After viewing da Vinci's Last Supper, we returned to the Hotel to retrieve our luggage (they were holding it for us) and took a taxi to Milan Centrale. We arrived at Venezia Santa Lucia in the late afternoon on Saturday, October 18, and took the "slow boat" (vaporetto #1) down the Grand Canal to Sant Elena. From here it was just a short walk to the B & B Venezia at Calle Bainsizza, 3. Our room was on the top floor, on the right. We had breakfast each morning in the kitchen, which was just across the hall. This was one of the nicest and most reasonably priced places that we stayed. They even had a T-Mobile HotSpot so we were finally able to use our new cell phones to call home.
The heart of Venice was just a short walk, or vaporetto ride, away. There are no cars in Venice. People who live there have their own boat, walk, or ride the vaporettos.
St. Mark's Square is the center of action in Venice. Inside the church the floor has buckled and you can see water marks on the columns where it has flooded in the past. There is a stack of folding tables that they put up for people to walk on when Venice floods.
A gondola ride through the canals of Venice could cost 80 Euros or more.
The Rialto Bridge crosses the Grand Canal. The current stone bridge was built in 1592 to replace the previous wooden bridge. Rows of shops line both sides of the bridge.
Here's Garold on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore with St. Mark's in the background.
1 comment:
Love the hotel! How cute!!
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