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A Pleasant Stay at the Splendid Hotel in Venice

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A Large Roof-top Balcony and a Spacious Room at the Splendid Hotel: From Torcello we caught a water taxi to the private pier of the Splendid Hotel, a block back from Piazza San Marco. The Splendid Hotel Venice is a four-star hotel set on a canal in the Mercerie area of Venice.  It seems to take … [Read more...]

Spaghetti al Nero di Seppia – A Venetian Specialty

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Spaghetti al Nero di Seppia (Squid Ink Spaghetti) - A Venetian Specialty Pasta: Spaghetti al nero di seppia or squid ink spaghetti is a specialty of Venice and you can find this pasta dish in many authentic Venetian osterie or trattorias. On our first evening out in Venice, I was surrounded by … [Read more...]

A Luxurious Stay at the Bauer Palladio in Giudecca

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The Bauer Palladio is a Sister Hotel to the Bauer Hotel in San Marco: Giudecca is not a district that we would normally choose for our Venice hotel, but when the hotel happens to be the 5-star Bauer Palladio Hotel & Spa, then the story is different. The Bauer Palladio is the sister hotel to … [Read more...]

Acqua Alta floods Piazza San Marco…but the music plays on

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Experiencing Venice During Acqua Alta: As our water taxi navigates the back canals to the Splendid Hotel in San Marco, we notice that the canal water level is almost at street level. Are we about to experience Venice's famous acqua alta (high waters) I wonder, or is the high water level in the … [Read more...]

How to Claim Your VAT Refund at Schiphol Airport

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Allow Time If You're Claiming Your VAT Tax Refund at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport: Although, we did all our shopping in Italy, Amsterdam was our final port of exit from the EU and this was where we had to have our VAT refund processed.  This was good as it gave us the opportunity to check out the … [Read more...]

Noventa Designer Outlet – Venice

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Veneto Designer Outlet - Inspired by the Palazzi of Venice: The Castel Romano Designer Outlet is a regular shopping stop for us whenever we are in Rome.  However, on our latest trip to Venice we managed to find time to visit McArthurGlen's Noventa Di Piave Designer Outlet situated outside of … [Read more...]

How to Get to the Noventa Outlet from Venice

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Getting to the Noventa Outlet from Venice: The Castel Romano Designer Outlet is one that we regularly visit whenever we are in Rome. However, on our latest visit to Venice, we took time to also check out McArthurGlen's Noventa Di Piave Designer Outlet on the outskirt of Venice. The Noventa … [Read more...]

Rome Shopping – Castel Romano Designer Outlet

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Rome Shopping - Designer Outlet Malls: Rome is shopper's paradise and people who love fashion and all things stylish will certainly have a great time shopping in the Eternal City.  If you like designer fashion, Via Condotti is where  all the upmarket designer labels are.  Unfortunately, not many … [Read more...]

The Delicate-Tasting Mozzarella

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Mozzarella - A Favourite Italian Cheese: Mozzarella is an Italian cheese that we enjoy very much and as we travel around Italy, lunching on mozzarella and tomato sandwiches, it's interesting to know more about how this cheese is made. Types of Mozzarella Fresh mozzarella is divine, especially … [Read more...]

Who is behind Travelsignposts?

Helen and Tony Page at Singapore Changi Airport

We're Helen and Tony Page, and we love travelling - lucky as we've been doing it for the last few decades!

Tony has long been a professional photographer and writer, but Helen now writes most of the posts and takes a lot of photos herself!

Travelsignposts is our main travel planning site, but we've just launched Travelsignposts China and Tony also runs the Travelsignposts Photo and Guerrilla Travel Photography web sites, as well as publishing the Take Better Digital Photos and Guerrilla Travel Photography eBooks.

Read more about Helen and Tony or contact them.

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