Hotel Splendid Venice

8:00 am (midnight PDT) - October 31 - Our first "real" day in Venice.  We had breakfast in the hotel, then met up with the group for our walking tour of Venice.  Our guide was Anna, she was about 4'9" and fairly soft spoken, but she was ...

... folk and they go through the bridge before they go to prison and they sign as they go through it).  It is flood season in Venice and they have wood scaffolding's that are put up around the city to get over the rising water.  It is so amazing ...

... due to the rain overnight.  St. Mark's square and beyond, was under 1-2 feet of water.  They expect this in Venice in November and have elevated walkways to allow access across the square and into St. Mark's church and the Doge palace. The ...

... the air.  By the time we got our luggage and met our guide who took us to the water taxis, it was dark.  Since Venice is all islands, there are no cars, everything is done by boat, including the 25 minute water taxi ride ride that dropped us off ...

... 7:30pm, Katie, Kim, Hattie, and I joined most of our program at the train station across the street from our hotel to be ushered into Venice.  Trains have never been so busy.  We arrived and decided it would be splendid to yet again wander and ...

... . I ate dinner at a restaurant that overlooked the ocean, I had lasagne and a tiramisu for dessert I drank a cool drink lemon lime and bitters. I finished my splendid day by watching the sunset on the ferry back to venice.   ...

... . Unfortuantely our tour was coming to an end and we then began our way back to the train station to return to venice.A boat then dropped us all of at our Hotel's. I went to my room and changed my clothes and then went down stairs and caught a boat ...

... , restaurants, boutiques & large open piazzas, as like any other Italian city. It is so nice just to sit & view the many boats & gondloas gliding by with their alluring charm & elegance. Ahhhhh.... Venice is splendid, I could stay here all ...

A ride along the Grand Canal is the best way to get a good view of the splendid palaces that line much of its snaking length. This can be done in a gondola, or a water taxi, or by the Vaporetto or water bus, the latter being quite convenient and by far ...

... lot. We load our suitcases onto our wheels, are shown the vaporetto (water bus) stop, and join the cognoscenti there. Our hotel is the Splendid Suisse, and we are told that the Rialto is the closest stop.   As soon as we set sail, we ...

... them have enjoyed a Grande Canale boat trip, a vist to the Correr Museum in S. Marco (splendid library, old birdseye maps of Venice, collection of navigational instruments including the prettiest little cylindrical sundials that were good enough to eat ...

... comfortable bathrooms designed by Engineer G. Fuin in 19th Century Lombard style using white Istria marble Today known as the Hotel Londra Palace looks onto the splendid St.Mark's Basin , a few steps away from the Doges' Palace and the Bridge of Sights. ...

... be what we wanted or expected it to be anyway.  Plus we got to hear a guy on one of the gondolas sing and play the accordian (which costs even more) so we feel like we still got the experience in a way.  Overall, it was a splendid day in ...

... a Cruise from Tronchetto Pier past palaces to Piazzo San Marco enjoying the view of the harbour filled with splendid Yachts and Cruise ships. We then walked along the pavements and bridges that make up the facade ...

... us to get a guide, but also booked us the most unique guide you can find in Cambodia. Sebastiano, an original "venessiano" (from Venice, Italy), who ended up being a guide in Siam Reap...quite a change but with his huge knbowledge and his natural pleasant ...

... are quite used to it. They simply don their hip boots, grab an umbrella and out they go. A year later when we returned to Venice with Laura's daughters, Lily and Anna, we were right in the middle of bad floods, but that's another story for later. We took ...

... of this heritage, which is clear from how the City Palace is presented. The pictures speak for themselves and the palace was splendid both in terms of gorgeous decorations, revealing a plethora of influences, and tremendous views over the lake and on the ...

... Another day in Santorini would have been great, but we're catching a flight back to Italy tomorrow and going to Venice, then Florence, then Rome. Congrats to everyone finishing Lagniappe and those who graduated Northwestern. We're 3 weeks down with ...

... ticket.  We visited quite a few churches and admired the marble and paintings and mosaics.  These are quite splendid.  All in all, Venice is one of those special magical places....at least today..The light was so bright...there was a ...