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A Stroll In Canareggio And Castello
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Up at 8.10 - an hour later than usual. Again there are new guests at breakfast, or maybe it is because we're late.

5. day. Walks in Canareggio and Castello. The worst restaurant in Venice?

Eric
2005-12-08 19:32:57

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A Stroll In Canareggio And Castello

Up at 8.10 - an hour later than usual. Again there are new guests at breakfast, or maybe it is because we're late.

We want to explore the neighbourhood Antonio introduced to us yesterday and take the vaporetto to Ca' d'Oro. It is a bit cloudy and the weather is more pleasant (= less hot) for walking than the previous days.

We walk around with no goal in particular but try to keep a southerly direction towards San Marco. However the direction must have been more to the east because suddenly we are at Fondaco Nuove and can see Murano and the cemetery. The sun is winning its battle against the clouds; the temperature rises dramatically and makes the shadow magnetic.

We walk alongside the water for a while and then dive into the labyrinth again. The neighbourhood gets more residential and having searched the map we realise that we're now in the heart of Castello. There are almost no tourists here, but there are many useful shops and local life: laundry on strings across the street, greengrocers with fruit and vegetables in colourful pyramids, fishmongers, butchers, a slippers-shop and of course many bars. You drop into a bar for a coffee or something stronger and a chat with the neighbours, unless you chat outside, and the little girl runs in with coin in fist to buy gelato, ice. The toilet is the squat-type and very low, but it is clean.

The map helps us to find Campo Bandiere e Moro and further to the water and quay east of S. Mark's. On the last street from Campo Bandiere e Moro useless shops pop up and Helle buys some more Murano glass pendants. From here it isn't far to S. Mark's Square with its multitude of tourists, and we take #1 to San Tomà. In Calle dei Preti Corsera we spot a trattoria with a promising menu and tables outside for dinner tonight.

Scuola Grande di San Rocco

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