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About Tony Page

Tony Page is a professional writer and photographer and runs Travelsignposts with his wife Helen.

Venice: the “Blue Danube” Live from Piazza San Marco

April 19, 2013 By Tony Page 1 Comment

Venice Cafe Florian

The Café Florian Quintet plays Strauss’s famous Waltz in St Mark’s Square, Venice After a vigorous rendition of Ravel’s “Bolero”, the small, five-piece orchestra on the stage outside the famous Café”Florian” in Piazza San Marco strike up the opening bars of Strauss’s “Blue Danube” waltz, much to the delight of the still sizeable audience sitting […]

Filed Under: Sightseeing Tagged With: Blue Danube, Cafe Florian, live music, passeggiata, Piazza San Marco, St. Marks Square, Strauss, Venice

Venice in Acqua Alta: Live From Piazza San Marco

April 15, 2013 By Tony Page Leave a Comment

Venice Acqua Alta

High Water at High Noon: Keep Your Balance Acqua Alta is Italian for “High Water“, and when a big tide comes into Venice’s lagoon, that’s exactly what you get in Piazza San Marco and many pedestrian streets. Fortunately, it usually only happens from autumn to spring, and the city fathers set up a network of […]

Filed Under: Sightseeing Tagged With: acqua alta, high tide, high water, Italy, Piazza San Marco, St. Marks Square, Venice

Venice: Live aboard a Gondola through the Hidden Canals

April 10, 2013 By Tony Page 1 Comment

Gondola ride on the Grand Canal

Hidden waterways, live music, gondola drag racing, Armani spotting and general mayhem Escaping from the Grand Canal, the gondolas explore the hidden canals running through the back blocks of Venice, winding their way along the narrow waterways towards Piazza San Marco. Inaccessible if the tide is high, these Venetian “side streets” provide a glimpse into […]

Filed Under: Sightseeing Tagged With: bridges, canals, Giorgio Armani, gondola, gondola cruise, gondolier, Grand Canal, high tide, Venice

Venice: Live from Gondolas on the Grand Canal

April 10, 2013 By Tony Page Leave a Comment

Six gondolas, live musical accompaniment, and a lot of “Prosecco” – beware, tourists! Six gondolas abreast down the Grand Canal? Tony and Helen Page brave a slightly out-of-control shared gondola cruise (maybe the prosecco had something to do with it) that starts off at the Rialto Bridge and parties on down the famous Venetian waterway. […]

Filed Under: Sightseeing Tagged With: Actv, gondola, gondola cruises, Grand Canal, rialto bridge, seafood risotto, tourist restaurants, Venice

Venice Connected and Vaporetto Tickets

October 12, 2012 By Tony Page 2 Comments

VeniceConnected

Buying Your Vaporetto Tickets On-line With Venice Connected You can now buy your transport ticket on-line through the Venice Connected website. Venice Connected vaporetto travel ticket prices used to be based on your planned date of travel and vary depending on whether it’s Low/Medium season, Medium/High season or Peak period and it was possible to […]

Filed Under: Getting around Tagged With: Actv, rolling venice card, vaporetto tickets, venice card, venice connect, venice connected, venice transport

Tony Page reviews Bianca Reyes’ “Venice for rookies” eBook

April 28, 2012 By Tony Page Leave a Comment

Venice for rookies ebook

A Venice insider’s view on the best hotels, restaurants, shopping and places to see We’re off to Italy in August, with a couple of stops in Venice, so I was especially interested in reviewing Bianca Reyes’ “Venice for rookies” eBook. Let’s hope you think my words are worth your time reading them! A Ten Year […]

Filed Under: Destinations, Useful facts Tagged With: attractions in venice, hotels in venice, venice guide, Venice restaurants, venice transport

Walking in Venice

April 19, 2012 By Tony Page 1 Comment

Walking in Venice

Walking in Venice: Walking is the best way to get around and see Venice The best way of getting around Venice is on foot. The city is not very big, and – provided you don’t get lost, easier said than done – you can walk from one end to the other in an hour or […]

Filed Under: Getting around Tagged With: venice walk, venice walking, venice walking tour, venice walks, walking in venice

Venice Water Taxis (Motoscafi)

April 19, 2012 By Tony Page Leave a Comment

Water Taxi, Venice, Italy

Motoscafi (water taxis) are Venice’s limousines The fastest, and most glamorous, way to get around Venice is by motoscafo (water taxi), especially the retro mahoghany-hulled ones. These boats are especially convenient when it rains, because you can sit inside their enclosed cabin. Venice Water Taxi Rates But they are expensive: there is a minimum set […]

Filed Under: Getting around Tagged With: motoscafi, motoscafo, venice transport, venice water taxi rates, water taxi venice

Traghetti in Venice

April 19, 2012 By Tony Page 2 Comments

Traghetto, Venice

Traghetti: A Gondola Ride for €2.00! A gondola ride for €2.00. All Venetians and commuters know all about this, most tourists don’t: you can get on a gondola and cross the Canal Grande for just €2.00 (September 2012). Across the Grand Canal – Standing Up! If you just want to experience having a gondola trip, […]

Filed Under: Getting around Tagged With: ferry crossing, gondola, Grand Canal, traghetti, traghetto, Venice

Vaporetto Tickets and Fares

April 19, 2012 By Tony Page Leave a Comment

ACTV ticket validation machine

How to buy a ticket, how to use it and how much it costs! You need to buy a ticket before getting on board, and you buy tickets from the ticket seller or new multilingual ticket-vending machines at the boat stop. The machines take credit cards, euro banknotes or euro coins. They do give change, […]

Filed Under: Getting around Tagged With: vaporetto, vaporetto fares, vaporetto tickets, venice transport

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