St. Mark's Square (Piazza San Marco) Venice

Venice is what you expect, and more! As a boy you are told of the canals driven by the guys with funny hats, the apparent city on water and the never ending maze of streets that make no sense..and yes, it is a fairytale that you easily fall in love with. For me, it was a shock to the system cost wise. We had come from some of the cheapest areas in …

Tyrol

The next morning we started out trip to Bavarian Alps and over the Brenner Pass to Venice.
But first, roll on through the Tyrol’s massive mountains to a region famous for adventure sports. Most of the tour did the whitewater rafting optional activity on the river and some just lazed around beautiful scereny. Most people …

March 19:


1) Finally, we get on the right train, no sweat or tears….good sign of improvement.


2) Arrive in Venice, the city of water canals, and we take a beautiful ferry ride to our hotel. As we check in to our hotel, the concierge looks at us with a skeptical glance (I'm …

We were very excited to get on the double decker train!! The train to Venice was a few hours long, we ended up arriving there around 6ish. Directions to the hostel were awful so we had to go back to the station and they directed us. When we got to our room there was one person there, an old man. It was a 4 bed dorm with the most pathetic excuse of …

Day 49 - Munich to Venice
Another early start to the day, caught the bus at 8am which was conveniently
around the corner from our hotel. It was a very scenic ride through
the Austrian alps, stopping at Innsbruck, a beautiful spot in a
valley next to a wide river, and from the town center you can look up
and see the mountains. We …

So, as I said, they say that Paris is the city of love. I believe the title should go to Venice. As soon as you arrive in the old part of Venice you instantly feel as though you have been transported back in time. We stayed in an apartment on the second floor with a balcony onto one of the many many canals. If there had've been enough room on the …

This past weekend was my first experience travelling in a small group of friends. On Thursday night, myself and three other friends planned a spontaneous trip to Venice for the next day. I'll admit, I was a little nervous for this adventure. We took the night train and arrived in Venice at 2:00 am and during the planning process there was much …

The apartment that Peter has booked for us in Venice is bellisimo! It is owned by a couple that now live in Milan but it must have been their home when they were here in Venice, because it still has all the bits and pieces around like books, pens, papers and homey touches that hotels don't have. It is absolutely beautiful.

It is on the …

De regreso a esta ciudad.Paseamos desde la tarde hasta casi media noche.Nos perdiamos en callejones muy estrechos e interesantes.En la noche casi nos deja el bote que nos llevaba de nuevo a nuestro hostal en mestre.Recuerdo que fuimos fuimos a la terminal de botes corriendo :) Super divertido.Antes de irnos veiamos por la afuera de las casa de …

We arrived in Venice not a moment too soon after our big night out in Switzerland. Our room was great. Monday was rainy and not quite the Venice we had pictured. However, this meant the beaches werent crowded and we could get a lot done in one day. On Tuesday Italy striked so there was limited services all over Venice. Luckily, the tourist office …

... as the train arrived and an ex Royal Viking liner (can't remember name) and Seven Seas Voyager are in port. Got off at St Mark's square.  Directions easy - find hotel and check-in. On level 3 (but felt like level 6) - look at stairs and both ...

... It was a textbook perfect day. We left our bags at the hotel and began wandering. On our way to St. Mark's Square, we stopped at a cute little story and bought some authentic, handmade Venetian carnival masks. They were surprisingly inexpensive compared ...

... about. Some folks like them, some can tolerate them (me) and others just can't stand them (Meg). She stood in St. Mark's Square yesterday and looked on in astonishment at the tourists letting the pigeons crawl all over them for food. · Gondola rides ...

... with salmon again, not that I minded a bit. It was creamy and delicious!   We then strolled back to St. Mark's Square for another night of listening to the dueling orchestras. To our delight, one of the groups started to play the whole ...

...   We spent the rest of the arvo strolling around the area before heading back for a quick rest and then back to St. Mark's Square again.. It seems that all roads lead back here.. We decided to feed the pigeons again and had a ball doing so. ...

... being attacked..   Listening to an audio guide I downloaded online, we strolled around St. Mark's Square and just enjoyed the general atmosphere of Venice, before taking everyone's advice to 'get lost'... And lost we did get! ...

... at first but quickly abandoned it when we realised the street names were too small to read. Spent our first evening in St. Mark's Square amongst the mountain of rubbish from the day's tourists, listening to the bands while watching the sun go down. ...

   After breakfast we headed to St. Mark's Square where the main touristy things are. I went into a museum and then into this amazing palace that used to house the Venetian government. You also get to go down into what used to be the prisons, ...

... (this won't surprise anyone) of things we needed to do before we started sightseeing.  Go to the tourist information office at St. Mark's Square and get a museum pass and a good map, buy a train ticket at the travel agency, pick up some more euros ...

... , so I'll see how I fare down there.  Also, if I'm feeling up for it, I might go for a walk down to St Mark's square tomorrow morning, although at this stage, probably not.  The alternative is the water bus, which costs a cool €7 per ...