Venice Hilton

... Diego (see us go down, for a little more action (shopping action)...in Tijuana). Then it's onto LA, home of Venice Beach, Disneyland, Universal Studios, Hollywood, Beverly Hills and of course Paris (Hilton). Then we inhale the smorgasbord of sin, ...

... executive lounge at the Prague Hilton, so I think we will be able to catch you up and upload some pictures. We were in Venice very briefly on Sunday, October 19th. We took a train from Rome to the Santa Lucia train station in Venice. Let me tell ...

... - DAY 5 - Venice  What a glorious day!   We are staying at a Hilton ... Molino Stucky Hilton ... on the island of Molino in Venice.  This morning, breakfast was quite a spread.  This should not have been a ...

... more rain!!! this morning Wednesday October 27th, we awoke to bright sunshine and the wonderful sights of Venice. The Hilton breakfast is outstanding with mounds of fresh fruit, ginseng yogurt, sausages (again), eggs, cappucinnos, and even ...

... vaperetto pass, and headed towards our hotel.  It took some time to get there, but eventually we arrived at the Hilton Molina Stucky Venice.  We were using our Hilton Honors points, and the room was lovely but the location within the hotel was ...

... captain. By the time the ride is over, the girl with no luggage is somewhat less attractive.    Finally get to the $$$$ Hilton Stucky Molino. It's on Giudecca island across from St. Marcos Square. It's a piece of America in Italy. Our room has ...

... have a more natural beauty, but central Florence does have a charming feel to it. With that said, I would never stay at the Hilton Metropole again. Nice place but poor location, too much money spent on taxi's and mediocre service from the hotel. The train ...

... to head downstairs and take in our first day view of where we are staying and just to say.  It was truly breath taking.  Hilton Milano sits in the middle of the Grand Canal surrounded by water.  If you don't know now you do .  This is ...

... lunch.  We decided that we wanted to find a place close to the Canal.  We walked and walked and walked.  Venice has service alleys and steps that you will certainly get your exercise out of it.  After walking for awhile and reading ...

... not a fort, but the entrance to the Arsenal (military installation). It looked cool and was a totally different type of architecture for Venice. A nice walk. Tonight was going to be long one, so I decided to pull up a chair at a street side café, ...

Well we finally arrived in Venice, while I was sad to say good bye to Sorrento and 5 days of perfect weather, Venice is as charming and breathtaking as ever! Our last couple days in Sorrento we had a chance to visit Pompeii which was amazing.  The ...

... it to Venice. Had a great train ride it was a little close Lisa had to make like OJ and run to catch the train. Venice is amazing. The small alleys and walk ways are incredible. All of the sounds of the Gondolier's singing and playing music is more ...

... ; pushing thru the huge crowds along the Grand Canal & at Rialto Bridge.The gondoliers were in full swing. We used my new found Venice map reading skills ( which means yes, we got lost a couple of times ) , got back to the Stucky & plain vegged ...

Although the weather was not cooperating, I walked thru the streets of Venice today.  A combination of Sunday and the start of the high tourism season, made for huge crowds and you know how I feel about them!!  Anyway, the side streets were ...

... next door to our apartment complex and we pretended we were guests there so we could take the free ferry to Venice. (We went through the doors of the Hilton and snuck out a side door when coming off the ferry!)  We spent the entire day enjoying the ...

... one of the large cruise ships that had been docked in Venice sailed passed the hotel out to sea, dwarfing the houses of Venice. I tried stewed cuttlefish for dinner which was like very tender calamari and Graham had oyster risotto.  We met a young ...

... the buildings that point you to the next famous place. This turns out to be a nice long trip through even more local Venice. We come across a grocery store, and the place where they are actually making those Venice masks. These back streets are where the ...

... brief, but you must admit very concise and to the point.  Here's the longer version before we board our plane to Venice, Italy via Vienna. Yesterday morning we got up bright and early for our drive from Split to Dubrovnik.  While the distance ...