia Bridge

This very pretty bridge was not seen very often in the anime, aside from ep03 of The Origination, and was replaced with a generic bridge at the end of ep06 of The Origination - whereas the Manga used the Accademia Bridge.



Blog Reference: Restoration and Accademia Bridge

19: Squero di San Trovaso

A gondola shipyard, called a Squeri is located here.



Blog Reference: Gondolas & Co

20: Traghetto Santa Sofia

This is the location where the Traghetto episode of ARIA took place, mostly at the Pescaria Market.



Blog Reference: Traghetto Santa Sofia

21: A bridge for reference

As seen in The Origination Ep5.5



Blog Reference: Aria the Origination Ep5.5 - Sestiere di Castello

22: Giardini Pubblici

As seen in The Origination ep5.5



Blog Reference: ARIA the Origination Ep5.5 - Sestiere di Castello

23: Junction of two main thoroughfares

As seen in The Origination Ep5.5



Blog Reference: ARIA the Origination Ep5.5 - Sestiere di Castello

24: Arsenale Entrance

The entrance to Venice's naval base, also depicted in various forms of ARIA media.


Blog Reference: ARIA the Origination Ep5.5 - Sestiere di Castello

25: Caffe Florian

The home of the best (and most expensive) coffee I've ever drank and featured prominently in The Origination ep03.



Blog Reference: The Caffe Florian

26: Floating Vegetable Stall

Similar to ep01 of The Origination



Blog Reference: Random Scenes from ARIA

27: Arsenale Wall

As seen in ep5.5 of The Origination



Blog Reference: ARIA the Origination ep5.5 - Sestiere di Castello

28: Photo spot for Isola di San Michele

This how Isola di San Michele would look::text like from this spot.



Blog Reference: Isola di San Michele / Murano

29: Isola di San Michele

This area is totally covered with graves.  A spot visited during ep20 of ARIA the Natural.



Blog Reference: Isola di San Michele / Murano

30: Murano Canal

The ARIA production crew animated a scene from this spot in The Natural ep11, just before the kink in the canal.



Blog Reference: Isola di San Michele / Murano

31: "Maestro" at work

I put this marker at the entrance to a tiny alley, which leads to an extremely tourist friendly glassmaking display, with signage explaning how glass is produced through each stage.



Blog Reference: Isola di San Michele / Murano

32: Glass Fornace

This is the glass making complex that the alley leads to.



Blog Reference: Isola di San Michele / Murano

33: Clock Tower

Blog Reference: Isola di San Michele / Murano

34: Scalzi Bridge

This is another beautiful bridge but is seen only briefly once, in ep11 of The Origination.



Blog Reference: The Messages of ARIA Part 3 + Extras

35: Himeya Second Branch

Using circumstancial evidence, this is the theoretical spot for the second branch of Himeya.  A future pilgrim will need to check it out.




Blog Reference: The Messages of ARIA Part 3 + Extras

36: Orange Planet

According to user feedback on my blog, Orange Planet is located at Neo-Frari Square 0111 (Drama CD Booklet).

This is the original Frari square, which looks totally different to Neo-Frari square!

Blog Reference: The Hunt for Orange Planet

37: San Giorgio in Alga

One of the many small abandoned islands in the Venetian lagoon containing ruins.  These islands inspired the hot springs episode in The Natural.

38: Basilica di San Marco

Another famous landmark which is mobbed by the hit-and-run day trippers.  This basilica is throughly covered in ep5.5 in The Origination.



Blog References:
Random Scenes from ARIA
The Origination of ARIA - Pilgrimage Day 4

39: Palazzo Ducale

The Doge's palace which a semi-fictional explanation is given by Akari in ep03 of The Animation.

40: Palazzo Pisani-Moretta