{"id":748,"date":"2008-04-06T18:25:18","date_gmt":"2008-04-06T18:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stevepugh.net\/VTT\/2008\/04\/06\/venice\/"},"modified":"2008-04-06T18:25:18","modified_gmt":"2008-04-06T18:25:18","slug":"venice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevepugh.net\/VTT\/2008\/04\/venice\/","title":{"rendered":"Venice"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3200\/2391692847_7fb2e3de43_m.jpg\" alt=\"The Campanile in the Piazza San Marco\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Venice was simply amazing. Lovely weather, great food (especially the seafood), amazing sights.<\/p>\n<p>We stayed at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hotelrivamare.com\/en\/index.htm\">Hotel Rivamare<\/a> on the Lido, which meant we took a boat across the lagoon into Venice proper everyday. In the city itself we saw all the big names: the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.museiciviciveneziani.it\/frame.asp?musid=8&amp;sezione=musei&amp;tipo=\">Palazzo Ducale<\/a> or Doge&#8217;s Palace, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.basilicasanmarco.it\/\">Basilica di San Marco<\/a>, the Piazza, the Bridge of Sighs, Rialto Bridge, the Grand Canal.<\/p>\n<p>Things that appealed more directly to me included the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.museiciviciveneziani.it\/frame.asp?musid=5&amp;sezione=musei\">Museum of Natural History<\/a> was only partially open but we did get to see the excellent <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ouranosaurus\">Ouranosaurus<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sarcosuchus\">Sarchosuchus<\/a>; The Museo Storico Navale or Naval History Museum which only costs &euro;1.55 and is packed full of relics from Venice&#8217;s and Italy&#8217;s seafaring history; The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.palazzograssi.it\/roma\/en\/index.html\">Rome and the Barbarians<\/a> exhibition in the Palazzo Grassi was a ten times more expensive (and I really wanted the exhibition book but at &euro;48 it was too much) but much more extensive than I&#8217;d expect for a temporary exhibit.<\/p>\n<p>We also visited some of the other lagoon islands: Murano for the glassmaking; Burano for the lace making and painted houses; and Torcello for the eleventh century cathedral.<\/p>\n<p>For one day we got the train to Verona, passing castles and vineyards on the way. There we visited the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arena.it\/eng\/arenaeng.urd\/portal.show?c=38\">Arena<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.comune.verona.it\/Castelvecchio\/cvsito\/english\/index1.htm\">Castle<\/a> and had another fantastic lunch. One day wasn&#8217;t enough and we plan to go back sometime.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/very_true_thing\/sets\/72157604410987345\/\">Venice photos<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/very_true_thing\/sets\/72157604407415376\/\">Verona photos<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Venice was simply amazing. Lovely weather, great food (especially the seafood), amazing sights. We stayed at the Hotel Rivamare on the Lido, which meant we took a boat across the lagoon into Venice proper everyday. 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