Plaza Hotel Venice Italy

... nothing there.  It was a very suburban residential area, and there was no one at the train station.  Thankfully there was a Crowne Plaza hotel across the tracks, problem was, I had no idea how to get over there. So, I walked around for about an ...

... 27th             Brandon and I decided to go to Venice Thursday through Saturday so that we could get a cheaper hotel.  We took a euro star train (the nice ones) to Venice and got there by ...

... only about half an hour to the city center which was a relief after our experience in Paris. When we got in to Venice, our hotel instructions told us that we should take a four minute water taxi ride to get there.  Ultimately, we decided to just ...

... and then meet back up with the boat, which took us to our hotel. Once we settled in our rooms we walked through Venice to San Marco plaza which is the official entrance to the city. We were given a tour of the Ducal palace by this amazing tour guide, ...

... landing in Italy. I snapped some pictures of the Swiss alps as we flew over. As the aircraft made its final approach to Venice Marco Polo airport I looked out the window and saw Venice in the distance. Just before we touched down, I could see swamp land ...

... you often stay in hotels that are not in the easiest of locations to get where you want to go.  My last visit to Venice, the hotel we normally stay at had plumbing issues and we stayed in Padua (Padova), which was a lovely little city, just not easy ...

... an opera cloak for her and more masks, of course.  We keep walking toward the city center.   The buildings in Venice, as in most of Italy, have the street signs embedded high up in the building at the corner.  So we look up to see which ...

... every morning just under our window.  And best of all, it’s not expensive by Venice standards – a really great value.  Very near our hotel, there is a "hidden" plaza right on the Grand Canal with several nice cafes and ...

... 5 minutes on the gondola ride drizzle gave way to rain.  We were getting wet but it didn't matter, a gondola ride in Venice made the rain insignificant.  But soon, it did become significant.  Once we left the shelter of the small canals ...

... ; I slept well due to a very early morning get up and was up bright and early the following day to catch the 8am bus to Plaza Roma into Venice to meet the rest of my tour group to begin our 10 day jaunt through northern Europe. Ah the first hiccup for the ...

... consisting of plastic bags tied over your shoes and a plastic foot gripper strapped over the bag to give you traction. I think Venice is sinking under the weight of tourism. Rick thinks Venice is sinking under the inertia of the various restaurant touts ...

... , on the next night (Saturday.)  If we had to not sleep that night we'd deal with it, but we already had our Venice hotel booked for tonight, and a couple days ago we booked our Munich hotel so we had a nonrefundable hotel in Munich Saturday night. ...

... walk through narrow streets trying his best to whip up enthusiasm for his city. I kept thinking of all the bad press that Venice had received over the years including the sinking thereof, the stench, the litter and the tourists. I am pleased to report ...

... just take it all in! The next day, we walked back to San Marco and went on an excursion of the islands surrounding Venice: Murano, Burano, and Torcello. Murano is a city that is world renown for its glass manufacturing, and part of our boat tour included ...

... . A little more shopping, a little dinner in another trattoria this time based around seafood and a touch more shopping and the day is done and I get ready to say goodbye Venice and hello to Rome. Loving Italy, it is a very very friendly place. ...

... ! ok exclamation point will have to do because can not find question mark on wacky european computer. So just outside of Venice I stare at train timetable... hoping that suddenly, like staring at an escher painting, it will become clear to me what it ...

Venice was our final stop in Italy.  We arrived at 4:30PM on July 11th.  On the train I finally managed to beat Mike in cards (twice!).  I felt like a rat looking for cheese in a maze.  As we got off the ...

Venice was our final stop in Italy.  We arrived at 4:30PM on July 11th.  On the train I finally managed to beat Mike in cards (twice!).  I felt like a rat looking for cheese in a maze.  As we got off the ...

... Kelly & Lily (5 months pregnant) at train station. Walked to Hotel Canal & Walter, dropped off luggage & navigated our way over to the main plaza area. J&B feeling sick so back to hotel for nap. Pasta dinner meal (a little disappointing). Internet ...