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Venice Picture Gallery

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Venice Picture Gallery

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Grand Canal in Venice This canal is the thoroughfare for the city of Venice. Although dating back before Christ, this area made up from over 100 islands and containing over 400 bridges began to develop as a commercial center about 500 years ago.

Transportation Water taxi and the water-bus are the main methods of getting around in this city. You will walk a lot around the streets as you take in the splendor and envision what Marco Polo saw back in the 13th century.

Gondola 101 Can you imagine going to Venice and not enjoying a gondola ride? We have our friend Roberto who we met years ago. You will get a good discount by mentioning us. The map on this site shows you where to locate him.

Locals enjoy life Could not help but take this picture while on a gondola ride down one of the canals. You will definitely notice the attitude of a typical Italian person includes a love of life like no where else we have been.

Bridges, Bridges, Bridges Everywhere you go, there will be another bridge for you to see. With more than four hundred of them in Venice, you would have to stay quite a while in order to walk over them all. And each one has a name!!

Eateries are everywhere You will find a place to have lunch or a nice dinner all along the streets which border the canals. No chain restaurants to be found as you stroll along the canals. This restaurant was one of our favorites.

Beauty along the canals As you travel along the various canals you will see a multitude of flowers, shrubs, etc. This is wisteria and we see it everywhere each time we visit. Spring (May) is the best time to visit Italy.

Canals in each island Canals are the name of the game when you visit Venice and the surrounding islands. This picture was taken from a bridge on the island of Murano, just a hop, skip and jump from the Venice train station (St. Lucia).

Classical music Italy style When in Murano, we found a street performer that uses a multitude of wine glasses filled with varying amounts of water. He played unbelievable classical music for us. We’ll show you where to find him.

Speaking about Murano This island is a “must see” while you are in Venice. It is just a short hop on the water-bus from the Grand Canal. Murano is world famous for its unique hand-blown glass. Watch the craftsman work. Get some to take home.

Do NOT miss Burano Known for its brightly pastel colored buildings, this island is a great place to have lunch. Linens and custom embroidery are the specialties here. You get there from Murano via the water-bus. You will be glad you did. We were!!

Burano for lunch anyone? Burano is a small island and has canals too. Just down the street from where this picture was taken is a sidewalk pizzeria that we have voted as one of our favorites when in the Veneto region of Italy.

San Marco Basilica In the Piazza di San Marco is this basilica dating back to the year 336 A.D. The small piazza adjoins the larger Piazza Venezia, making this a very large meeting area. Palazzos are everywhere. And the famous Bridge of Sighs is close by.

Rialto Bridge Built in the 1600’s is the most famous Italian bridge. It is covered and has restaurants and shopping on the bridge itself. Don’t miss this while you are taking the water-bus to San Marco Square.

Bridge of Sighs Just around the corner from San Marco Square, you will find this covered bridge. Believe it or not, is was built in the 1600’s to connect palace (Doge) to a prison. Built from limestone and it has stone bars on the windows.

Grand Canal in Venice This canal is the thoroughfare for the city of Venice. Although dating back before Christ, this area made up from over 100 islands and containing over 400 bridges began to develop as a commercial center about 500 years ago.

Transportation Water taxi and the water-bus are the main methods of getting around in this city. You will walk a lot around the streets as you take in the splendor and envision what Marco Polo saw back in the 13th century.

Gondola 101 Can you imagine going to Venice and not enjoying a gondola ride? We have our friend Roberto who we met years ago. You will get a good discount by mentioning us. The map on this site shows you where to locate him.

Locals enjoy life Could not help but take this picture while on a gondola ride down one of the canals. You will definitely notice the attitude of a typical Italian person includes a love of life like no where else we have been.

Bridges, Bridges, Bridges Everywhere you go, there will be another bridge for you to see. With more than 4 hundred of them in Venice, you would have to stay quite a while in order to walk over them all. And each one have a name!!

Eateries are everywhere You will find a place to have lunch or a nice dinner all along the streets which border the canals. No chain restaurants to be found as you stroll along the canals. This restaurant was one of our favorites.

Beauty along the canals As you travel along the various canals you will see a multitude of flowers, shrubs, etc. this is wisteria and we see it everywhere each time we visit. Spring (May) is the best time to visit Italy.

Canals in each island Canals are the name of the game when you visit Venice and the surrounding islands. This picture was taken from a bridge on the island of Murano, just a hop, skip and jump from the Venice train station (St. Lucia).

Classical music Italy style When in Murano, we found a street performer that uses a multitude of wine glasses filled with varying amounts of water. He played unbelievable classical music for us. We’ll show you where to find him.

Speaking about Murano This island is a “must see” while you are in Venice. It is just a short hop on the water-bus from the Grand Canal. Murano is world famous for its unique hand-blown glass. Watch the craftsman work. Get some to take home.

Do NOT miss Burano Known for its brightly pastel colored buildings, this island is a great place to have lunch. Linens and custom embroidery are the specialties here. You get there from Murano via the water-bus. You will be glad you did. We were!!

Burano for lunch anyone? Burano is a small island and has canals too. Just down the street from where this picture was taken is a sidewalk pizzeria that we have voted as one of our favorites when in the Veneto region of Italy.

San Marco Basilica In the Piazza di San Marco is this basilica dating back to the year 226 A.D. The small piazza adjoins the larger Piazza Venezia, making this a very large meeting area. Palazzos are everywhere. And the famous Bridge of Sighs is close by.

Rialto Bridge Built in the 1600’s is the most famous Italian bridge. It is covered and has restaurants and shopping on the bridge itself. Don’t miss this while you are taking the water-bus to San Marco Square.

Bridge of Sighs Just around the corner from San Marco Square, you will find this covered bridge. Believe it or not, is was built in the 1600’s to connect palace (Doge) to a prison. Built from limestone and it has stone bars on the windows.