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March 2004

Venice in the rain

David Aaronson
2005-10-01 18:47:00

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Venice is a wandering sort of place, so we didn't really visit specific areas on specific days. In some cases we aren't sure exactly where we visited. So the best way to distinguish these two pages (other than number 1 and number 2) is by the weather. This is the sum of all the rainy and overcast pictures we took in Venice, which is quite a lot of them because it often seems to be rainy and overcast there. This little produce street market near the Ponte Guglie also features our hotel, the Hotel Alle Guglie (the white sign on the right) (1). We thoroughly enjoyed our stay there and highly recommend it.

This is the view from the nearby Ponte Guglie (just a little past the train station on the north side of the Grand Canal) (2). This is one of a handful of medium size canals in Venice. Other than the Grand Canal, most canals are relatively narrow and are not serviced by Vaporettos (like the one in the foreground).

Venice has a few attractions and about half of those are things you just look at, like the Grand Canal, or the Rialto Bridge (shown here) (3). For the most part, Venice is the attraction itself and there's nothing specific to do but go get lost in the alleyways.

If you only go to one place in Venice, it will most certainly be Piazza San Marco (4). We're not sure why you'd only go to one place in Venice though. Three sides of the plaza are surrounded by several buildings that give the impression of being one big continuous building.

Also in the square is Venice's campanile (5). This is not the leaning tower of Venice. There certainly are some leaning towers to be found, but the Campanile already fell down once (1912) and was rebuilt. This is the perfectly straight tower of Venice photographed by a leaning David.

The fourth side of Piazza San Marco is the fun side because it features the Doge's Basicila (6). Doge is a specialied ...