Hotel Colonna - Lido di Jesolo

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Although I stayed in this hotel just one night I'd like to do a brief review of it. It's situated on the large Venetian island Lido di Jesolo. It is a family-run hotel with a long tradition, and recently renovated. We heard that from our guide. I must admit that I was very pleased with the service, the cleanliness and location. I recommend it to all those who are coming here by car.

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Burano

Burano is known for its small, brightly painted houses. The colours of the houses follow a specific system originating from the golden age of its development. If someone wishes to paint their home, one must send a request to the government, who will respond by making notice of the certain colours permitted for that lot. Other attractions include the Church of San Martino, with a leaning belfry.
Burano is also known by its lacework. I saw on the wall exposed the tablecloth on which seven women worked entire year. It costs 5000 Euro.

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Murano

I am interrupting writing about Munich just to show you some photos from the Murano and Burano. Since I have already written about Murano, this time I'd like to show you some images from the glass factory and from the store where the products of Murano glass are selling.
Enjoy!

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Gran Canale - Venice

Gran Canale

The banks of the Grand Canale are lined with more than 170 buildings, most of which date to 13th to the 18th century and demonstrate the welfare and art created by the Republic of Venice. The noble Venetian families faced huge expenses to show off their richness in suitable palazzos. Because most of the city's traffic goes along the Canal rather than across it, only one bridge crossed the canal until the 19th century, the Ponte Rialto. There are currently two more bridges, the Ponte degli Scalzi and ponte dell' Accdemia

Gran Canale is the largest Venetian roads. This is just one of 177 channels that pass through the town. Its length is about 4 kilometers, it's wide about 30-70 meters and its depth is 4.5 meters. It spreads like a snake, actually reminds me of the River Thames in London. Hm, but that's another story. Mentioning London there's one interesting thing. In 1818th year Lord Byron swam across the whole canal, but then the channel was much cleaner than today.

Ponte Rialto - Venice

Ponte Rialto

Here are some facts about the "life" of this famous bridge:
The first dry crossing of the Grand Canal was a pontoon bridge built in 1181. The development and importance of the Rialto market increased traffic on the floating bridge, that's why it was replaced in 1255 by a wooden bridge. The connection with the market eventually led to a change of name for the bridge. During the first half of the 15th century two rows of shops were built along the sides of the bridge. The rents brought an income to the State Treasury, which helped maintain the bridge. Maintenance was vital for the bridge. It was partly burnt in the 1310. In 1444 it collapsed under the weight of a crowd watching a boat parade and again in 1524.

The idea of rebuilding the bridge in stone was first proposed in 1503. Several projects were considered over the following decades. In 1551 the authorities requested proposals for the renewal of the Rialto Bridge, among other things. The present stone bridge was finally completed in 1591. It was made of Istrian stone, its range is 28 meters and height 8 meters.Today it is a very lively place, full of people and small shops.
Crossing this bridge is a unique experience. Crossing this bridge you are crossing over Gran Canale as I told at the beginning.

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Venice

Who am I to write about Venice? Enchanted with her beauty and uniqueness I walked the through the streets all day long imagining what was the life like at the time when Venice was created?Mission Impossible! The present is quite confusing, thousands of tourists daily come and go consuming her beauty. It's impossible to see anything in peace in the morning, there are probably a few individual tourists, people usually come in groups and the concentration of humans at one place and at the same time is big. The biggest crowd is at St. Mark's Square, Doge's Palace and around Rialto Bridge and Bridge of Sighs. During our stay the crowd was even bigger because they had a celebration, I think of the armed forces. The entire political leadership of Italy and the many distinguished guests were present. Any way, because of the large groups, in the morning is very difficult to enter into any of most famous sight, but in the afternoon when the crowd reduces all becomes much more easier. So we used the morning to roam around and afternoon for a visits.

Since we were in Venice for the first time we didn't want to burden our stay by visiting a lot museums, more we wanted to enjoy the scene, after all the whole Venice is one large museum.
St. Mark's Square - the heart of Venice. On the square there are Campanile, Pillars of St. Mark and St. Theodore, Torre dell 'Orologio, Doge's Palace and St. Mark's Basilica.

Campanile - from the top of the tower (98.5 m), on which one can ascend with the elevator, spreads the best view of the city and the entire lagoon. Formerly the Campanile served as a lighthouse, watchtower and a prison for the torture. It's difficult to imagine today. Tower collapsed in 1902nd year and was re-erected after its predecessor from the 16th century.

Pillars of St Mark and St Theodore - were placed 1172nd Year. In the past, on that site the public executions were carried.

Torre dell 'Orologio - clock tower in the Renaissance style with two bronze Moors beating the time. During of Epiphany clock shows three kings parade led by an angel.

Doge's Palace - was the official residence of the 120 Doges who ran Venice from 697th Venice to 1797th year. Stylish facade facing the Piazzetta, and an impressive luxurious lodge stands over the arcade made of Istrian stone. In its structure is the Senate Hall, Armoury, Dodge's chambers, prisons .... and the famous Bridge of Sighs that leads from the palace to the prison.

Each convicted person had to pass over the inner part of the bridge and through the stone fence of the bridge for the last time take a look at the beauty of freedom and sigh. Ahhh for the last time, sad!

Basilica of St. Mark's - amazing Byzantine church that dominates the space, richly decorated to show the power and richness of the Venetian Republic. It is the sanctuary of Saint Mark, patron saint of Venice. In the past it served as the Doge's chapel, for the coronation, funerals and processions. Wonderful!

La Giudecca - find peace in Venice

La Giudecca

One of the historic neighborhoods of Venice, La Giudecca is formed by a series of islands all connected by big and small size bridges between them overlooking the canal which carries its name, Canale della Giudecca. La Giudecca is a nice, peaceful residential area, free of all the noisy tourists roaming around the downtown areas. In fact it is one of the few places in Venice that truly still belongs to the Venitians! It is a real pleasure after long wondering through the Venice sit and relax on this island that is so close to Venice, and yet so far from its crowd.
We really enjoyed moments on this island!

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San Giorgio Maggiore

San Giorgio Maggiore from Venice Tower

San Giorgio Maggiore is one of the islands of Venice, northern Italy, lying near Giudecca. The island is surrounded by Canale della Grazia, Canale della Giudecca, Saint Mark Basin, Canale di San Marco and the southern lagoon. The most beautiful view on Venice is right from here!
And this island is accessible with vaporetto ticket of 12, 24, 48 hours ...line 1 and 2.

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Murano

Murano

These are the images from a walks around Murano. I haven't visited anything I just walked and enjoyed, which I recommend to everyone.
It is very easy to get to the island, take the vaporetto ticket for 12, 24, 48 hours or longer and walk or rather sail around Venice as much as you want. For Murano it's line 14.

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Hotel Byron - Lido di Venezia

The hotel is average, a bit outdated but it's working on its improvement. Breakfast was average. Long beach is a great and only a hundred meters away from the hotel and for those who want to be very soon at the sea it's great. The staff was polite and willing to help whenever we needed it. The hotel is located in the peaceful environment and that was very important to me because I had a good sleep and rest after exhausting walks through the Venice.





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