Snapshots from Venice

Janet Camilleri

9 years ago

I’m sure the beautiful Italian city of Venice needs no introduction.

We fell in love with Venice – the many waterways, the bridges and piazzas. There are no roads; the only way to get around is on foot or by boat! It’s difficult to even imagine, which is why it is such a fascinating place to visit.

The hubster joked that they had a rule that nobody was allowed to modernise or even paint the outside of their buildings, because otherwise it would detract from the whole shabby chic atmosphere of the place!

It’s impossible to sum up our experiences in words or pictures; still, here are some of our favourite snapshots from Venice.

Arriving in Venice – from here we had to walk to our hotel!

Can you see how excited I am, on our first day in Venice?!

This is our hotel – luckily it was only about 5 minutes walk from the bus terminus

The terracotta building behind me is our hotel

Hubster enjoying the view from our balcony

Some random busker was handing out roses 🙂

A vaporetto (water bus) stop on the Grand Canal

It’s worth paying the exorbitant prices to have a coffee at the Piazza San Marco

The queues to go inside St Mark’s Basilica. Needless to say we skipped that particular attraction!

We did however make time to visit a bakery nearby. If macaroons are the flavour of the month here in Australia, the Italian version is a massive meringue!

Wandering through the streets of Venice at night

“They” say you haven’t been to Venice until you’ve gotten lost … being a Friday night, a market was in full swing. We started exploring all the stalls and thought we knew our way back to the hotel, but what we didn’t realise was that once it got fully dark (at about 10pm) and the street stalls were all been packed up, it became almost unrecognisable! We did eventually find our way home but it took a while 😉 .

Which one is your favourite from my snapshots from Venice?