Albatros Hotel Venice
Viale Don Luigi Sturzo, 32 Venice, Veneto, 30171, Italy
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Once described as................
Venice….WOW.
We arrived in the fog, driving from Marco Polo airport to Pallazo Roma on the public transport bus. I think that Melbourne has the prettiest drive into the city from the airport of any city I have been to, it was depressing. Run down little towns that looked deserted or very impoverished, then a walk over the bridge dodging taxi drivers and the Grand Canal suddenly appears and you are in Venice.
Even in the fog it looked beautiful, it smelt ...
A Most Magical City
Mediterranean cruise- 23rd Sept- Venice, Italy
A damp but spectacular arrival into Venice made us realise how high the ship is, and it gave a wonderfully different perspective of this beautiful city from that seen before on two previous brief visits.
Tugs guided us through the narrow waterways, giving a great view of all the islands and ...
Venice
... was the fact that there was no one else around. It seemed as if we had the whole square to our selves. We walked around the square taking in all the majestic surrounding buildings. Slowly vendors started to move in to set up their stands, and more tourists were trickling in. The bell tower was to open at 9:00 am so we lined up. Being there so early, we were in the very first elevator to make it's way to the top of the bell tower. ...
Glass and Boat rides
... I got a beautiful blue crystal ring surrounded by smaller clear crystals on a silver colored band. I'm currently wearing it ;). During the tour we meet this super nice couple, Fran and Leon from Alabama. We enjoyed are time with them and are planning to meet with them for breakfast tomorrow. After the glass tour we got some drinks to cool off and chillax (chilling/ relaxing). Then we headed to dinner at Osteria Olivia ...
St Mark's Basilica & The Grand Canal
... finish your lunch with another scoop of gelato (caramel this time!).
After lunch we took the lift to the top of the Campanile Bell Tower to see the views over Venice. It's right in St. Mark's Square, overlooks the St Mark's Basilica and you can literally see all of Venice. It was quite good to get our bearings, as your sense of direction gets quite confused getting lost among all of the lanes, canals, bridges etc. Thankfully we were ...



