Our train journey from Florence to Venice took two hours. The train station also has a Vaporetto (water bus) stop. We bought one way tickets for the Vaporetto on the first day. It is 7.50 Euros per person. The day pass is 21 Euros per person.
It was not too hard to board the Vaporetto with our luggage. We reached our stop San Stae in about 20 minutes. From there, our Airbnb host came to pick us up. We walked back with her through the streets with some small bridges on the way over narrow canals.
Venice is so unique with no cars, just boats going by the canals.
We reached our apartment, right by Campo St. Augustin. It was 5-10 minutes walking from Rialto bridge and another 5-10 minutes from there to St. Marco Square. I found the streets charming with old-world feel to it. The Campo (open areas) are like meeting places for people with a restaurant or two, and maybe a church as well. Very nice.
In the evening, we went to Rialto bridge, which unfortunately has boarded up windows, for some repairs, so you can't really look from the bridge. The bridge has stores - souvenirs, leather goods and so on.
We decided to do our Gondola ride from Rialto Bridge which takes you through the canals near the Bridge for about 1/2 hour.
You walk across and take a right, and a left then to keep walking towards St. Marco Square. There are painted signs as well on walls, showing you the directions, so it's pretty easy to walk from place to place. On the whole, Venice is a small city and you can walk everywhere.
We reached St. Marco Square and went up the Campanile, there's an elevator here, no stairs, thank goodness! :) We got a nice view of the Canal, and Venice city. Later, we spent some time in the Square and went back home.
It was not too hard to board the Vaporetto with our luggage. We reached our stop San Stae in about 20 minutes. From there, our Airbnb host came to pick us up. We walked back with her through the streets with some small bridges on the way over narrow canals.
Venice is so unique with no cars, just boats going by the canals.
We reached our apartment, right by Campo St. Augustin. It was 5-10 minutes walking from Rialto bridge and another 5-10 minutes from there to St. Marco Square. I found the streets charming with old-world feel to it. The Campo (open areas) are like meeting places for people with a restaurant or two, and maybe a church as well. Very nice.
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| Rialto Bridge, Venice, with vaporetto on the right |
We decided to do our Gondola ride from Rialto Bridge which takes you through the canals near the Bridge for about 1/2 hour.
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| Gondola ride through Venice (above - not our gondola :)) |
We reached St. Marco Square and went up the Campanile, there's an elevator here, no stairs, thank goodness! :) We got a nice view of the Canal, and Venice city. Later, we spent some time in the Square and went back home.
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