Venice; Tuesday, 17 May, 2011

The last time I had come to Venice it had been late in the evening when I arrived so I’d taken the bus into Venice from the Airport. This is the quickest and cheapest way of doing it, but there is another way, and as the flight had landed just after 4pm there was more than enough time to take the boat into Venice.

It’s an interesting journey through the edge of the Lagoon and out across the watery equivalent of the motorway down to the Fondamente Nuove and then round through the canals into the Grand Canal.

Having hopped off the airport boat at its penultimate stop it was then only a single stop on the regular vaporetto across the Grand Canal to the stop for the hotel.

After dropping all the stuff off we headed back out to grab a pre-dinner drink and then wander through to the Rialto area for some dinner.

After dinner a stroll through the back alleys from the Rialto to Saint Marks square before catching the vaporetto back to the hotel.