This morning we made our way to the famous St Marks Square - we arrived quite early but it was already pretty busy with lots of tourists milling around. We decided to go up the Campanile - a 99 metre tower in the square- to enjoy the views over Venice.
We queued for an hour but it was definitely worth it, and I was amazed that Peter didn't complain once as he hates queueing!
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| Views from the Campanile |
We then went to look at St Mark's Basilica - you are not allowed to take photos in there but I noticed others were doing it so I covertly took some pictures with my phone when no-one was looking!
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| Outside the Basilica |
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| Inside the Basilica |
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| One of the amazing mosaics |
After lunch we headed for the Dosorduro neighbourhood which is on the south side of the Grand Canal. To get from the San Marco area to Dosorduro you can either go over the one bridge that connects the two areas or go on one of the traghetto ferries which are large gondolas that are rowed by two oarsmen from one side of the canal to the other. As it is a short journey passengers usually stand unless you have a boat full of tourists like today where we all sat down, perched on the side of the boat - it was quite an experience!
We had a lovely stroll through the neighbourhood and along the waterfront - as we had got off the tourist trail it was quiet and peaceful. We stopped off at Ca' Rezzonico which is a very grand old merchants house on the waterfront, and then went to one of the squares for a couple of Spritzs - we are getting quite a taste for them and it was a lovely way of spending a sunny afternoon watching the world go by!
In the evening we went to a lovely local restaurant which was close to our apartment - I had pesto pasta and Peter had a very nice seafood risotto (I had a bit of food envy after tasting his risotto!). They sold wine by the glass in sizes normal, double or triple - we were restrained and only had a double!!
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