I like the atmosphere in the night where cafes and restaurants are closing and the real dark night is breaking on. In the streets you see fewer people and even famous places like the Piazza San Marco gets less crowded. Then it’s time to trek through the strees and take photos.
If you have the chance take it, even if the lane is a bit longer, it’s really worth to go up and have this wonderful 360° view of the city. You can see most of the sights and will never forget these exciting impressions. On the top there are huge bells, for security reasons there is also a grid but the clearances between the wire have exactly the size, that you can place a lens through it and take photos.
If you would have to tell the top 5 characteristic features from Venice the masks would be within this list. You see them all around the town, in shops, kiosks, exhibitions and in the little alleys and they get their real fulfillment at the carnival. On this photo is no real person, but it’s real Venice.
There are many, many bridges in Venice, sure because with those many canals it is a need to cross them. They come in in different heights, form factors and widths, but you’ll not find many with flowers. This one was near the Piazza San Marco. I did this photo after I bought some of the very nice colorful drinking glasses which are unique to Venice and Murano.
The Italian style doesn’t stop in the streets and with architecture, it continues in many shops and restaurants. The color tones and quality of those bags is wonderful, but from the price it’s also on the higher side. But looking is inexpensive 🙂
Often in the evening or night, the accord of colors in Venice is a wonderful spectacle. For this situations a camera should be near, preferably with a tripod or high ISO capabilities.
In Venice, for historical buildings and architecture, there is no need to go to a museum, often you’ll find it in your hotel. Like the interior of Hotel Palazzo Stern on the picture. This hotel is also very near to a water bus station, therefore fully recommended.
Although there are very high prices with many of the shoes you see in the shopping windows of Venice, often they are real artworks. But not only for the shoes, the whole decoration and presentation is fascinating. Most often the best of any design works come from Italy …
Die Wasserbusse ersetzen die Linienbusse, die Wassertaxis ersetzen die Stadt-Taxis, und die Rettungsboote (wie hier zu sehen) ersetzen die Rettungswagen. So gibt es in Venedig nahezu für alle öffentlichen Verkehrsmittel oder Einsatzfahrzeuge ein entsprechendes Pendant in Form eines Bootes/Schiffes. Diese Verkehrsmittel funktionieren problemlos, kommen ziemlich pünktlich an und man erreicht in kurzer Zeit alle beliebten Sehenswürdigkeiten. Für die Wasserbusse gibt es auch Mehrtages-Karten, sehr praktisch und preisgünstiger als jedes Wassertaxi. Ich denke Venedig ist auch Uber-resistent. 🙂
Sollte sich die Gelegenheit bieten die Aussichtsplattform auf den Markusturm zu erreichen (wenn die Schlange überschaubar ist), unbedingt nutzen. Wie in meinem Fall, trotz Sturm, Regenwetters und grauen Wolken boten sich interessante Perspektiven in allen vier Himmelsrichtungen. Die Bauphasen zogen sich von 888 bis 1517 mit einer Gesamthöhe von 98,6 Meter. Zusätzlich kann man oben noch eine Glocke bewundern.
