This research explores the representation of journeys to Venice in twentieth-century Latin American and German-language literature. Theoretical approaches to travel writing are used to decipher the mythical structure underlying the description of the journey to the lagoon city. The aim is to show the narrative and stylistic means by which this mostly shadowy journey is interwoven with the gradual emergence of the protagonists’ conflict. Furthermore, through the comparative study of some emblematic architectural elements such as palaces, bridges and, above all, the labyrinthine structure, the specificities of the representation of Venice in works by Julieta Campos, Alejo Carpentier, Julio Cortázar, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Thomas Mann and Sergio Pitol will be highlighted. The aim is firstly to make visible the role of Venice in Latin American literature and secondly to offer new keys for reading works that have been widely studied, but not in a transareal juxtaposition.