Santi Giovanni e Paolo Venice

We made it! Through miles of Tuscan an Umbrian county side and mountains, we made it to Venice. Our hotel is a wonderfully classy place decorated in Venetian style damasks and has a beautiful and quiet inner courtyard where we will have breakfast tomorrow. It's delightfully cooler here than Rome's sticky 80 degrees. Our night walk to dinner felt …

... away from the crowds, coming across unexpected little corners and crumbling old palazzi.  We went to Campo Santi Giovanni e Paolo because I wanted to see the equestrian statue of the condottiere Colleoni, which had been in scaffolding on our ...

... for our dinner. This walk took us through the Santi Giovanni e Paolo Campo which is home to La Basilica dei Santi Giovanni e Paolo which is a huge glorious church. We enjoyed our pizza and pasta dinner before heading back towards San Marco's square ...

... liked about Venice..again: The jewish ghetto had a lot of unknown history and told another side of Venetian history. Chiesa di Santi Giovanni e Paolo with the nearby café and 3D floor tiling Spritz on the Canale The old man in the enoteca who had up ...

... side of Venice that is a bit more industrial.  On the walk back home we stopped at Basilica Dei Santi Giovanni E Paolo which was a really special place with beautiful artwork and architecture.   Guggenheim Museum In the afternoon the girls ...