Our last stop in Italy was Venice and even though it was very expensive (three times more than everywhere else we´ve been) we definitely thought it was worth it. And I´ve decided that if we win the lotto and become rich we´re going to buy a villa there and visit for 2 weeks of the year and watch people go up and down the Grand Canal in gondolas! :)
We actually only ended up spending 17 hours in Venice due to train times so we made the most of it by walking through the city as soon as we got there. There are no cars in Venice so we caught a waterbus called a vaporetto along the Grand Canal to the Piazza San Marco where apparently the number of pigeons tends to outnumber the tourists (not the day we were there though!) . Lots of cafes with linen tablecloths (our sign that it may be a little out of our price range!) lined each side of the piazza and there was a live jazz band playing, it was all very cool and funky.
We followed a walking guide in our Lonely Planet book that suggested the best way of discovering Venice is to get lost in its litte cobble stone streets and we liked the idea of that. The only problem was that there were so many people around it was too difficult to get lost! But the walk was worth it. We cross the Grand Canal a couple of times and at each bridge there were lots of cafes and street markets, so it made for a great way to pass the time. The streets are beautiful and everytime we turned a different corner we weren´t prepared for what we saw, there´s always something new!
We fell in love with the biscotti shops and managed to find some time to indulge in some gelato as well!
We actually only ended up spending 17 hours in Venice due to train times so we made the most of it by walking through the city as soon as we got there. There are no cars in Venice so we caught a waterbus called a vaporetto along the Grand Canal to the Piazza San Marco where apparently the number of pigeons tends to outnumber the tourists (not the day we were there though!) . Lots of cafes with linen tablecloths (our sign that it may be a little out of our price range!) lined each side of the piazza and there was a live jazz band playing, it was all very cool and funky.
We followed a walking guide in our Lonely Planet book that suggested the best way of discovering Venice is to get lost in its litte cobble stone streets and we liked the idea of that. The only problem was that there were so many people around it was too difficult to get lost! But the walk was worth it. We cross the Grand Canal a couple of times and at each bridge there were lots of cafes and street markets, so it made for a great way to pass the time. The streets are beautiful and everytime we turned a different corner we weren´t prepared for what we saw, there´s always something new!
We fell in love with the biscotti shops and managed to find some time to indulge in some gelato as well!
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