The City of Bridges, VENICE. Such a marvelous place, wish we could have stayed longer. Despite our struggles crossing the bridges, climbing up and down with our heavy luggage; can't help to be amazed and admire this city which was built on water. Picturesque marble old palaces and churches facing the Grand Canal... The beautiful islands of the Venetian Lagoon... The only way to see all these beauty of Venice is by boat: Vaporetto, Water taxi or Gondola.
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| Piazza San Marco/ St. Mark's Square with the Basilica and its Campanille, Venice Italy |
Piazza San Marco or St Mark's Square in english is the main public square of Venice. On the east side is the St Mark's Basilica, the cathedral church in Venice. Standing freely on the right corner of the square is the St. Mark's Campanille, the bell tower of St. Mark's Basilica (323 ft. tall).
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| St Mark's Basilica facade, Venice, Italy |
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| Flock of pigeons at St Mark's Square, Venice, Italy |
St Mark's Square has been a lure for pigeons that are fed by tourists for photo opportunity. The presence of the birds could damage the old architectures, the feeding was actually banned. When we were there though, a few bystanders offer pigeon's food to tourists. I knew it would cost us, I ignored them. For some reasons, the eldest took the food and was happy feeding the pigeons. Thereafter, as expected, the man was asking for payment. I gave one euro and he asked for more. When he kept on insisting, I could not help to raise my voice when I told him that was enough. We then left.
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| Musicians at St. Mark's square |
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| St Mark's square |
From Florence, we arrived Venice very late at night on 10 June 2015. We were booked at Venice Suite Apartment, San Marco. Stefano was very accommodating, he had arranged for our pick up at the train station. Chiarra was already there waiting for us when we got off the train. Chiarra helped us to purchase the 48 hour Vaporetto Pass. For some reason, the machine was neither accepting cash nor international cards, Chiarra used her card and we just paid her in cash. I have attached further details in regard to the travel pass.
Tourist travel Time Tickets
| Tourist travel Time Tickets (Price per person - Time duration begins at the ticket validation) | 24 hours | 48 hours | 72 hours | 7 days |
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| Time Ticket Water Bus+Bus* unlimited (Airport not included: 6€ extra for a single fare and 12€ for an airport return ticket) | 20 € | 30 € | 40 € | 60 € |
Buy Tourist travel Time Tickets
These Tourist travel Time Tickets can be bought in all Venezia Unica ticket offices in Venice.There are also ticket machines in front of the water bus piers of Piazzale Roma (Santa Chiara), Piazzale Roma (Parisi), Ferrovia Train Station (Scalzi), Ferrovia Train Station (Santa Lucia), San Marcuola, Ca' d'Oro, Rialto, San Toma', Zattere, San Marco Vallaresso and Giardinetti, San Zaccaria Danieli, Jolanda, Pietà , Arsenale, Fondamente Nove, Lido SME, Burano, Punta Sabbioni.
There are also ticket machines at Venice Marco Polo Airport, at the Garage communal of Piazzale Roma and at Mestre's train station.
Water Buses and Road Buses: Validity and Exclusions
The Tickets and Tourist Travel Time tickets are valid on all Water bus ACTV lines at the exclusion of lines 19, 16, 21 and Casino ACTV Line (Exclusive line for the Casino's clients). ACTV tickets are not valid on Alilaguna Lines (Airport)* Road Bus lines included in Tourist travel time tickets from 12 hours to 7 days are the Mestre Urban lines.The Airport-Venice bus service by bus line 5 is not included in these tickets.
Urban Road Bus lines included in the Tourist Travel Time tickets are indicated on this page.
Reference: https://www.visit-venice-italy.com/transport-vaporetto-venice-italy.htm
For the past four days, in Rome and in Florence, we were eating at the Restaurant. We kind of got sick of almost the same menu. We bought cooked meal at COOP for our brunch.
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| Calle Larga XXII Marzo near St Mark's Square, Venice, Italy |
Calle Larga XXII Marzo is a street in Venice known for luxury/branded shops such as Chanel, Gucci and Ferragano It was still early when we were on this street, most shops were still closed. The street was named after the historical date, 22 March 1848, when the city of Venice was under the anti-liberal Austrial rule. Down the street and a canal to cross would take you to the Chiesa di San Moise (Church of San Moise)
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| Gondola Bauer at Rio de San Moise canal, Venice, Italy |
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| Rio de San Moise canal, Venice, Italy |
Chiesa di San Moise is an 8th century Baroque style Catholic church in Venice. The 17th century facade was decorated with sculptures. It is prohibited in Venice to display a statue in public. The patron for the church's architectural design, Vincenzo Fini, put his monument on the facade to display his recent addition to the Venetian Aristocracy.
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| Gondola Station at Bacino Orseolo |
Small canals and bridges and hotels we had passed by on our way to Fondamente Nove A station to take the Vaporetto to Burano. Venice is like a maze of small streets and bridges but with Mr. Google Map, we had reached our destination. It was a long walk, over half an hour.
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| Ponte del Remedio |
FERRY TO BURANO
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| Rio Del Gesulti, a street canal in Venice, Italy |
Board on Vaporetto, leaving the Nove A station to the islands in the Venetian Lagoon.
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| Venetian Lagoon |
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| Venice, Italy |
San Francesco della Vigna tower at the Castello district seen behind the houses.
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| View of San Geremia church bell from the Venetian Lagoon. |
Leaving the Fondamente Nove station
From Venice island, we took the ACTV line 12 at the Fondamente Nove station. The next stops of the line 12 are: Murano, Mazzorbo, Burano, Treporti and Punta Sabbioni the last stop.
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| view of cemetery on the Isola di San Michele, Venice, Italy |
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| Venetian Lagoon, Venice, Italy |
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| Church S. Michele in Isola, Venice Italy |
On the left we could see the bell tower of the Santa Maria Assunta at Torcello which was built in the 11th century. On the right is the Church S. Michele. The photo was taken as we were nearing the S Michele island.
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| view of Venice, Italy from the Venetian lagoon |
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| view of Venice, Italy from Venetian lagoon |
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| Church San Michele in Isola |
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| Murano Island |
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| Vaporetto approaching Walls of S Michele Island, Venice, Italy |
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| Church San Michele in Isola |
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| Fornace Cam glass factory and the Lighthouse on Murano Island Venice, Italy |
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| Colonna vaporetto station on Murano Island Venice, Italy |
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| Murano Faro Lighthouse and Vaporetto station |
The 1934 Faro di Murano (Murano's white lighthouse) is a distinctive island landmark. It's not open to the public yet.
BURANO
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| Burano island, Venice, Italy |
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| Burano island, Venice, Italy |
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| Burano island, Venice, Italy |
Photo opportunity everywhere.
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| Burano island, Venice, Italy |
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| Burano island, Venice, Italy |
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| Burano island, Venice, Italy |
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| Burano island, Venice, Italy |
Flower pots in front of the house and window.
Panificio Pasticceria Costantini, a bake shop in Burano
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| Street drinking fountain on the island of Burano, Venice, Italy |
Leaving Burano, on our way to Lido Beach. There was no direct vaporetto from Burano to Lido. Boarded on Line 12, we ferried to Punta Sabbioni which was two stops from Burano. From there, a few lines could take you to Lido. We took the first available, Line 14.
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| Lido S. Maria Elisabetta (Lido S.M.E.) |
Between the restaurants and the hotels is the Chiesa Cattolica Parrochialle Maria S Elisabetta.
Lido Santa Maria Elisabetta is a transportation hub of Venice's island beach resort, Lido di Venezia. You can catch buses on the land side of the station. The water station is served by ACTV lines: 1, 2, 5.1, 5.2, 6, 8, 10, 14, 18, N and the Alilaguna Linea Blu and Rossa airport boats.
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| Tempio Votivo della pace di venezia |
stretch of the street Riviera Santa Maria Elisabetta
stretch of the street Riviera Maria Elisabetta where transportation bus is passable
stretch of the street Riviera Maria Santa Elisabetta
stretch of the street Riviera Santa Maria Elisabetta
The Venice Film Festival is hosted at the Lido every September
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| Chiesa di San Nicolo, Venice, Italy |
small canal between Riviera Santa Maria Elisabetta and Riviera San Nicolo
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| Chiesa San Nicolo |
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| Lido S. Maria Elisabetta (Lido S.M.E.) |
LIDO BEACH
Granviale Santa Maria Elisabetta is Lido's main business street which runs from the stations to the Lido Beach. Along the street are hotels, restaurants, bars, pizzerias, gelatos, bike rentals and more establishments.
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| Lido Beach, Venice Italy |
Summer was approaching when we were at Lido de Venezia. The place was not yet crowded. Lido is a small island with an inviting beach. The beach is 10 minutes walk from the station at regular pace.
Lido beach is a relaxing seaside resort in Venice. It is where tourists go to escape the crowded main island. The beach is free for all. The place is quiet in winter but comes summer, the sandy beaches and its shallow water is busy. The restaurants and pizzerias around are open year round.
Leaving Lido beach... going back to San Marco
To continue to the Cruise from Lido to San Marco by Vaporetto the next blog
Visit to Vienna was part of our DIY 2015 Europe/UK travels continued from Florence
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Brilliant post! Your informative blog coupled with beautiful pictures and travel experiences has nudged me and my wife to apply for an Italy Visa UK. We have never been to Italy but we already feel like we are there, thanks to your article. Once we get our visa, we will be taking some tips from your blog to make our entire Italy getaway exciting, memorable and delightful.
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