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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Traghetti in Venice

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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

Restaurants in Castello, Venice

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Food in Venice

Restaurants in Castello, Venice It’s important to check that the restaurant at which you’re interested in eating is open! Restaurants in Venice do not all close on a Monday, rest days vary, and not all open at night. Booking is highly advisable, especially when you want an outside table. And not all restaurants (especially the […]

Filed Under: Food Tagged With: Castello, castello restaurants, cicchetti, dining, dinner, food in venice, lunch, recommendation, restaurant features, restaurant guide, reviews, Venezia, Venice, Venice restaurants, wine

Restaurants in Santa Croce, Venice

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Venice Restaurants

Restaurants in Santa Croce, Venice: It’s important to check that the restaurant at which you’re interested in eating is open! Restaurants in Venice do not all close on a Monday, rest days vary, and not all open at night. Booking is highly advisable, especially when you want an outside table. And not all restaurants (especially […]

Filed Under: Food Tagged With: booking, cicchetti, dining, dinner, food, Italy, lunch, recommendation, restaurant features, restaurant guide, reviews, Santa Croce, Venice, wine

Restaurants in Venice

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Restaurants in Venice

Restaurants in Venice Restaurant Location: Cannaregio Castello Dorsoduro Santa Croce San Marco San Polo Giudecca/Lido The Islands   It’s important to check that the restaurant at which you’re interested in eating is open! Restaurants in Venice do not all close on a Monday, rest days vary, and not all open at night. Booking is highly […]

Filed Under: Food Tagged With: booking, Burano, Cannaregio, Castello, cicchetti, dining, dinner, Dorsoduro, food, Giudecca, islands, Italy, Lido, lunch, Murano, recommendation, restaurant features, restaurant guide, reviews, San Marco, San Polo, Santa Croce, Venice, wine

How to get to St. Mark’s Square: Venice Guide

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Piazza San Marco

How to get to St. Mark’s Square from just about everywhere in Venice Let’s face it, at some stage every visitor to Venice wants to get to Piazza San Marco, St. Mark’s Square, and the truth is that there are little signposts to it from just about everywhere. Unfortunately, Venetian street directions can leave something […]

Filed Under: Featured, Getting around Tagged With: Accademia, airport, Burano, Frari, get to, lagoon, Lido, Murano, Piazza San Marco, Piazzale Roma, public transport, Punta Sabbioni, railway, reach, Salute, Santa Lucia, St. Marks Square, station, Torcello, travel, vaporetto, Venice, Zattere

Venice and the Lagoon

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Palazzo Ducale, Venice

Venice and the Lagoon: Introduction An ever-growing range of features, links and practical information to help you plan and enjoy your visit to Venice, including guides to hotel accommodation, restaurants, bars, tourist attractions, city neighbourhoods and getting about. There’s a lot here already and we are hard at work adding the sections to complete the […]

Filed Under: Destinations Tagged With: accommodation, bars, Burano, events, food, Giudecca, guide, hotels, Italy, lagoon, Lido, maps, Murano, music, restaurants, sightseeing, Torcello, tourist information, transport, Venezia, Venice

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