Our trip along the Croatian coast really began in Venice, where we spent three days walking along its streets and canals.
After this weekend in Venezia, what I liked the most, together with Piazza San Marco, was to walk along its narrow streets of Venezia and to discover, suddenly, a gondola sailing slowly on a small quiet canal. For me that is the essence of Venice.
Next you have what we visit each day:
Day 1
- Grand Canal in Venezia
- Small Canals in Venezia
- Ponte and Mercato di Rialto
Day 2
- Grand Canal in Vaporetto
- Piazza San Marco in the morning
- Palazzo Ducale
- Basilica di San Marco
- Campanile
- Ponte dei Suspiri
- Arsenal
- Piazza San Marco in the afternoon
Day 3
- Jewish Quarter
Our hotel in Venezia was Casa Per Ferie Alle Lagune. It was actually in Mestre, an adjacent town to Venezia. There is a bus stop next to the hotel, so we were in Venezia in only 15min.
We went to Porec in Croatia with a high speed ferry of Venezialines, which departs from San Basilio Station in Venezia. In 2013 Venezia Lines offers trips from Venice to POREC, ROVINJ, PULA, and MALI LOSINJ and Vice Versa.
Below you have some pictures of the most interesting places we visited in Venezia:
Day 1
Grand Canal from a bridge near the train station of Venezia
Lovely small canal in Venezia
Another small canal in Venezia. For me, this is the real Venezia
Enjoying a Spritz, the typical drink of Venezia
A mask I liked in Venezia
Ponte di Rialto in Venezia
Masks in Venezia near the Rialto Bridge
Gondola on the Grand Canal in Venezia from Rialto Bridge
Mercato di Rialto in Venezia
Day 2
Gondolas sailing on Grand Canal near a typical palace
Ponte di Rialto in Venezia from a Vaporetto
Gondolas on Grand Canal of Venezia
A colourful palace behind a Gondola on the Grand Canal in Venezia
Basilica di San Marco and Palazzo Ducale in Venezia
Palazzo Ducale in Venezia
Facade of Palazzo Ducale in Venezia
Mosaic on the main facade of San Marco Basilica in Venezia
Campanile in Piazza San Marco in Venezia
Piazza San Marco from the top of the Campanile in Venezia
San Giorgio Island and Piazza San Marco in Venezia from the Campanile
Church of San Giorgio Maggiore from the Campanile in Piazza San Marco in Venezia
Ponte dei Sospiri in Venezia
A gondola under Ponte dei Sospiri in Venezia
Gondola in Venezia near Ponte dei Sospiri
Arsenal in Venezia
San Marco Basilica and Campanile in Piazza San Marco in Venezia
Basilica di San Marco in Venezia
Basilica di San Marco in Venezia
Grand Canal in Venezia
Enjoying a Spritz in Venezia
Day 3
Jewish Quarter (Ghetto Vecchio) in Venezia
Piazza San Marco in Venezia from the ferry of Venezia Lines which was taking us to Porec in Croatia
Porec (Parenzo) in Croatia
Restaurant in Porec, a beautiful town where we spent our first night in Croatia
Next you have more beautiful places in Croatia we visited in this trip:
- Day 1 - 3: Venice
- Day 4: Porec, Rovinj and Pula
- Day 5: Zadar
- Day 6: Plitvice Lakes
- Day 7: Sibenik
- Day 8: Krka National Park
- Day 9: Split and Trogir
- Day 10: Hvar Town and Korkula
- Day 11: Korkula, Ston and Dubrovnik
- Day 12: Mostar (Bosnia Herzegovina) and Dubrovnik
- Day 13: Dubrovnik and Cavtat
- Day 14: Dubrovnik
- Italy
Finally, other great cities and countries I have already visited are:
- Tortuguero, Caribe, Arenal, Monteverde and San José in Costa Rica
- Marrakech in Morocco
4 comentarios:
Thanks for your comment. Yes, we really enjoyed the weekend we spent in Venice, wondering and discovering small canals and lovely hidden places.
Nice pics, but Ponte dei Sospiri is not the one you showed! ;)
First of all, thank you very much for your comment, because comments like yours improve this blog. You were right, so I changed what was wrong and added a picture of Il Ponte dei Sospiri :)
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