Venice, Italy Travel Blogs

venice
Dec 23, 2005 (18 photos)

... she wakes up. "Where are we?" - "In Venice." ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------- NEED HIGH QUALITY PHOTOS? ----------------------------------------------------- After the shower ...

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Jul 16, 2007

Venice map pin update

vienna to venice
Dec 23, 2005 (50 photos)

... its force. Suddenly the door was pushed open noisily. A flashlight lit up our compartment. An Italian conducter called out : " Venice," or "Venecia". Something similar. We got up fast. Packed our belongings in a rush. After all we had practised this ...

Does it really stink?
Jun 27, 2005 (3 photos)

Venice is lovely and doesn't really stink. David was willing to give Venice a second chance after a bad experience in 1998 which had left him with a bad taste. He'd been denied entry into St Mark's Cathedral as being inappropriately dressed because ...

On the road again!
May 13, 2007 (10 photos)

... The computer is just 2 pounds. We even left most of our books. Still - I feel like a donkey. Overnight train to Venice was long. Shared our sleeping compartment with two girls from Florida who are backpacking around for three weeks. Nice but CLUELESS! ...

"Awake is the New Sleep"
Jun 2, 2007 (5 photos)

... pale green and from delicate pieces to huge knuckle-dusters. Last night, we wearily boarded the overnight train from Prague to Venice. We booked a 4-berth cabin between the three of us which in hindsight was one of our best decisions of this trip. Our ...

Suprise, its Venice!
Jul 30, 2005 (3 photos)

... (he knew we were going somewhere but didn't know where till we checked in..) meant a return trip to the romance of Venice. Voted Number One city in the world by such reputable travellers as Tracey Gigg... Don't worry Dad - it wasn't that romantic - it ...

Venice St. Marks Basilica and Square
Sep 15, 2006 (25 photos)

Pictures of St. Marks Basilica and square

Miscellaneous pictures of Venice
Sep 16, 2006 (32 photos)

Miscellaneous pictures of Venice

"Wish You Were Here"
Jun 3, 2007 (5 photos)

Not much to expand on today - wandering the lanes and alleys of Venice this morning to the eastern tip and Liz and I then venturing over to the glass-making island of Murano this afternoon. Liz was in search of glass beads for her lace-making bobbins and I ...

Venice, Italy
Mar 24, 2006 (5 photos)

... . Later in the day, we rejoined the tourist trap, but it was better - I could still see recognize the character of Venice everywhere we went, regardless of the crowds and hype. We really can't complain about the crowds, though. From what we are told, ...

Venice
Sep 15, 2006 (24 photos)

... , especially since Rome was only 3 hours away. We can only see so many places and we thought if we only see one place in Italy, Venice was the one. It was a good place to stop off at so we could continue heading west into Europe. We will definitely have ...

Lovely (but sinking) city of Venice..
Apr 3, 2004 (1 photos)

... they ended up replacing it with an almost replica of what was there originally. At night we went over to Rialto bridge, the biggest in Venice and were admiring the view. As you admire the view it is too easy to forget you are in a place that's also ...

Venice in a shoebox
Oct 23, 2007 (70 photos)

... Al so he doesn't fall asleep.  Only just hang in without snoring.  Back to room and straight to sleep.   Day 5 (Venice - departure) Pete confuses bidet and toilet - was bound to happen - at least he was only standing up!   Even ...

Still Ringing
Jan 8, 2006 (8 photos)

... of a great city, much like I imagine how my grandchildren will feel traveling to New Orleans. Actually, in many ways Venice reminded me slightly of home, the islands walled and devoted to above-ground marble graves was probably a clincher. Back and ...

Venice
May 8, 2006 (43 photos)

... worth waiting for the nice weather to visit Venice. I was expecting to be disappointed this time as I had loved Venice so much last time I was in Italy. But the weather was lovely (high 20's and sunny), and, though crowded in parts, it is easy to find ...

Venice
Jul 20, 2008 (17 photos)

story to come...

Venice, Italy
Apr 6, 2008 (25 photos)

... of the city where we saw an opera. La Traviata is a classic Italian tragedy and is possibly the most famous opera in Venice if not all of Italy. The show was in a very small personal setting with a chamber Orchestra sitting just one row in front of us and ...

Walking through St Marks sq under water :o)
Sep 20, 2005 (18 photos)

... Its so beautiful and majestic just wondering around the canals, watching the boats scoot passed, while looking at the lovely buildings full of character everywhere you go. Love you Venice - i will return! Untill next time... Here i come the Swiss Alps!

No more madonna please
May 31, 2006 (13 photos)

... not allowed to take photos in any of the art galleries - so there are no photos of artworks accompanying these two days.] We returned to our now favourite Italian restaurant for a quick lunch before collecting our bags and catching the train to Venice.

Waving not drowning
Jun 1, 2006 (36 photos)

... eat - we just grabbed a kebab and kept on strolling. I really do like it here. Pity we only have 1 ½ days. *************** Venice would be lovely if it weren't so full of bloody tourists ! We started the day with a visit to San Marco Church. ...

Remarkable & romantic Venice
Jul 24, 2008 (35 photos)

... bus loads of tourists posing under flocks of pigeons.   "Piazza San Marco beautifully encapsulates the splendour of Venice's past and its tourist fuelled present. Flanked by the arcaded Procuratie Vecchie and Procuratie Nuove, it's filled for much ...

Venice, Italy
Mar 26, 2006 (1 photos)

... colors, to help them find their way home (so we are told). It was also very nice, but also very touristy. We returned to Venice and did some shopping, which seems to be the primary purpose of Venice these days. It was nice to have seen it, but this ...

Rock up to Venice on a Sat night -not a good idea!
Sep 18, 2005 (16 photos)

... the central bus stop of venice anyhow. So we walked around a bit with our backpacks as we were both kinda excited that 'were in venice!!!', before it was getting a tad and we were both soaked, so we hopped on the number 9 bus to our stop outside where we' ...

Venice Gondeliers, streets and buildings
Sep 17, 2006 (28 photos)

Pictures of Venice Goneliers, streets and buildings

Chris' mom and Dad visit: Italy and France
Sep 11, 2005 (71 photos)

In September, Chris' mom and dad visited. It was off to Italy through Switzerland. Melanie joined us in Venice and Vincenza for a four day weekend in the two week trip. Here is what Chris' mom Martha had to say about the trip: "We hit a number of ...

Rainy Italia
Mar 2, 2007 (4 photos)

... to their next destination in Florence or Rome or Naples where the food is MUCH better. Long story short, Venice is not the culinary capital of Italy. We spent the next day wandering around the city in the rain and enjoying the canals and sights. ...

Mama mia, Italia!
Sep 17, 2005 (4 photos)

We departed Split on a huge ferry and set sail into a great sunset. Destination, Venice. We actually arrived in Chioggia which turned out to be an hour bus ride from Venice after a sweaty walk through the town to locate the bus terminal. We perhaps a ...

Venice: Fireballs and Hangovers
Aug 12, 2007 (9 photos)

... taken maybe two and half hours took about five hours. We made it eventually and found a great campsite overlooking the water toward Venice. Within an hour of our arrival over 30 other campers had arrived and set up leaving not much room left vacant. We had ...

Glass & Cute Coloured Houses
Apr 24, 2008 (16 photos)

... ; Our next plan for today was to catch the vaporetto to Murano - this island is famous for its glassware. Everywhere around Venice, you see big and small statues and jewelry made of beautiful and colourful glass. Of course it was expensive, but hey, ...