Part number 6 of the 2016 visit to Venice in Italy. It is also the last day in Venice. The next morning we drove further east towards Slovenia. So lets dive into the last day! We are on the last leg of this map Graffiti at the Calle Avvocati At the Canal Grande looking towards…
Day Two in Venice – Part II This is the second part of the Summer Trip 2016 – Venice Day II pictures. We walked towards Piazza San Marco and went into the St Mark’s basilica and continues our walk towards the east of Venice. Here is the map of todays walking. Way less as on…
Part four of the 2016 visit to Venice in Italy. Day Two in Venice Today we did walk less and did sit a bit more and watched the people. That does look a bit like that: A few Pictures of People in Venice Let’s go Amigos – over the bridge into the small streets of…
Part three of the 2016 visit to Venice in Italy. We are still on this map: Our walking tour today Chiesa di San Rocco The Chiesa di San Rocco or Church of Saint Roch was built between 1489 and 1508 by Bartolomeo Bon the Younger. It was substantially altered and received a baroque facelift in…
Part two of the 2016 visit to Venice in Italy. Our walking tour today Lets pick up where the last blog post ended – at the Calle Ca’ D’Oro – looking down the canal. The Rialto Market from the Calle Ca’ D’Oro. If you want to see the real action you have to get up…
The best place to stay? Camping Village Jolly! Venice without tourists? Well that is not really possible. It might be at 3 in the morning but you will never walk in Venice for hours and see no tourists. But as you can see in the pictures there are still a lot of quite spots with…
If people think about the houses in Venice, they usually have the big palazzo at the main canals in mind. But this is only part of the beauty of Venice. There are so many quiet streets to walk with so many houses to see that are not beautiful but have a lot of charm. Together…
People People People – sure the second most interesting thing when I travel. In Bangkok i can spend days sitting at the Gecko Bar and watch the world go by. Unfortunate we had only a very short time in Venice so you can not really sit at one place for a long time to do…
Of course there are a lot of other boats on the water in Venice not only Gondolas! All in all it was a little bit like Istanbul sometimes. Specially when you are at the old custom house where the canals are wide. A lot of traffic – one can sit for a long time before…
A Gondola is usually propelled by a Gondolier (since 2010 there is one woman who is allowed to do that too). The Gondola is like a symbol for Venice. If you see one on a picture you will think of Venice as well. For centuries gondolas were the most widely used boat and form of…